It’s that time of the year when San Diegans wake up from the holidays, look around and decide it’s time to get serious about those plans to move.  Last year in the period from February through May, our real estate market was a virtual feeding frenzy with prices jumping by as much as 8% year-over-year in some areas, and homes selling within hours of hitting the market.

While I don’t predict the same level of activity this spring, we will see improvement from the doldrums of November...

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Want to make sure your home languishes on the market?  Just follow these 10 easy steps and I guarantee you won’t be packing to move any time soon! 

10.  Make it really difficult to show.   Don’t allow your agent to install a lock box and limit the time your home can be shown to a really narrow window, like Thursday mornings between 10:00 – 11:30.  If your home can’t be shown, trust me, the agent will find another home to show to their buyer clients....

2018 was an odd year in Real Estate in San Diego.  January through May were booming and then everything slowed to a snail’s pace for the remainder of the year. Overall, inventory declined while prices continued to climb slightly. 

Let’s take a look at a snapshot of some popular areas across the county and see what really happened to the real estate market in 2018 and what that might mean for affordability in 2019.  All of the statistics are for single family homes comparing...