On this week’s blog, I am going to break down the California propositions that will affect real estate here in the South Bay, and throughout the state.
I will not give my opinion on which w...
The 3rd quarter officially ended last week.
We now have a large dataset to dig into to tell us how the South Bay real estate market is reacting to this wild and crazy 2020.
If you have been a weekly blog reader throughout the ye...
Interest rates are a topic I normally write about semi-annually, but it has been 13 months since my last rates blog because, well...2020. Thank you all for being patient, I know I have been promising this topic for quite some time now.
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It has been a wild year.
And, the same can be said for South Bay real estate too.
For this post, I am going to share some numbers and anecdotal thoughts on what is happening right now in the South Bay marketplace. The market see...
This 2020 has been crazy, to say the least.
You can point out numerous large factors affecting our marketplace in a long list, when usually in most years, there are just one or two factors.
Look at this very simply, yet incredi...
Back by popular demand… One. Last. Time.
The August South Bay real estate numbers are here.
Why only once more?
Because year-over-year monthly data is getting less and less valuable.
The market shock from the pan...
If you are not an income property owner or a renter, then you might want to skip this week’s blog as I go through some of the new rules from the state’s newly enacted COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act of 2020.
That said, I still believe ...
This past May, I wrote a blog post discussing updates made to the local multiple listing service (MLS) rules due to the National Association of Realtors (NAR) policy changes. For a refresher, you can find the May blog post here.
The po...
The July South Bay real estate numbers are here.
As we recover from the shock of the shut-down of our local economy, and continue to stay open, the monthly data will get less valuable.
Quarterly data will aggregate bigger data t...
I cannot believe it is already August. What a crazy and strange year it has been.
The real estate market continues its strong recovery, driven by low interest rates, buyers’ heightened desire for their own space, and better than expe...
Interest rates are a big topic. And, they are more important than ever for our real estate markets.
Since I am on vacation this week, although real estate never sleeps, my mind has been more focused on general topics like interest rate...