Buying an estate with lavish grounds may be less appealing in these more-conservative days:
Skate Park?
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More Big Money
M-Hills
Pemeliza already took a couple of swings this morning, here's the first: JTR, I know you don't cover Mission Hills much but here is a new short sale listing in my neighborhood at more than 50% off the 2007 price. It also has the modern clean look and I think it is a...
3 REOs +
Another day in San Diego, including a drive-by of the beach where Junior ran off the road.
Scooped
CR beat me by almost five hours!
Another Auction Entrant
The Plan 3 model across the street is included here, plus an example of why some listings are sitting:
House Auctions
Hopefully there will be more acceptance of using the auction format to sell houses. All that is needed are sellers who will accept whatever price the market will bear. Will the sellers trust that an auction would produce the same results (or better) than a...
Tips for Sellers
Musings about current market conditions - the sellers aren't happy about my lowball offers, but what else do you got? Expect that listings will be cancelling in disgust, with sellers thinking it'll be better next year. But selling won't be "better" in spring or...
La Jolla Foreclosure Cruise
The foreclosure activity has been throttled around the coastal areas this year. There are only 27 La Jolla SFRs on the auction list, and the few that get foreclosed every month (26 this year) are fairly unremarkable. Here are the latest from the Jewel:
Carlsbad New Tract, Plus
Walt wanted my take on the former KB Home tract in southeast Carlsbad (see below). The last three minutes are free-wheeling about the market in general:
