From the mayor: This week at SANDAG (the county's regional transportation board), we heard for the first time the amount of housing the state is proposing for our county in the next eight-year housing cycle. I hope you're sitting down – it's 21,000 new homes annually,...
I think I've had this guy on before, but he has a few different videos. He changes the title and his description to include the new year, but this was published in 2014:
There has been quite the discussion about the recent comments made by the bosses at KW, and Notorious Rob has been deciphering the meanings and intentions. This is the first installment, and the 69 comments from real estate people reveal the intensity of the...
Every year, the face of California changes. A new report lets us know just how much. Wealthier people and those from states like New York and Illinois are moving in by the droves to California while young people with less money are bailing out to states such as Texas,...
After reading my auction-is-the-answer series, Brad Inman invited me to his conference in the desert yesterday. I politely declined, because the real estate industrial complex is more interested in profits, than ethics - and a little guy like me isn't going to change...
We covered in my four-part series that there is a vicious undercurrent of fraud and deceit being imposed upon buyers and sellers alike, and that drastic action is needed to stop it. But such action is unlikely to happen - at least until the district attorney has a...
This is the fourth installment of my essay on the future of real estate sales. I'll send this along to Brad Inman, who is gathering thoughts for a leadership conference at the end of March, so they have my perspective from the street. In summary: The unconscious...
When I first started this blog on a Saturday morning in September, 2005, I thought I needed to hurry up before every agent was blogging. Wouldn't this be a great vehicle to educate consumers and demonstrate our expertise? Certainly, every agent will be doing it!...
A reader sent these in: Jim – I have two questions. Do you think that technology has helped the more successful agents to the detriment of the lower half of the agent pool who have less $ to invest in things like Zillow’s premier agency and what not. And if the haves...
The suburbs and beyond could get a boost from driverless cars: What do driverless cars have to do with housing? Among the possible connections, they could have an impact on the location where people choose to buy their homes. When those open to the idea of buying a...
