Last night was the third annual panel discussion of real estate at UCSD, put on by the Financial Executives Networking Group of San Diego. About 60 people attended. The panel consisted of Bruce Norris, Alan Nevin, Gary London, and a certain part-time blogger. Here...
Speaker Panel
Lunch with LY
The first segment of Tuesday's speech in Mission Valley, with 700+ realtors filling up this ballroom (and two other auxiliary rooms), at $25 per person, lunch included. This youtube clip was taken with a hand-held camera while standing in back - it's shaky so you may...
Old Drinking Buddies
from sddt.com: The worst may be over for the San Diego housing market, but local and national Realtor associations are trying to rally their members to contribute to their “political survival.” The San Diego Association of Realtors hosted its Regional Real Estate...
Mid-Year Reports
There were a couple of panel discussion this week, one at USD, and the other sponsored by USC. USD's Mid-Year Economic Update provided some rather revealing scientific quotes: “When the history is written, historians and economists will decide Wiley Coyote was really...
Get Rich Quick
People ask all the time, where are the buyers coming from, and what is motivating them? Yesterday in a couple of comments mentioned that people are tired of waiting, and want to settle down with their families. But there will always be the get-rich-quick crowd. Robert...
Heteroskedasticity
At the panel discussion the other night, the methodology of the Case-Shiller Index was questioned. Do they include every repeat sale they find, or just the recent ones? Because the long-time owners, ones who paid $33,000 in the 1960s, and are now selling for $700,000,...
Panel Discussion Moved
Thursday's panel discussion at 6pm has been moved to a slightly larger facility, the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego. According to the moderator, Scott Lewis: There is no charge for parking. You will be directed to the Lower...