Meredith has been predicting the silver tsunami since 2023, but since it hasn't happened (yet), she is now reversing course and is saying seniors are broke and can't afford to move: Baby boomers are dragging on the housing market because most can't afford to move out...
Jim the Realtor
Single Agency
Buyers aren't crazy about signing a three-month contract just to see homes for sale - and neither are the buyer-agents. Every problem with home sales will get solved by cutting out the buyer-agent, even though it's bad for buyers....
Open House Report
https://youtube.com/shorts/0BIS4cP6vEs?si=B_A_6LiDW6-rCRws The buyers are out there. They're just being coy and playing hard-to-get.
Popular Spots
The darker green areas have populations that are growing the most - hopefully it means that people who moved there had to know something! Want to stay in the west? Check out Utah - it's been #1 for the last three years:...
NSDCC Monthly Listings
With the unsold listings piling up everywhere, I went to check the stale factor (above) and was surprised to see that the ratio of the active listings on the market for 15+ days was actually lower than it was previously. It must mean that there has been a flurry of...
Oceanside Harbor
There is nothing like Oceanside Harbor between Dana Point and Mission Beach!
Happy Pope Day
It's been well-documented here what a lucky guy I am, and here's another. In 2016, Natalie was studying abroad in Florence, and we went to visit. Kayla had done her study abroad in Rome five years earlier, but we didn't visit then. So we started our tour in Rome so...
Nestled
Of the 3,122 detached-home listings in San Diego County, 672 of them (22%) include the word 'nestled'. It is followed closely by 'dream', which is in 19% of the listings. If you don't want to be replaced by robots, don't be so robotic.
Today’s Home Sellers
According to Opendoor’s new First-Time Home Seller Report, the COVID-era buying spree is not only over, it is biting back. The low-interest rate buying frenzy in 2020 and newfound flexibility with remote work led to a wave of regret - 79% of first-time home sellers...
The Squeeze
https://youtube.com/shorts/0b3eDa1foe0?si=0kFSgkj34rHobI6J It's easy for sellers to miss these days! Just because you have comps doesn't mean you're going to sell. Adjust on the fly!