The real estate community is often criticized for always seeming to have a Pollyanna attitude about the housing market. Many believe that the industry’s current call ‘to buy now’ is nothing more than a scare tactic with the sole purpose of creating more commissions for the industry. Let’s take a look at whether or not [...]
The San Diego Association of Realtors data indicates that San Diego's median home price has shot up by 23% in the last year! The news is even better for condo owners (who, incidentally also took a bigger hit to home value when the market dropped) with a 37% increase. Astonishing! While this is good news [...]
You know, waiting a year to buy a home doesn't seem like much...until you do the math. Take a look at what a 5% increase would add to the price of the home that you've been "thinking" of buying. OUCH!
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OK, we are so late to post this (we've been meaning to share this news for a few weeks now...very busy!). It looks like every analyst (and their brother) is forecasting even bigger gains in the housing market this year. It's amazing actually how the press on this topic is changing so fast and so [...]
On of the things that many of us might be tempted to do when listing our home is to do it alone. After all, not using the services of a professional real estate agent could save us quite a bit in commissions. But....is it really better for your bottom line? The following infographic makes you [...]
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Just in case you haven't heard, the Sacramento housing market is in a strong recovery with home prices WAY up and inventory WAY down. The most recent numbers are show a little more stability moving into pricing. I think we're still going to see things higher, though not at such an aggressive rate. If you [...]
San Diego home prices really started to strengthen this last summer. In fact, summer is "home buying season" and it's not uncommon see this trend of market strength and demand continue into the fall. At some point just before Thanksgiving, demand lessens as families put kids get back into school and we all prepare for [...]
For so many years now, people have been asking "when will the real estate market bottom?". It's a good question but it's the wrong question now. Why is that? Well, just about everyone who keeps an eye on the real estate market these days is convinced we're IN recovery. In other words, we're PAST the [...]