Are you thinking of downsizing but only interested in buying a brand-new home in a larger metro area with modern conveniences and medical help - and where you can see the Lakers play on occasion? How about San Antonio, where hundreds of new homes are for sale! [button...
It's Doug's birthday today! It's hard to believe that it has been six years since he passed. Here are our two best videos together, and a few of his thoughts that are still relevant in today's market:
We are right up there with the most expensive cities in America! Love their note at the bottom: https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/san-diego/san-diego-among-cities-where-majority-of-homes-cost-over-1m-study/
Though the local inventory has ticked up a bit, San Diego still has an extreme shortage of homes for sale. Santa Clara is probably the most interesting metro though. For all the stories about tech layoffs, there sure doesn't seem to be a mass exodus - inventory is...
Our list price of $1,250,000 is entry level now - this is least-expensive home for sale in the 92011: 7114 Columbine Dr., Carlsbad 3 br/2 ba, 1,559sf YB: 1978 8,032sf lot No HOA LP = $1,250,000 Open 12-3pm Saturday and Sunday!...
Tonight at Humphrey's!
The Carlsbad market has been surviving quite well - there are 14% more pendings today than last July. The other areas are all above the 2:1 ratio of actives-to-pendings (our standard for a healthy market). The number of actives in Encinitas DOUBLED in less than a...
This is the most recent low sale in the 92011, and thankfully it sold immediately to a cash buyer who went direct to the listing agent. And he still paid $51,000 over list: Wait until tomorrow!
The need to pay over the list price has diminished a bit, but about a third of buyers who closed last month still felt like it was worth paying more than the sellers were asking. Last month looked a lot like June, 2022! There were 24% fewer sales however, and that...
The Big Three have all left. Hat tip to Richard for sending this in: Farmers Insurance has limited new homeowners insurance policies in California, joining other major national insurance providers. Farmers, the second-largest provider of homeowners insurance in the...
