When homeowners are asked about selling, there is a universal response: "Where am I going to go?" To help those who are searching, here is the Compass collection of luxury homes for sale by region: https://www.luxuryatcompass.com/regions
These look like the towns to which people from New York and California are moving. Excerpts: The boomer tide in the for-sale housing market is expected to continue to rise for at least the next 8 years; younger millennials will be hitting first-time home buying age at...
In hopes of encouraging more readers to move somewhere (anywhere!), I took a spin around the north-coastal region of California via Zillow. I don't know anything else about the area other than it is remote - readers who know more can feel free to comment! 1,732sf for...
We'll be in Tucson next month, and I'll be doing my own investigation! In 2021, single-family existing-home prices rose at the fastest pace in five decades at an average year-over-year pace of 18%, driven by strong job growth, historically low mortgage rates, a...
In San Diego County, the excessive frenzy conditions have been driven by newcomers who don't have a house here yet, and who figure that they just have to pay what it takes to get one. It is those buyers that out-bid the locals. As those numbers dwindle, the frenzy...
Real estate has been challenging for many buyers this year, with home prices up sharply and inventory at record low levels. Some buyers may get a break in 2022, but it's not likely to be in some of the nation's smaller cities that have seen strong housing demand due...
Do a thorough investigation on where you're moving! To Rick Brown and Jeanne Brown, finding a forever home has seemingly taken forever. In just five years, the couple—he’s 71 and she’s 72—bought or built two different houses that they planned to live in for the rest...
Though this graph is from 2019, I think it shows that people don't move far from home. Hat tip to Rob Dawg for sending in this link with loads of data: https://lusk.usc.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/USC_CasdenRealEstateEconomicsReport_Spring.pdf Here is the map...
How about moving to the High Desert? It's close enough to San Diego that you could re-visit when necessary, and once we get self-driving cars, you could commute! Here's a link to the 67 homes for sale in Joshua Tree today: https://cmps.re/5RLVsX7 Here's a link to...
It's hard to believe that we got smoked by Cleveland, Chicago, and Detroit (and Ventura didn't make the list!), but our housing cost is a barrier. They have many reviews of each city, and for those who take politics into the decision-making process, these links...
