American Home Buying Day revisited
Steve penned this little gem about five years ago, shortly after Jim Cramer called the bottom of the housing market. 2007, 2012. Tomato, tomahto. Close enough, if you ask me. The point is that, lately,...
View ArticleGive us your listings and no one gets hurt.
I remember an old joke from years ago, although I have probably butchered it over time as the old brain cells have moved well beyond their half-lives. It's a joke about picking your argument. A man...
View ArticleHitting Bottom, Barstow, and Scripps Ranch Market Times
According to the Wall Street Journal, the “housing bust is over.” Phew! That’s a relief. This article ran last week so, technically, the housing bust was over on July 11. I suppose I was just too...
View ArticleNational Housing Stats and Lost in Translation
Photo credit: By chokola The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) released their home sales statistics for July. This data is for all property types and reflects homes sales nationally. And...
View ArticleA Bold Prediction – The San Diego-Imperial County Sunrise Powerlink Project...
Standard & Poors/Case-Shiller® Home Price Indices for June came out yesterday. But you didn’t have to wait until yesterday. Zillow saved you the trouble and predicted last week what Case-Shiller...
View ArticleMarket Boredom, My Daughters, and the Medicare Tax (in that order)
Question: What’s your excuse this time for not blogging for nearly a month, blogging being a medium whose success depends almost entirely on delivering consistent daily, if not weekly, fresh and...
View ArticleA Few Take-Aways From That Time My Email Was Down (Random Musings)
I could almost hear the mournful, whistling theme song – the one that plays in every Western movie right before the gunfight scene. I could almost see the tumbleweeds dancing playfully across the...
View ArticleWhat are those appraisers thinking? An Election Day rerun.
(Editor’s Note: If you are reading this, stop it right now and GO VOTE!) From my inbox yesterday: “Your site looks great, but I noticed that you've only had three blog posts since Wednesday, May 25,...
View ArticleBank of America Short Sale Update – Let the Good Times Roll
From the OMG files, Bank of America (BAC) recently sent a new advisory to agents who handle short sales. And, as if short sales weren’t already enough fun (and by “fun” I mean...
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