The first month of 2013 saw a general decline in sales which is normal for this time of the year and with that inventory went up for the first time in months but remains very low. This time last year North County had over twice the number of homes for sale. The number of distressed […]

Here we are on the first Saturday of 2013 looking back at some very interesting trends in our local North County San Diego detached homes market place. Most notable development has been 20 straight months of inventory decline. For the zip codes we cover here (most of Oceanside, Encinitas, Vista, and Carlsbad plus some analysis […]

Writing this on election day and again reporting that prices are rising here !!! November again saw a dramatic drop in inventory as sellers hold back but buyers snap up the few remaining well priced homes. Again we have had listings with multiple bids at prices above what the seller had anticipated. For the four […]

Prices rising here !!! September continued the downward spiral of detached homes in inventory here to the lowest we have seen here since January 2009. Sales dipped quite sharply from 399 to 348 which is still high but reflects the lack of homes here for sale. As you can see from the detailed snap shot […]

August continued the downward spiral of detached homes in inventory here while sales remained buoyant in North County zips codes covering most of Carlsbad, Oceanside, Encinitas and Vista. For a very detailed look at Carlsbad zip code 92009 including price trends please look at an earlier blog entry by pressing page down to look below […]