The way to sell houses is turning into a jumbo bowl of jambalaya now, and this version toes the fiduciary-duty line by gathering investor offers, instead of making cash offers themselves. Reprinted with permission from the author Mike: A Keller Williams team in...
Year: 2018
Inventory Watch
If we were to compare a simple set of data points to describe the general condition of the NSDCC market today, it would be these: The UNDER-$1,000,000 Market: Date NSDCC Active Listings Avg. LP/sf Avg. DOM # of Pendings Apr 2 50 $464/sf 24 95 Jul 2 96 $443/sf 30 76...
San Diego Historic Photos
Penasquitos Preserve
Beautiful Park Village home set over the Penasquitos Preserve. Enjoy the life of luxury sitting in the backyard with endless views. Salt water swimming pool, spa, BBQ, and firepit makes the backyard an entertainers delight. Cherrywood flooring throughout the entire...
Hidden Trails – Sold
Quiet Escondido neighborhood surrounded by avocado groves! Light and bright living room with soaring ceilings and tons of windows. Large dining area, a great space for the whole family to gather. Open kitchen with updated Silestone quartz countertops, plenty of...
Proposition 13 Tax Transfer Initiative
The Proposition 13 Tax Transfer Initiative will be on the ballot in November. If passed, it will give those 55 and older the ability to take their old property-tax basis with them, no matter (a) the new home's market value; (b) the new home's location in the state;...
Olivenhain ‘Plantation Estate’
The old wood-shake roof didn't get in the way of this one selling, and though it is horse property, there weren't really any actual horse facilities. But it had three major hot buttons; single-story, detached 1-bedroom guest house, and 720sf man cave. This is the...
Redfin Wants Link Back to Listing Agent
The thing that got me fired up was Glenn insisting that portals include a mandatory HTML link back to the listing agent (in fact, Redfin authored the new verbiage to be approved by N.A.R.). The current rule is that the listing agent has to be mentioned, and Redfin...
Opendoor is Deceitful
In the video below, a Las Vegas realtor compares an actual offer from Opendoor to what happened when he put the home on the open market. But it's the deceit that is note-worthy. The first number supplied by Opendoor was the average market time, which they said was 75...
Kitchen Island Idea
Do you have an awkward space around the kitchen and dining area? Here's a crafty solution - tie the sink/prep/dining/bar areas together to create a long-modern-kitchen-island-bar-dining-table-countertop! http://www.contemporist.com/extra-long-kitchen-island/