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...
Why You Should List With Jim
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....
Why Hire Jim?
It's usually the creampuffs that get bid up 13% over list! https://www.compass.com/app/listing/7114-columbine-drive-carlsbad-ca-92011/1354511938316929481
Eleven Offers!
We've received ELEVEN offers on our new listing at 7114 Columbine! The five cash buyers have declined to go any higher, so the six financed offers will be competing today for the win. We sent all of them a highest-and-best counter with a 4pm deadline today. Meanwhile,...
Lots of Action
We had 100+ people attend each open house this weekend, and it was probably half-and-half buyers and neighbors. But neither know the difference, so it just looked like a parade all weekend. Four offers have been received between $1,200,000 and the $1,250,000 list...