One of the more vocal doomers is at it again. Here's a link to an article from 2014 when he thought the sky was falling: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-house-market-is-falling-apart-2014-08-26 Today's version - an excerpt: There are growing signs that U.S....
Today, there are 42 homes for sale in SD County listed over $10,000,000, and we've had two sales this year. Hat tip to GW for sending in this article excerpted here: Real-estate experts estimate that there are about 50 ultra high-end spec houses under construction in...
If you are thinking about selling your house this year, call me tonight! Rates are idyllic, and so is the weather which makes for a great combo! Mortgage rates fell again today, just barely inching to the lowest levels since early 2018. Keep in mind, that factoid is...
How does this happen in 2019? Hat tip to Peter for sending this in! The Web site for Fortune 500 real estate title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. leaked hundreds of millions of documents related to mortgage deals going back to 2003, until notified this...
Once upon a time Carlsbad was a sleepy little beachside town, but now big money is taking over. Here's a tour of projects being discussed on the street:
There was a good summary of the ibuyer business published yesterday: https://www.curbed.com/2019/3/21/18252048/real-estate-house-flipping-zillow-ibuyer-opendoor An excerpt: But as more players jump into the space and markets are saturated with various competing...
It looks easy, doesn't it? With the internet, how hard can it be to buy or sell a home? There are no shortage of options. Buyers see thousands of homes for sale, and sellers find thousands of agents happy to list a home for fees ranging from $100 to 6%. Yet the...
Thanks to reader Just Some Guy for sending in this article from last week - and who wondered why more people don't live here and commute to the Bay Area? Buyers like off-market listings because it lessens the competition. All agents have to do is convince sellers....
Those who already own a home aren't going to sell just because they have fewer deductions - where do you move? Renters in high-priced areas are still motivated to buy so they get write-offs beyond the standard deduction. Biggest impact? The sliver of the buy-up market...
Those who bought at the high-end of the last cycle are, well, doing it again: After Teresa & Mark Taunton short sold their $535,000 four-bedroom home in Celebration, Florida, at the end of the real estate meltdown in 2011, buying another house was the last thing...
