With so much focus on HGTV real estate shows, it's inevitable that our marketing will go Hollywood too: A woman in a red dress twirls with a dark and mysterious man through light-filled hallways. Music flutters and surges in a romantically lit courtyard overlooking...
The Future
Investor Financing For Flips?
Big-money investors are entering the real estate space, though not in California yet - but it's just a matter of time. Notorious R.O.B. explores whether there would be much difference between selling to an investor, and selling with a realtor on the open market:...
‘Craziest’ Markets
From realtor.com: “With a record number of home buyers out there, this is officially the most competitive, fastest-moving spring housing market in decades," said Javier Vivas, manager of economic research at realtor.com. "Following a furious start to the season, the...
Statewide MLS
I am a proponent of San Diego realtors joining the CRMLS (with 80,000+ members) because their system is vastly superior to the crappy MLS version supplied by our Sandicor. But here's an alternative reason why we should adopt a statewide MLS - because consumers know...
The Unwanted McMansion
A great article from realtor.com. Excerpts: As baby boomers look to downsize out of their suburban McMansions, a generational showdown is looming: Millennials might be coming into their own as the nation's biggest group of first-time home buyers, but they aren't...
C.A.R. on Millennials
In the future, will there be affluent millennials that will be ready, willing, and able to pay more than today's prices? Maybe there is comfort knowing that 1/3 of millennials aren't living paycheck to paycheck today?
Sell Home and Leave America?
Could this be one of the growing trends that might add more reasonably-priced homes to our inventory? Thanks Daytrip for sending in! http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/world/article154209369.html To casual visitors, this colonial town in southern...
Do We Need A List Price?
There was quite a bit of hubbub this week about the Zillow Instant Offers program being tested in two cities. Seller inquiries are sent to as many as 15 investors plus a Premier Agent, who gets to make their own pitch for the business - and one realtor reported that...
Millennials Low on Dough
Will the boomers be exiting at or about the same time? LINK Millennials aren't buying homes in the same numbers as previous and older generations, but it's not because they don't want to. The vast majority of millennials do indeed aim to buy someday, or would even...
Zillow Instant Offers
If there was anyone left who still had doubt whether Zillow has the killer instinct, let this be the final piece of evidence to convince you. Today they launched 'Instant Offers' which allows homeowners to submit a request for 15 investors to bid on their house....