In January, 30% of the NSDCC sales offered less than a 2.5% commission to the buyer-agents, and in February it was 25%. Since the NAR settlement was announced on March 15th, 40% of the listings are offering less than a 2.5% commission to the buyer-agents. There isn't...
Instead of a glut forming, the number of houses for sale between La Jolla and Carlsbad has been decreasing lately. April will be fantastic for sellers! So will May and June, and probably July! 😆 I can help you with that!...
How thin is the margin between winning and losing? I heard this story yesterday about a house for sale in Carmel Valley. It had 14 offers. The sellers selected what they thought was the best offer, and headed off to escrow. But the buyer and their agent had made...
5450 Los Robles Drive, Carlsbad 3 br/2 ba, 2,700sf YB: 1976 7,200sf lot No HOA or Mello-Roos fees LP = $2,900,000 Open 12-3pm Saturday and Sunday, March 16&17. Check out this ultimate retro-mod beach house at the quiet end of Los Robles Drive and at the highest...
It's been obvious that the entire real-estate-selling business has been deteriorating towards single agency. I see it every day on the street, and I've posted evidence of the shift regularly. The trend is moving quickly now on multiple fronts. The DOJ is going to...
Last month their annual appreciation guesses were in the 3% to 4% range, now they are up to 4.9% to 6.3% for the next 12 months! We'll probably exceed those in the first quarter of 2024! Carlsbad NW - 92008 Carlsbad SE - 92009 Carlsbad NE - 92010 Carlsbad SW - 92011...
I thought it would never happen. I sold a listing off-market. There wasn't much hope that we could sell 1704 Azul Vista for $2,000,000+. There had been only one sale over $2 million ever, and it was an off-market sale in May, 2022 - the absolute peak of the frenzy....
There had to be skeptics to my Los Altos Adventure last weekend. Did you mis-price the house by more than a million dollars on purpose - or just by accident? Come on - you were 440 miles out of your normal market area....dude....you got lucky!! I like to pay close...
We can expect that the election season will be like no other in the history of the USA! Prepare accordingly! Can you imagine how this will play out? If Biden wins, there will be a civil war. If Trump wins, he's promised that there will be full chaos on Day One. We can...
Once a home is for sale but not selling, how do you know what to do? Both buyers and sellers can apply my List-Price Accuracy Gauge: Once the home is on the open market, if it is…… Getting visitors and offers, you are within 5% of being right on price. Getting...
