Year: 2023

Mozilo is Dead

The Orange Man pioneered the distribution of neg-am mortgages to the masses, and then hoodwinked Wall Street into thinking the loans were worthy of buying in tranches - yet he didn't want to take the blame and instead enjoyed his retirement as a member at all the...

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Inventory Watch

In normal times, around 60% of all listings would sell. During the hottest frenzy times, it was up over 80%! But now with the number of active listings rising like a rocket, it probably means a couple of things: The 2023 selling season is closing out. Half of the...

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Rampart Chimneys

The neighborhood we're in this weekend was built in the late-1970s, during the Rampart General days. The company used to pour concrete panels at the factory, and then assemble the fireplace/chimney on a wooden frame and then truck them to the homesites. They got a bad...

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San Antonio, TX

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...

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Doug Harwood

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:

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Santa Clara

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...

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