There is no cool-down period now. Once a purchase contract is signed, the seller has to sell. Katy Perry's real estate history hasn't exactly been smooth sailing. The singer has been wrapped up in several legal battles with elderly homeowners in California, and the...
Year: 2023
Plunging Inventory
We have plunging sales mostly due to plunging inventory! The supply and demand has plunged at the same time, and there is no way to know that if the inventory were to grow, would there be enough buyers to soak it up? Today's inventory is full of the leftovers that...
Homebuyer Tips
This was filmed by Giorgio nine years ago against my will - my only time cussing on the blog. Tips still apply: We still live at the same house! Hat tip Yogi Garry!
NAR Is Just In Time
They wait until the week that the trial starts? She should have said 'regularly defraud MORE clients'. The National Association of Realtors laid out a doomsday scenario for the industry in the case home sellers prevail in two landmark antitrust cases. The group warned...
Frenzy Monitor
Here are the active and pending listings for each area. We consider a ratio of 2:1 actives-to-pendings to be a healthy market, and five of the 12 areas are 2:1 or better, and seven of 12 are 3:1 or better. For everything we've been through, that's pretty good! Two...
Deal!
The incredible part about this sale is that it was listed with a Compass agent previously for $9,800,000. The seller dumped $1,000,000 and listed with a new agent for $8,800,000 and then about a week later dumped again and sold for $6,900,000 cash. He dropped...
U2 – Tiny Desk
Were you there at the US Festival when Bono climbed to the top of the lighting standard and we were all yelling for him to jump - he could have been memorialized right there! In the beginning he was a voice of freedom, and this video is a good reminder of those days....
Contraption
Now pending!
HUD on Support Animals
The Housing and Urban Development has frequently asked questions and answers for those seeking clarification when a tenant presents a request for a support animal. They are not a pet - it is an animal that works, provides assistance, or performs tasks for the benefit...
Plunging Sales
The local sales numbers are frightening. Compare our sales counts to these areas: Populations / Sales = People Per Sale New Hampshire: 1,389,000 / 1,490 = 932 Portland metro: 2,220,000 / 1,717 = 1,293 Las Vegas metro: 2,227,000 / 2,374 = 938 Charlotte metro: 2,267,000...