~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Speaking of Zillow, they also said in this June article that San Diego home prices would rise 24.7% by May. How are we doing? There has never been a great measuring stick for home prices, but let's look at the most common ones:...
Market Conditions
San Diego: Buyers More Critical, But Stable
This company surveys new-home and resale agents every month, and this report confirms more of what we've been experiencing: A few more listings (but NSDCC listings are dropping off now). More listings not selling/buyers getting pickier. Buyer traffic is steady, and...
San Diego County Real Estate, August 2021
My favorite pet peeve of the media insisting that 'home prices' and market conditions are interchangeable with the direction of the median-sales-price made the front page of the newspaper today....
Inventory Shortage
The NSDCC Monthly Sales were hopped up in April and June of this year, but are now getting back in line with previous years. Is the demand 'cooling off', or is it because we don't have enough homes for sale? NSDCC Listings & Sales Year June Listings July Listings...
Market Slowing
Great thoughts from Ryan at www.sacramentoappraisalblog.com: Now let’s talk about slowing. I’ve had a number of emails lately critiquing my use of the word “slowing,” so I wanted to talk about this openly. I hope that’s cool. If this isn’t your thing, just scroll...
Housing Demand To Continue
Yesterday, Derrick discussed the macro-economic forces that will affect real estate for years to come:
Year-End Rally?
Mike thought the inventory was going to peak by now, but notes that the number of national listings is still growing. He also says that sales are strong too, which might suggest that we could have a late rally in spite of the delta variant. If buyers have more...
Frenzy Connected to Inventory
It's one thing to note that showings are well under the peak frenzy era of August-November. But today's showings are also well below what they were in July 2019, which was a fairly flat market then. Is the demand falling apart? Or is it due to lower inventory? Let's...
CV Winner
Interesting to note that the buyer here didn't mind paying $351,000 over list awhile being represented by a noted discounter from Northern California - an agent who is a known critic of the realtor cartel but is happy to make a buck off the system 500 miles away from...
JtR On Smarter San Diego TV
The teaser on Friday was the first 4-5 minutes - here's the full 14 minutes with a better camera angle: