Jim represents the buyers of this spectacular new Toll Brothers home in Pacific Highlands Ranch in Carmel Valley. Sold for 2,523,284, which included a special JtR builder credit!
Month: April 2020
More Buyers Are Looking
This is where it starts - more buyers are out looking. Those who have fewer concerns about the Covid-19 and are relatively impressed with the industry's attempt at safety are going to get a jump on the good listings. The resistance to the rules is growing too:
Inventory Watch
What a great turnaround - last week we had 17 new pendings, and this week we had 29! The inventory of active listings has been steady too, with Monday counts of 660, 671, and 669 today. My CV listing on Winstanley was shown six times over the weekend, and we sold it...
Realtors’ Big Game
Hat tip to Rob Dawg for sending in this podcast by a realtor president - an excerpt: It’s been a strange, and difficult time for us. So, imagine what it's like if you are trying to buy, or sell a home. Tim Comstock is President of the Ventura County Coastal...
Downtown Penthouse For Sale!
I teased this new listing in February, but then we decided to do a more-extensive upgrade to get full attention - here are my MLS remarks: One of only four south-facing panoramic-view penthouses where you enjoy both sunrises and sunsets from the top of the Grande...
Top Gun 2
The highly anticipated release of Top Gun 2 has been postponed to December 23rd, and if it all goes right, I'd like to sponsor a premiere at an IMAX theater when it happens. Here is some background of the filming:
Carmel Valley Report
Our listing in Carmel Valley is still getting hundreds of views - the chart above are two-day totals. I love when a new listing hits the market nearby, because it gives buyers some perspective, and in this case we are almost identical in cost per square foot ($507 vs...
Coronavirus By Zip +13 Days
Weekly Realtor Survey
This isn't what buyers and sellers think. It's what realtors are thinking that their buyers and sellers are thinking, but we aren't mind readers so it's really what realtors think.....who haven't left their house for a month. Yes, the markets are showing delays....
Solana Beachfront
This was filmed during broker preview when there were a few agents mingling around so I couldn't get the whole house. For those spending $5,000,000+, the cliff was the bigger story: