Builders

Rancho Bernardo New

by Jim the Realtor | Nov 9, 2017 | Bubbleinfo TV, Builders, Jim's Take on the Market, One-Story

I was moving quickly so here are still photos to compliment:

Off-Season Softness, Or…..

by Jim the Realtor | Oct 5, 2017 | Bubbleinfo TV, Builders, Jim's Take on the Market, Thinking of Buying?, Thinking of Selling?, Why You Should List With Jim

Remember when the new-home tracts had waiting lists? Earlier this year, we saw a new-home tract in Clairemont with 200 people on their list! But not every tract is hot, and it appears to be a sign of the times.

Build More….3x More!

by Jim the Realtor | Sep 26, 2017 | Boomers, Builders, Jim's Take on the Market, Local Government, Market Conditions, The Future, Thinking of Building?

This article adds the numbers. We need to build at least three times as many homes as we've been building to keep up with the growth - and no telling what that would do to prices, if anything:...

New and Reasonable

by Jim the Realtor | Sep 20, 2017 | Builders, Jim's Take on the Market, Thinking of Buying?, Why You Should Hire Jim as your Buyer's Agent

These will give you a run for your money: They pay commissions - take your favorite realtor with you!

In Search Of Price Discovery

by Jim the Realtor | Sep 12, 2017 | Bubbleinfo TV, Builders, Encinitas, Jim's Take on the Market

It means something when Bill&Co. give up on a project, and the new guy is reluctant to commit to a price, other than "Mid-Millions".

New Homes for Boomers

by Jim the Realtor | Sep 7, 2017 | Boomers, Bubbleinfo TV, Builders, Jim's Take on the Market, One-Story, The Future

What could really boost the market further would be if we had more new or newer single-story homes for sale. Baby-boomers would be much more likely to ditch the older two-story family estates and glide into a ready-set single story home - if there was just an easy...

CV Reasonable

by Jim the Realtor | Jul 9, 2017 | Bubbleinfo TV, Builders, Carmel Valley, Jim's Take on the Market

Reader M noted that there is a lot of building underway in PHR - this builder is actively selling four different tracts that range from $1M to $2M. Here is a tour of the less-expensive homes up the hill from the last set we saw:

Statewide Community Infrastructure Program

by Jim the Realtor | Jul 7, 2017 | Bubbleinfo TV, Builders, Carmel Valley, Jim's Take on the Market, Market Buzz, Mello-Roos

The Statewide Community Infrastructure Program (SCIP) sounds like another name for 30-year Mello-Roos-type bonds whose proceeds are used to pay for things that governments or home builders used to cover.

Want New 3,300sf in $800,000s?

by Jim the Realtor | Jul 3, 2017 | Bubbleinfo TV, Builders, Jim's Take on the Market

Sure, he shows all that fancy stuff for over a million, how about some decent new homes in the $800,000s? If you have flexibility on where you live and yet want easy access to south Carlsbad/Encinitas over the hill, here are good-sized new homes that start in the...