Should buyers wait a while to see what happens to the housing market? Are we just seeing the usual end-of-selling-season malaise when where all of the motivated sellers have succeeded, and just the OPTs are stacking up? Or has the market shifted.....for good? Is this...
We see people changing their price by $1,000 or $5,000, and it makes you wonder what they are doing. They can't actually believe that it will do any good, can they? Here's why they do it. Realtors tend to live off their MLS hotsheet, which is the day's summary...
So you've heard that the market is a little uncertain right now, and you're wondering if you should just wait a year or two before selling your residence. If you don't mind keeping the home forever, then fine, the value will probably go up in the long run. But if...
Here's a specific example of market activity on the street, and the important question - will sellers sell for what the market will bear?
Thanks to daytrip for sending in this video survey about Californians moving to Idaho - the sentiments expressed here are probably similar for residents in other destinations too:
When I first saw this graph, I thought it was the perfect way to sum up the changes in the marketplace since the 2000-2009 era. Back then, people were younger, there were plenty of homes for sale, and prices were relatively affordable, so we always had a very fluid...
Reader AI mentioned Patagonia and Sonoita in southern Arizona as two good places to consider, but both are really small - about 1,000 people each. Because most of this audience is made up of city-slickers, I picked a bigger town to feature as an introduction to...
Ryan has been running a fantastic real estate blog for years and has double the audience that we have here, so check him out at: www.sacramentoappraisalblog.com He gave me permission to run his latest post, and #1 is true - once sellers tell all their friends and...
While we're discussing where to move, let's note that you don't have to buy another home - although I recommend it! Here's an example: Until six years ago, Melody Shapiro never imagined herself living out of a van. She hasn't fallen on hard times, nor has she pivoted...
We're halfway through 2018 - let's check on the predictions. Here is where Rob Dawg, Franklin Jones, Ash, and myself guessed what would happen this year: https://www.bubbleinfo.com/2017/12/27/2018-predictions/ My thoughts in December for 2018, plus extra stats: I...
