The traditional spread between the 10-year Treasury Yield and the 30-yr fixed mortgage rate has been 1.75%. Today it is 2.7%, which sure makes it look like the next Fed increase is already priced in. This week, we will see if mortgage rates will moderate and stay in...
Month: July 2022
The Barrier to Home Prices Dropping
The biggest barrier to prices going down is that sales are needed to prove it. Back in the old days when we had foreclosures, the banking rules forced lenders to keep selling their REOs, regardless of price. But who or what is going to force regular homeowners to sell...
SB 1105
SB 1105 has already passed in the state senate, and is being debated in the assembly. According to C.A.R., it will 'grant vast, unchecked, taxing and bonding authority to an unelected Housing Agency Board in San Diego which would consist of 6 appointed...
Frenzy Monitor By Area
The reason for breaking down the active and pending listings by zip code is to give the readers a closer look at their neighborhood stats. In the recent years prior to the pandemic, the actives/pendings in Rancho Santa Fe ran at a 10:1 pace. Nobody is in a hurry...
JtR in Scripps Ranch!
Check out our new listing of a turnkey newer one-story home in Scripps Ranch! 11684 Petenwell Rd., San Diego 92131 3 br/2 ba, 2,207sf YB: 1996 HOA = only $42/month, and no Mello-Roos LP = $1,695,000 We will be open 12-3pm this weekend!...
Post-Frenzy Definitions
The doomers are hoping to drive the real estate market into hysterics, just for fun. It's easy for buyers and sellers to get caught up in it too, and think the sky is falling. Let's identify the terms, what doomers want you to believe, and the truth: Inventory Surge...
Surf’s Up
I'm not an expert but today's surf was for the record books!
Who’s Moving to San Diego
Angelenos are migrating to San Diego and San Antonio at higher rates than a year earlier as folks living in the large metro are seeking to stretch their dollar farther elsewhere, according to data from Redfin. Out-of-state migrators heading to San Diego are most...
Fewer Listings = Fewer Sales
The latimes continued their assault on the truth today. The number of homes for sale has a major impact on the number of sales. What we've had is an inventory problem, yet they make no mention of it here: Southern California home prices and sales edged lower in June...
Money Supply Helped
Rob H. noted that home prices have simply followed the flood of money. The M2 definition: US M2 Money Stock refers to the measure of money supply that includes financial assets held mainly by households such as savings deposits, time deposits, and balances in retail...