During one of the last weeks of this season’s The Apprentice, Donald Trump told those vying for the job and the viewers at home, too, that ‘nothing sells itself’. Last week, I was at a model home in a development and a new Realtor was telling a seasoned Realtor that their homes sold themselves. Later, […]
I’ve been hearing a lot lately about ‘the experience’. Why do you shop at Nordstrom? Because it’s a shopping ‘experience’. Why do you buy your tires at Les Schwab? Because they run out to greet you…it’s an ‘experience’. Why buy your coffee at Starbucks? Because it’s not just a latte, it’s an ‘experience’. The current […]
The non-Internet home buyer
By Cari McGee in Buyers with 0 Comments
…seems like an endangered species, but they’re out there. I got a call the other day from a guy on the west side of the state (Redmond, to be exact), who might want to move over here. He’s retired, no family, nothing that would draw him here or keep him here, except for the excellent […]
Move over, Wiley Elementary, there’s a new school in town. And it’s bringing some trepidation and uncertainty with it. I had a mom approach me the other day, “Cari! Are your kids going to White Bluffs or staying at Wiley next year?” I told her we live squarely on top of what is called ‘bird […]
Don’t you just love the county fair? I have great memories of the county fair of my childhood years. I think it’s crazy, in retrospect, to think of a fair in Los Angeles County! They still have it, I know, I just don’t think of huge, sprawling LA holding that bastion of small-town living and entertainment…a fair! […]
It’s time for the statitician readers (you know who you are!) to get really excited. First quarter results are in for 2007…and, compared to the same period last year Active listings are DOWN Solds are DOWN Prices, as you would then expect, are UP Average price 2007Q1,$182,960 2006Q1,$176,200…103.8% INCREASE Median price 2007Q1 $165,300 2006Q1 $157,000…105.2% […]