We've been actively engaged is selling these two listings over the last 45-60 days, and then found buyers for both houses this weekend. The Bridge House went pending just ten days after a 10% price reduction, which got us down into the next lower bracket of buyers who...
Month: April 2019
Down-Payment Assistance
Another example of someone getting caught while exploiting a loophole, who then tries to use discrimination as their lever: [button link="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-22/trump-s-housing-agency-cracks-down-on-no-money-down-home-loans"...
Inventory Watch
Let's compare today's statistics to the fourth reading in April, 2018: NSDCC Number of Active/Pending Listings Price Range 2018 ACT 2018 PEND 2019 ACT 2019 PEND 0-$1.0M 59 96 94 78 $1.0M - $1.5M 162 117 201 117 $1.5M - $2.0M 149 78 145 72 $2.0M+ 482 70 491 98 Totals...
Obv
The little stuff in life:
1970s Flashback
Those who lived around Los Angeles in the 1970s will enjoy this link: http://alisonmartino.blog/2017/09/28/los-angeles-in-the-1970s/
Net Migration Turning Negative
Hat tip to CB Mark for sending in another article on people leaving California - I added the U.S. Census stats for San Diego County at the bottom: People have long dreamed of moving to California, but increasingly the people in the state are looking to get out....
Sexy Realtor Video?
Here's a steamy new real estate video that isn't as sexy as the previous ones we've seen, yet the reaction was so strong that the brokerage took it down and cancelled the open house. The big complaint was that the woman featured wasn't the woman in the photo, but the...
ADU Specialist
Remember when I mentioned the Carlsbad homeowner who told me that his plans for an ADU had gone six months without approval at the City? Didn't it make you think, "There has to be a better way"? For those who are interested in pursuing an accessory dwelling unit for...
Mansion Yacht
Here's a high-end design floating home with a technological edge that delivers total luxury. Cost is at the end - try to guess it.
Open Bidding
Realtors are fighting the idea of open bids? Agents prefer no rules: Ontario real estate agents are lobbying the province against the mandatory disclosure of offers among competing home buyers in transactions involving multiple bids. The Ontario Real Estate...