Our new listing across from Tide Beach Park in Solana Beach has fully-approved plans to build a spectacular Mark-Morris-designed California Modern Contemporary - or just enjoy your beach cottage! Mark designed the La Jolla house we sold last summer at 365 Marine...
Month: February 2023
San Diego Case Shiller Index, Dec
The local index is 11% lower than its peak in May. The beauty about this market is that buyers don't have to fight with the decision to buy now or wait. Because the inventory of quality homes is so thin, having to wait is baked in. How often do buyers see a home for...
Inventory Watch
We are two months into 2023! Here's how the weekly new listings compare with previous years - inventory is worse than ever: As a result, the list-pricing looks like it is holding up: Here's how it wrapped up last year: The high-quality homes that hit the market in...
Reasons To Live in Arizona
Arizona has all climates; from desert heat to snowy mountains, and everything in between. This guy has hundreds of videos that tour every big and little town in the state plus topics of interest: https://www.youtube.com/@LivinginArizona/videos
Fancy Dancing
Careful guidance through the escrow period will never be more important - and valuable - as it is during the post-frenzy boom-and-doom!
NSDCC Pricing
We have an unusual obsession with home pricing - I say unusual because nobody cares that our measuring devices are deeply flawed and regularly give the wrong impression. With the stakes being so high, you'd think homebuyers would investigate thoroughly - but everyone...
Our National Referral Network
Do you need help with finding your next home! For those who can stay around here, it's easier - and I can help you. How about those of you who want to leave San Diego County - how can you find good help? We are part of a national referral network known as Married at...
Sade Sept 2001
After a tremendous performance that could be ranked as good as any show ever, she ended the gig with this ballad to her daughter just nine days after September, 11, 2001. We were there: This has to be the best ending to a concert video ever. I love how they show the...
Going To All-Cash Market?
How bad could it get? What else could happen? The market could deteriorate into a cash-only environment, where the buyers and sellers who can avoid mortgages altogether are the only players left. If mortgage rates get into the 7s and 8s, the temptation for financed...
Steady Decline of Listings
Remember when the inventory tanked in 2020 when everyone was afraid of catching the bug? Once the pandemic was over, we'd get back to the regular flow of homes for sale, wouldn't we? But the intensity seemed to increase as time went on, finally spinning out of control...