Donald J. Trump is president, and his 140-character tweets seem to be his preferred method of communicating with the public. Millennials prefer texting over phone calls, and could live without a phone if needed: According to research released by Open Market in June...
Why You Should Hire Jim as your Buyer’s Agent
Traffic Doesn’t Equal Offers 2
The low inventory of homes for sale causes an initial onslaught of buyers which gives sellers the idea that they are about to hit the lotto-and they overreact.
Traffic Doesn’t Equal Offers
The low inventory of homes for sale causes an initial onslaught of buyers which gives sellers the idea that they are about to hit the lotto-and they overreact.
NSDCC 2016 Days on Market
Here we have the 3,019 NSDCC houses sold last year, categorized by how many days it took to find their buyer: Number of Days On Market Number of Houses Sold Percent of Total 0-14 days 1,126 37% 15-30 582 19% 31-45 342 11% 46-60 245 8% 61-75 169 6% 76-90 134 4% 90+ 421...
Measuring the Start of 2017
How to measure the current housing data to identify how the market breaks in 2017.
Wait-And-See in 2017?
It's easy for me to say our local real estate market should get off to a fast start. It's what we do every year! Let's theorize why the pricing pops in Spring: Demand has been pent-up for 3-6 months; and buyers come out hungry. Virtually all sellers come out greedy,...
Bird Rock View
I do video tours for out-of-town clients - it's a virtual showing to help buyers decide if they need to get on a plane. If it's a hot one, I'll tell you:
BRE Licensees
The latest BRE stats are out: http://www.bre.ca.gov/files/pdf/reb/rebfall_16.pdf Do you get the feeling that the real estate environment is like the wild wild west? Well, it is - there is virtually no oversight or enforcement going on: Fiscal year 2015-2016 Licensee...
Home-Price Negotiations
When it comes down to the last 2% to 4% on price negotiation, why is there so much trouble putting a deal together? It because the participants had no strategy going in - they just start making offers or counter-offers without regard to where it will lead. Without a...
Behind the Curtain
After enjoying the content of the first couple of dozen listings, I decided to turn on the camera and let you see what it is like being me - or any other agent out there who works with buyers. P.S. The price point doesn't matter - this is what it's like. I forgot to...