The first third of 2019 has been better than expected. Sales are only 6% below the average for the last five years, and the median sales price hasn't dropped much: NSDCC Sales, January - April Year # of Sales Median SP Median DOM # of Listings 2015 920 $1,130,000 25...
Month: May 2019
Colt
Welcome 'Fred Astaire' to the world - he's light on his feet:
Industry Titans in San Diego
Well I was probably wrong on Sunday about the Robert Reffkin appearance meaning something else. I didn't realize that there was a big conference scheduled for today at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort. It wasn't a realtor conference; instead it was the industry titans...
Is This It?
More data released today on pricing trends, and though San Diego didn't make this chart, we're probably in the normal range with Los Angeles because our Case-Shiller indicies have been similar (+1.8% vs +1.1% YoY in SD). Interesting that they call San Francisco...
Before and After Remodel
A great comparison of before and after photos on this simple remodel: Sellers don't want...
Inventory Watch
North San Diego County's coastal region has been having a great selling season so far! The number of pendings have been keeping up nicely with last year's weekly totals: NSDCC Weekly Total Number of Pendings Week 2018 2019 1st Week of April 346 331 2nd Week of April...

Boomerang Buyers
Those who bought at the high-end of the last cycle are, well, doing it again: After Teresa & Mark Taunton short sold their $535,000 four-bedroom home in Celebration, Florida, at the end of the real estate meltdown in 2011, buying another house was the last thing...

La Jolla Cave
A introduction to the Sea Caves at La Jolla Cove:

County Inspections
Are you thinking of remodeling? You should get permits. Here is the county's intro video to their inspections, and the basics are similar for each city:

NSDCC April Sales
There are more soundbites about sales and pricing being down overall, but the market for detached-homes between La Jolla and Carlsbad is hanging in there. There was an extra business day this year, and there will be more sales reported over the next few days - if...