Last year the inventory stayed elevated through October as everyone was distracted by the Padres' playoff run. Yesterday's win was the fourth Padres victory in a row and keeps their playoff hopes alive with 12 games to go. Can they pull it off? If they do, it will...
Year: 2023
Chino Farm
San Diego Magazine did a nice story on Chino Farm in Rancho Santa Fe, and called it the most important farm in America! It prompted me to include some video I did there a couple of months ago:...
Grand Canyon
My video on the previous blog post about the new apartments being built in downtown Carlsbad:
Oceanfront Custom Estate
I did the quickie video tour - here is the full description: Built from the ground up in 2016 with one of the largest oceanfront backyards in Encinitas with upper and lower sea wall framed in steel and concrete, 828 Neptune is not only a beautiful Tuscan estate...
Least Expensive States
Although a state’s housing costs can be an important consideration when deciding where to spend your post-work years, retirees should also consider another expense: health care. As you age, you may become more reliant on health-care services. Relocating to a city or...
More Apartments in Carlsbad
The Carlsbad city council approved more apartments to be built at the entry to the downtown village area. Between the three projects mentioned here, there will be a total of 480 apartments....and none for sale! Excerpts: A four-story building with 156 apartments has...
Leucadia One-Story Estate
Kate was nice enough to show us her new $5,900,000 listing! Tom Delonge was a previous owner:
SP:LP Ratio
One of the best ways to monitor the pricing trends is to watch for changes in the SP:LP ratio. Last year the pricing got soft in the fourth quarter, so we'll keep an eye on the SP:LP trend this year - but so far, so good:
Show During A BBQ
When other agents want to show my listings, I accomodate. Do I drill the agent with a bunch of questions to prequalify the appointment? No, I trust that they are a professional and wouldn't be wasting their time. Yesterday, an agent wanted to show our Terramar listing...
Padres 2023
What happened to the Padres? Manny and Boegarts are married, and Soto and Fernando aren't. You know that means there will be 5,10,15 women waiting after every game for 'nando, and it sounded like he's enjoying every bit of it. There has to be tension with the...