These days, every time you read the news you'll see another expert talking about the shadow inventory coming home to roost. Depending on the guesser, there will be somewhere between 3 million and 8 million homes that get foreclosed in America over the next 1-10...
(the title should have been 'Jan-plus Sales Roundup) Let's keep the stats coming; here the updated Y-O-Y comparisons for the period Jan. 1 thru Feb. 18 (and 2010 will have some additional late-reporters): Town or Area 2009 SOLDS 2010 SOLDS 2009 $/sf 2010 $/sf Carlsbad...
The late-reporters will add a few extras, but here are the preliminary detached sales numbers for January, 2010: Town or Area Zip Code Jan. 2009 Jan. 2010 Cardiff 92007 1/$563psf 3/$353psf NW Carlsbad 92008 4/$274 7/$339 SE Carlsbad 92009 21/$276 24/$263 NE Carlsbad...
Local Boy wondered how Carlsbad was holding up - here's a snapshot of the fourth quarter detached stats for North SD County Coastal region. The area category called 'High' is RSF, Del Mar, Solana Beach, and La Jolla. The 2008 stats were based on Oct. 1st to Dec. 18th:...
(Covenant in orange on map, click twice) Smithers wanted to know more about the whopping 25 detached closings in RSF over the summer. There was a late-reported #26, but upon further examination one of the 25 was in Cielo, but an Escondido zip and school district, so...
There will be some late-reporting, but the sales already look decent compared to last year - 13 out of 23 areas had an increase in detached sales, and all but one zip had prices decline - which we agree is a good thing too. If there were more REOs to sell, the numbers...
The prime-time selling season runs from Super Bowl Sunday to the Fourth of July. How has your area been doing? We should start seeing some of the unsuccessful sellers figure it out, and either cancel their listing, or lower their price over the next 30-45 days. Here...
The market has been hot lately because the inventory is low. There are only 5,880 detached, and 3,043 attached active listings in the MLS - about 38% of what it was in September 2007. Waiting buyers are frustrated and should be jumping at new product - how are the...
These are the preliminary numbers of detached home sales, and cost-per-sf for May. While there are some signs of relative stability, all the hub-bub about the market improving hasn't translated down to sales increasing yet - or cost-per-sf: Town or Area Zip Code May...
Here are the number of detached sales from the MLS, and average dollars-per-square-foot for April, 2005, 2008, and 2009. WHICH AREA IS THE BEST BUY TODAY, AND WHY? The person with the best answer will receive four tickets to tomorrow night's Padres game vs. the...
