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Lower Rates!
All we need is more talk about nuclear submarines to get mortgage rates to fall into the 5s and fire up a late-summer rally! When it comes to financial markets and the traders that trade the bonds that move mortgage rates, it was important because it meant the labor...
NSDCC July Sales
Due to another glitch in the SDAR MLS, the sales prices are missing the last three numbers on the NSDCAR listings that sold this week (so much for data-sharing!): The first 13 are in the sales count, but I took them out of the pricing statistics here: The July sales...
Lower Rates = Lower Inventory?
Mike has now teamed up with another guy and both are believing that when (if) mortgage rates come down, it will spur more demand and sales. They are basing this belief on historical trends:...
Top 20 Move-Outs
Don't you want "less congestion, better access to nature, and lower costs of living"? https://timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/05/20/san-diego-top-location-people-leaving/
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Buckingham/Nicks
Last week, Stevie and Lindsey both quoted lyrics on their social media from their song, Frozen Love. They were teasing the re-release of their 1973 album Buckingham/Nicks (finally!), and fans went nuts over the possibility of one more tour. Stevie started this video...
National Outlook
Mike mentions that the current unsold inventory is +37% YoY in California. But sales and pricing are holding up so we're just getting used to having more active inventory laying around not selling.
Trendy Tuesday – Investing
A recent report found 27% of all US homes sold in Q1 2025 were purchased by investors - the highest share in at least five years. That number was 18.5% between 2020 and 2023. However, the number of homes bought is only a 1.2% increase YoY, showing that investors...
SD Case-Shiller, May
San Diego Case-Shiller Index, Non-Seasonally-Adjusted The buyer enthusiasm in 2025 was about half of what it was in 2024. The May reading is the first double-aught month, with both MoM and YoY logging in zeros, and it sure looks like it will be the peak of the year....
