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Thinking of Selling?
Home Pricing Tips
I spoke to a seller of a home in Texas that isn't moving, and offered these tips: My Pricing Rules-of-Thumb 1. Pricing Gauge for Anywhere, Any Time, Any Market: If you are getting offers, then your list price is about right. If you are getting lookers but no offers,...
Great Balls of Fire!
A new mortgage-rate record, and with low inventory, this could be the best time ever to sell your house! Get Good Help!
First Buyer Is Best Buyer
In response to the coronavirus, the California Association of Realtors issued several disclosures that need to be signed electronically before showing a home. In addition, Cal-OSHA has mandated strict policies about wearing PPE, cleaning the home before and after...
Top 30 Markets Affected
We are #24 on the Top 30 markets to be affected by the coronavirus, which is pretty far down the list - and we're still relatively affordable when compared to other higher-end areas. For those who are thinking of moving to a more affordable area and aren't affected by...
Move to the Suburbs?
At least this was based on a survey, rather than ivory-tower speculation: Where people choose to live has traditionally been tied to where they work, a dynamic that through the past decade spurred extreme home value growth and an affordability crisis in coastal job...
3D Tours – The New Open House
We've touched on two differences that the coronavirus is causing in residential real estate sales; the cumbersome arrangements now required just to see a house for sale, and how wearing masks will help buyers hide their interest in a home. What else is changing? The...
Selling Your Home During Coronavirus
Diana has a great list of seller tips for the coronavirus era: Move out of the house before selling, if possible. Step up the staging. Virtual tours (I do video walk-arounds). Live private individual virtual tours. Vet buyers carefully. Don't overprice - buyers aren't...
NSDCC Since April 1st
They send out this survey twice each month - on the 15th and 21st - so these agent comments above were based on their market observations around then. Hopefully they have gotten back to work by now: Town Zip Code New Listings Since April 1st New Pendings Since April...
Cinco De Mayo!
The drone video tour: Here's a snapshot of the coronavirus market - there are plenty of lookers: