Now that summer is over and mortgage rates are screaming towards 8%, many will assume that the real estate market has gone dormant for the rest of the year. But my strategy of effectively sprucing up the house and utlizing an attractive price keeps working. Towards...
A review of our day near the beach:
I hate when realtors say, "Price it right". It makes it sound like we know something you don't - that our price is the right price. Realistically, you can only say you priced it right if a house sells during its first week on the market. The frenzy made every listing...
We had 100+ people attend each open house this weekend, and it was probably half-and-half buyers and neighbors. But neither know the difference, so it just looked like a parade all weekend. Four offers have been received between $1,200,000 and the $1,250,000 list...
I finally got an answer from Natalie the Dancer today!
Let's be realistic, shall we? It's the original roof, three original bathrooms that look like $60k-80k to fix, original furnace (no A/C), only half of the windows were replaced, no solar, no pool, no spa, no backyard improvements at all - the skimpy old BBQ is a...
1276 Meadow Wood Place, Encinitas 5 bedrooms + bonus room, 3 baths, 2,962sf 0.23-acre lot YB: 1990 LP = $1,850,000 Open 12-3pm this weekend! Have you been seeing Encinitas Ranch and La Costa Valley homes selling in the mid-$2 millions and higher, and wish you could...
The best part of attractive pricing is that it helps to weather the demand dynamics. We're not going to get the 22 offers we got last week, but 100+ people have seen the home, and offer #4 just arrived.
Five-hour open house today doing what I love to do - talk to interesting people about real estate!
Cute & cozy beach bungalow in front, plus a 2br/2ba ADU in back with ocean views! The most exclusive real estate in the world is within one block from the beach, and its value is soaring! Garfield condos selling for $2,000,000-$2,500,000, Garfield triplex closed...
