An article in the North County Times from late 2005. Those were the days of low home prices and easier financing (though not as easy as the no-doc days in 2005-2008). As a result, it was the real Golden Age because everyone could participate. The last five years were...
Jim’s Take on the Market
Attractive Pricing Is Key
Why should home buyers be optimistic about 2025? It's because sales have bottomed (hopefully): San Diego County Annual Sales of Detached-Homes: 2003: 28,251 (high point) 2021: 25,252 2022: 18,378 2023: 14,003 2024: 14,837 It's still going to be a challenge though....

Over List, December
The buyer enthusiasm in the fourth quarter of 2024 was very impressive! The percentage of sales that closed over their list price increased each month, and the 4Q sales were up 27% year-over-year! NSDCC Monthly Sales & Pricing
January Listings Are A Precursor
Virtually everyone is reluctant to predict the future of the real estate market. Even most realtors will throw their hands up and declare, "Who knows?". But around here, one fact has been clear and it tells us what we need to know about the rest of the year. The...
Happy New Year!
In 2024, we had more drama than usual. The Big Three: Hotly-contested election. Commission debacle. Mortgage rates that were supposed to come down, but didn't. Any one of those could have derailed the real estate market, but instead we survived just fine: NSDCC Annual...
Inventory Watch
We're going to start the new year with about 17% more houses for sale than we did in 2024. They will be joined by other failed listings from the past, and the inventory will most likely be rising faster than normal. The first inventory count of 2024 was 255 homes for...
Second Half Sales, 2023 vs 2024
*not done yet! In spite of the most controversial election in the history of America - one that could have been much more distracting - the NSDCC sales in the second half of 2024 were phenomenal. The number of second-half sales rose 13% year-over-year, and the median...
Price Declines?
Oh geez, did Jim say something about prices going down? Yes, and isn't it inevitable in areas where there is more supply than demand? Sure, we can always reflect on Rancho Santa Fe where having your home languish on the market every year is a rite of passage. Somebody...
Merry Christmas!
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Inventory Watch
Last week there were 386 NSDCC active listings, and today there are 343 - a difference of 57. Impressively, there were 25 listings that were marked as 'pending' in the last week! But it also means that a load of the unsuccessful sellers of 2024 will be back early next...