Rich is seeing it like we are - pricing has been fairly flat lately. Click here for his full report: https://www.piggington.com/february_2019_housing_data_bit_strengthening
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Month: March 2019
Lock Up
Yesterday, I whipped into the City of Carlsbad maintenance yard where they have all the realtor open-house signs locked up. They have been diligent in their enforcement efforts! When the city first threatened to do something, we realtors didn't take it seriously and...
It’s Go Time
Mortgage rates are improving nicely, and at the right time of year! We should see more market surge over the next couple of weeks. I mis-spoke on the video yesterday when I said the median sales price is $561,000 - it's $591,400. But still well under our neighbors to...
New Homes in the $500,000s
For those who think there is no hope left in the $500,000 range, consider what you can get just 17 miles from the I-5 and 76 intersection:
Dick Dale, RIP
We lost a real legend this week, Dick Dale, and his medical story was tragic: https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/at-78-and-with-a-myriad-of-health-issues-surf-rock-legend-dick-dale-plays-through-the-pain/ Dick Dale… invented surf music in the 1950’s. Not the...
Going to California?
For the first time in recent history - and probably the first time ever - the net migration out of California has not been offset by the international inflow. The number of people leaving the state is 3x what it was just 4+ years ago! But the state population is still...
La Costa Starter
The bottom of the range in Carlsbad is around $800,000 these days. Here's an example - this closed for $835,000 today:
Yabba Dabba Doo
Thanks to SM for sending in this doozy: In an early favorite for most unlikely real estate news event of the year, the town of Hillsborough has filed suit against publisher Florence Fang, owner of the famous “Flintstone House” at 45 Berryessa Avenue, over her modern...
Virtual Staging
This is why it's important to see properties in person - we are less confident than ever that the online photos can be trusted. From the WSJ: Real-estate listing photos have always accentuated the positive, but computer-generated imagery of the sort Hollywood uses has...
Olivenhain with Horses
Another video I did for potential buyers - these were tract homes that sold in the $300,000s back in the early-1990s. This just closed for $2,400,000:
