Virus

Covid-19 by County in California

by Jim the Realtor | May 4, 2020 | Jim's Take on the Market, Virus

The trend lines in San Diego and Orange Counties are among the worst.

Face-Covering Law

by Jim the Realtor | May 2, 2020 | Virus

Thanks to the UT for providing this summary: What exactly is the county’s new rule on face coverings? The law requires that all San Diego County residents wear a face covering whenever they are outside and within 6 feet of someone who is not from their household. In...

Pending Sales By County

by Jim the Realtor | May 1, 2020 | Jim's Take on the Market, NSDCC Pendings, Virus

Yesterday we saw that our NSDCC sales for April should be down about 40% year-over-year, and the graph above shows about the same for average daily pending sales in San Diego County. With pendings down 40%, and deals closing harder, it probably means that the YoY...

Economist Talk

by Jim the Realtor | Apr 30, 2020 | Boomer Liquidations, Boomers, Jim's Take on the Market, Virus

Matthew does a statistical comparison of today vs. 2008 in this video below. Important to note how his stats show how comfortable sellers are today, and I'll add that even if homeowners lose their job and stop making payments, it would take a year or two before you'd...

Corona By Zip +25 Days

by Jim the Realtor | Apr 29, 2020 | Jim's Take on the Market, Local Flavor, Virus

For a county of 3.3 million people, we're doing good. An update on stats by area: Area by Zip Code April 2nd Count April 27th Count % Increase Carlsbad (4 zips) 37 51 +38% Carmel Valley 21 31 +48% Del Mar 11 17 +55% Encinitas 23 30 +23% La Jolla 29 35 +21% PB/MB 22 34...

More New Listings

by Jim the Realtor | Apr 27, 2020 | Graphs of Market Indicators, Inventory, Jim's Take on the Market, Market Conditions, Sellers Waiting For Comeback, Virus

One key to any potential comeback is having more homes to sell. The weekly counts above are the net effect of new listings minus new pendings. When we have a good week of net new pendings (like we did this week with +13), it means a positive move by the new listings...

California Showings Update

by Jim the Realtor | Apr 26, 2020 | Jim's Take on the Market, Realtor, Showings, Virus

Showings have steadily improved - here are the percentages off the 2020 weekly average: April 13: -60.4% April 19: -41.1% April 25: -21.7% It looks like they re-adjust their graph based on the new weekly average. The top graph shows that on March 28th (the last day of...

Effect From Last Outbreak

by Jim the Realtor | Apr 25, 2020 | Jim's Take on the Market, Market Conditions, Virus

Excerpted from the latimes.com: Data released Thursday from real estate company Zillow show the number of deals entering escrow has fallen off a cliff since mid-March. But so too has the number of owners who are listing their house or condo for sale. Because the...

City Of Carlsbad Emergency Meeting

by Jim the Realtor | Apr 24, 2020 | Carlsbad, Jim's Take on the Market, Virus

4/24 Covid-19 by the Numbers: State - 39,254+ cases, 1,562 deaths County - 2,826+ cases, 102 deaths Carlsbad - 50+ cases (no change in positive cases since 4/14) 92008 - 9 92009 - 18 92010 - 13 92011 - 10...