Rob did a blog post (behind the paywall but consider subscribing if you're interested in residential real estate selling trends) where he thinks the Clear Cooperation Policy is cooked. Even though most of the big players are supportive of the policy in public, it's...
I think we can say that 2025 is looking a lot like 2024 so far! We have 15% to 25% more active listings now, but buyers are picking out the creampuffs and ignoring the rest. The pile of unsolds should be growing every month, but maybe buyers just forget about them...
Airplanes flying over the house every 5-10 minutes wasn’t the only complaint. “The kitchen is too small, can you get fire insurance, it’s single-zone air conditioning, the bathrooms are original, you don’t have a pantry” - it just never ends, even at a house with...
The Compass CEO, Robert Reffkin, is a vocal opponent of the Clear Cooperation Policy. Those in the business call him names and say his only motivation for opposing the CCP is to promote in-house sales. The point that gets trampled over is that consumers and agents...
The contest for the four Padres tickets is complete! Because I was using the NSDCAR stats all year and then switched to SDAR at the last minute, it's only right that there are TWO winners, based on the different counts: Congratulations to Anne M for being the SDAR...
Our new listing hasn't been on the open market for 24 hours yet and there have already been almost a thousand views with more than 11% of them marked as saved. My Youtube video has had 167 views in the first 48 hours too - wow! It went live on the MLS at 10am...
Compared to last February: NSDCC Active Listings: +18% NSDCC Pending Listings: -10% "We're losing so slowly that it almost feels like winning", Gary Keller
Bill provides a ton of relevant data and it helps show how the real estate trends reflect the human condition - the same things are happening everywhere: I've been thinking that there will be 15% to 20% more inventory this year, but so far the flow has been subdued...
The local market isn't at the frenzy level, but can we at least call it stable? Last month there were 18% of the sales that closed over their list price. There were 41% of the sales that closed for at least $100,000 under their list price. If roughly 60% of the sales...
We started signing new listings in October in anticipation of the market getting off to a fast start early, just like last year. So far, so good: NSDCC January Action The previous years are sold listings that went pending in January. In 2025, most of the 126 are...
