August 2021

What’s Wrong with Wiggle Room

August 31, 2021For those who have been following the conversation on the shift that’s happening in the market, we’ll return to that next week. Meanwhile... more about pricing. I’m amazed at the number of people out there who still think they have to list their houses higher than what they’re hoping for in order to get what they really want when they sell. Contrary to the overwhelming evidence this historic, low inventory market has provided, some folks insist on sticking to the powerful conditioning they received in...

Horse Latitudes

August 23, 2021It’s that time again. The Dog Days of Summer. Or as some call them: the horse latitudes. That’s an old sailing term for the doldrums, a place where the wind dies down and the sails go slack. And even though I start off each year, knowing we’ll eventually arrive at this point, it’s always a surprise when we actually get here. As ready as I think I am, I’m never really ready to ratchet down from the torrid pace of the previous few months. For...

Not on a crash course

August 16, 2021Continuing the conversation... talking about the busiest, longest, highest appreciating market we’ve ever seen. A market no one could have imagined a year ago. And from the lofty perch of our current $1.3 million dollar median price, we’re also trying to imagine what the market will look like in another year. There are really only four possibilities: 1. The market can keep appreciating 2. It can level out 3. It can go through a ‘normal” 10-15% adjustment 4. It can come to a screeching halt ...

Dax Nollenberger

- Dax Nollenberger

Dax’s Data

August 11, 2021The inventory in July was the second most inventory in the last 3 years (behind only May 2021)! While on the surface that’s good news for buyers, looking holistically gives a bit of a different picture of the market as a whole. Days on market was only 15 days which is the 3rd lowest number of days in a 3-year period. Months of inventory, which tells us how quickly we would run out of inventory if no more supply came on the market, is at...

A crash course on Why The Market isn’t Going to Crash

August 9, 2021Continuing the conversation….talking about the busiest, longest, highest appreciating market we’ve ever seen and trying to imagine where it’s headed in the coming year. There are plenty of people still suffering pangs of PTSD from the Great Recession of 2008, who remain certain that the market is going to crash even though there’s no evidence of a bubble anywhere on the horizon. For those folks, here’s a crash course on Why The Market isn’t Going to Crash: Debt: In 2008 we had record high loan...

There are some searches that google just can’t help you with

August 2, 2021“There are some searches that google just can’t help you with.” Recent message in front of a Sunnyvale church Continuing....wondering whether we’re at an inflection point where the all-encompassing embrace of technology will finally begin to wane. As more folks get overwhelmed by the cumulative effects of too much tech and begin to resist the temptation to integrate one more device and password into their daily lives. Where is real estate’s place in all of this? How does tech’s powerful drive to make everything faster...