Check out our new listing! 5041 Bella Collina St., Oceanside 4 br/2.5 ba, 2,547sf YB: 2000 Lot size = 12,525sf No HOA LP = $1,250,000 Super high-end estate inspired by the Toll Brothers model homes at Robertson Ranch! The gorgeous chef's kitchen with four-seat island,...
Why You Should List With Jim
Home-Pricing Strategies
During the frenzy, pricing didn't matter much - buyers were overbidding everything. Now that the environment has settled down just a bit, the list price chosen by sellers makes a difference. Here are some of my notes on pricing. Make the pricing easy to digest. The...
Inventory Watch
The number of homes for sale between La Jolla and Carlsbad will probably decline for the rest of 2023, even though the pendings counts are as high as they have been all year. Is the number of pendings higher because pricing is soft, and getting softer? Generally, the...
Keeping The Costs Down
Every coastal home has termite damage, and every seller would be smart to identify the cost before selling. There is usually a wide varance in costs quoted - we use our qualified vendors who don't charge a premium rate and let our volume work for you. Here the cost...
Carmel Valley Estate
The 1+ acre lot was probably what sold this one. Part of a nice flurry of July sales that are inline with the monthly sales counts in March-June. But the median sales price has a month-over-month change of -17%, which will cause the doomers to flip out. But it's only...
Kitchen at Aviara Drive
Aviara Drive Full Home Tour
Seven minutes with captions! Having the saves around five percent of the views is about right - let's call it the baseline. More than that and you got a hot listing, and less than 5% means don't start packing just yet.
Aviara Point
Our new listing in Aviara Point is hitting the open market tomorrow - here's a brief teaser video: https://www.compass.com/app/listing/7141-aviara-drive-carlsbad-ca-92011/1364510398054940729
Inventory Watch
In the past week, there were 18 FEWER new listings and 15 MORE new pendings than the week before - and boom, the mid-summer surge continued....but only for some, not all. A good example of the current market conditions is one of the La Costa Valley 6 that we've been...
NSDCC SP:LP Preliminary
The NSDCC sales are trending lower and appear to be focused on the lower-end: We should still get the 100+ sales in July, and hopefully no one will be screaming about prices dumping 20% in one month. It's just that the higher-end isn't clicking like it was before....