Here's a good example of what makes us old-school agents good at our job - we know the inventory. Seeing the new listings every week enables us to recognize the features/nuances of each home and how they compare to other active, pending, and sold listings. It...
The DRE has finally issued 'guidance' on the Coming Soons. Ignored are these facts about agents making off-market deals with no MLS exposure: We see top agents doing it regularly, There is no enforcement whatsoever, and You give us the forms to CYA (last paragraph)....
The band Talk Talk was one of those techno synth-pop bands of the early 1980s. The lead singer, Mark Hollis, gave it all up 20 years ago to spend more time with his wife and two kids. He passed away this week at age 64.
Hat tip to Eddie89 for sending in this Forbes article that declares San Diego to be one of the Top 14 destinations this year - and this was before Manny mania! For a destination to officially be having “a moment,” it needs more going for it than mere festivals or a...
Yunnie is getting deep into cheerleader territory now by ignoring the 13th straight decline in the index and woeful 10% year-over-year drop in the west: The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings, increased 4.6 percent to...
This is gold:
Are you thinking about what to buy when you win the lottery? Susie sent this in - she used to live there: For the first time since 1981, Tajiguas Ranch on the Gaviota Coast, near Santa Barbara is on the market for $110 million. It now has two villas and comes with 120...
We are back to more-normal appreciation levels now. After dropping for the last six months in a row, the non-seasonally-adjusted Case-Shiller Index for San Diego is just +2.3% year-over-year. In the graph above, you can see how the index goes up about ten points in...
IT'S OFFICIAL! The San Diego premiere of Owned, A Tale of Two Americas is scheduled for a matinee showing on Saturday, March 23rd at the La Costa Cinepolis! The producer, Giorgio Angelini, will be here and we'll do a Q&A session after the film. I'm hoping to...
Our contest for Padres tickets got more exciting this week due to Manny Mania! NSDCC New Listings Jan 1 to Feb 20: 2018: 681 2019: 644 (-5%) The two-month total last year was 783, so we're on a pace to hit 741. Doughboy guessed 740, but it came in after the guessing...
