Fantastic 5 bedroom 4 bath, 3,343sf home at end of quiet cul-de-sac with pool and putting green. One bed & bath downstairs on all flat entry level, two-zone heat & AC, and granite/stainless kitchen. Bedroom suite upstairs at opposite end from master suite....
Month: May 2019
Happy Mother’s Day!
Two of my three favorite mothers yesterday:
Respond to Offers Promptly
What can a home seller do to help make a sale? I wrote this article two years ago, with the following tip: Respond to an offer in less than 24 hours. I offered a couple of examples in the original article, and I just had another one happen. The listing agent, who is...
Del Mar Estate Tour
This is about right. A brief spin around the house while listening to upbeat music, which is just enough to pique your interest, and make a buyer want to schedule a tour of this 6,115sf estate that Brett has listed for $11,495,000:...
Zillow Local Predictions
Here are the histories, and forecasts, of our local Zillow Home-Value-Index for each area: They are forecasting flat or declining prices in three of our larger areas - and they are also predicting a drop-off in values as the selling season will be getting underway in...
10 Films on Housing Crisis
This article features ten films that document the housing crisis and discrimination in America, with a bonus eleventh film that includes a certain part-time blogger:...
Blog Comments
We're working on a few things here! If you would like to leave a comment, or read those by other readers, then click on the headline of each post for now. It will open to the individual blog post where you can see the comment section. Thanks Susie!
I-Buyer Example
Will the ibuyers succeed? Sure, they offer convenience, but the reason it works is because it's so vague - sellers will never know the money difference between selling to an ibuyer or an open-market sale. The trendy-hip, sell-with-a-click factor could lure sellers...
The Fight
We have random off-market sales and ibuyer-manipulated sales. Are those legitimate comps? How will we know the true values? The most beneficial system is to expose all properties to the open-market, and let every ready, willing, and able buyer take their shot - with...
Dandy Warhols May 17 in SD
The Dandy Warhols are playing the Observatory in North Park next Friday: