Will the current turbulence in the real estate market make boomers drop everything and list their home for sale in the coming months, or just scoot a little closer to the exits? How many were already counting on every dollar of equity based on their lofty estimates of...
The Future
Virtual Real Estate
Hat tip to Rick for sending in this incredible VR - I need to broker these! Investors are spending real money to buy land in a new city that only exists in virtual reality. Buyers can build whatever they want on their plots in Decentraland. Many hope to make a profit...
Car Living
We're going to see more of this - from the unfortunate ones to those who deliberately choose to live a life untethered. Each night at 6 p.m., San Diego’s New Life Assembly church opens its parking lot to dozens of people who will spend the night in their cars. The...
Housing and Household Formation
This work by the Fannie Mae Research team suggests that there is further divide between the affluent, and everyone else. Their trend shows that people who are having families are those who can afford a house too. Renters are having to choose, or are going with...
City of Carlsbad Moving Up!
People wonder how a sleepy little beach town will ever be able to keep the housing bubble afloat. But Carlsbad isn't just a bunch of flower fields and surf shops any more! Carlsbad Top Employers: ViaSat, Inc. – communications Thermo Fisher Scientific – biotechnology...
Instant Agent
At least you get to choose the realtor, instead of getting stuck with whoever shows up. I was able to install the mobile app from the Play Store but couldn't get it to work (I'm rocking the Pixel 2 now). Hat tip Eddie89! You’ve hailed rides using a mobile app before,...
Klinge Realty Powered By Compass
When I first started selling homes, most brokerages were mom & pop offices on the local corner. Man, how times have changed. Now, venture capital is flooding the industry, and some outsiders flush with cash are trying to convince you that cheaper is better -...
Homes of the Future – Cronkite 1967
In 1967, Walter Cronkite showed us what the future of the single family home will look like in 2001 - thanks daytrip:
Rich Vs. Everyone Else
Daytrip sent in this link to ZH, and it typifies what we'll probably see up and down the coast and rich people battle it out with everyone else who is left. The wackos will be the most obvious on the front lines in the beginning, but eventually there could be a...
More On Zillow Home-Flipping
Zillow is setting up their home-flipping business in Phoenix and Las Vegas, which are two very safe towns for taking a risk. The vast majority of houses there are easy-to-value tract homes, and relatively inexpensive compared to the coasts. But Zillow's stock price...