That face when you find out you're included in Wall Street Journal's America's Best Real Estate Professionals list for 2020! We were one of only 92 Compass teams to be included. THANK YOU to our team members for assisting us, our clients for trusting us, and our...
While these purchases will only be a sliver of the five million homes sold every year, they could add up over decades and help to keep the supply of homes for sale somewhat limited. New funding: Seattle startup Arrived Homes raised $10 million in equity and $27...
As the vacation season kicks in, the frenzy may become a little more manageable - only because there could be fewer buyers vying for each new listing. But the environment won't change until we get a flood of inventory, which isn't happening yet: NSDCC New Listings...
The ticket sales for the U.S. Open couldn't have been managed more poorly. They sold all the tickets well in advance - but during the Covid-19 era so they knew the restrictions. Then they cancelled all the tickets and executed refunds to every purchaser. I had bought...
It's golf week! CARLSBAD, Calif. – It’s been dubbed the Silicon Valley of golf and compared to Detroit for the auto industry or to Akron, Ohio, the rubber capital of the world. Over the last 30 years, Carlsbad, this sleepy little beach town and agricultural community...
The majestic home had it all — five bedrooms, four bathrooms, a three-car garage and a spacious basement in a beautiful neighborhood in Colorado Springs. If the single-family house sounds too good to be true, stepping inside the property shows prospective buyers a...
It was Donna's birthday yesterday - this one is for you honey!
We're still waiting for that flood of inventory! NSDCC May Listings and Sales Year # of Listings Median LP # Sales Median SP Avg. $/sf Median $/sf 2017 507 $1,370,000 345 $1,200,000 $525/sf $418/sf 2018 522 $1,399,450 273 $1,325,000 $592/sf $480/sf 2019 502 $1,450,000...
The best part about returning to normal is dropping the requirement of having to sign the covid disclosure - known as a 'pead' - just to see a house. I don't mind the paperwork, it's the badgering by listing agents to submit the form immediately before anything else...
Buyers dig the new one-story estates in Rancho Santa Fe! The house across the street sold for $10,850,000 in January (the third time it sold for $10,000,000+) and then the brand-new house on Las Planideras sold for $12,500,000 in February (click here for videos on...
