Let's judge this year by comparing the quarters vs. 2024: Here's how the market did between La Jolla and Carlsbad: Buyers enjoyed the additional listings in the first quarter as sales and pricing both grew considerably. But as the listing count kept growing, sales...
North County Coastal
Current Home Pricing
These graphs are updated on the first of the month so these are the latest numbers and they are interactive so you can scroll over to see the individual data. These are tracking the Coastal North region of SD County. You can see the average and median cost-per-sf is...
Current Market Conditions
More on the market conditions being observed around the country: JtR: I don't see many buyer-agents showing properties at all. Open-house traffic is spotty at best and mostly lookers with casual interest. Homes are still selling but sales will likely slow the rest of...
More on May Sales
Bill is showing a 9.4% decrease in SD May sales, year-over-year. But around the north coastal area, sales have been holding up. The NSDCC sales in May were +7% YoY, and for the first five months, it's +6%! We can live with those! The number of off-market sales (which...
La Costa View One-Story
I have curated this group of NSDCC one-story listings for several years now. If you want to subscribe to this feed, either send me your email or you can set up an account at compass.com. I mention it today because I think Julie's listing on Fosca (second listing) has...
Tariffs Behind Us?
The tariff talk is settling down, the stock market looks fully recovered, we got a new pope, and the President is getting a new airplane. Can we get back to selling homes now? Usually we consider a 'healthy' market to have a ratio of 2:1 actives-to-pendings. Above is...
NSDCC 2025 First Third
Let's compare the year-to-date action to last year! The sub-markets in green are holding up nicely. The additional listings coming to market are being absorbed, and the current number of active listings are around 4 months' worth or less. Rancho Santa Fe is a good...
NSDCC Monthly Sales
Today, let's judge our market purely by the number of sales. Sales are the precursor of where the market is going. NSDCC Monthly Sales, Jan 1 - Apr 30 2024: 570 2025: 578 There have been 166 closings this month so far, and with one day to go plus the late-reporters,...
NSDCC Sales & Pricing YoY
The NSDCC sales and pricing looks a lot like it did last year, which is the definition of Flat City. It gives us some assurance that the market is steady, at least in the rear-view mirror. But let's break it down into the individual areas to see if there are any...

NSDCC Below & Above $3,000,000
A reader asked to split the market at $3,000,000 and take a look around. They made a good point. All that matters is what's happening in your neighborhood of interest. Analyzing larger samples can only give us suspicious facts. I keep saying how another 15% to 20%...