The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 6/19/10

Inventory Analysis

Lately, it seems like no matter how many new listing and sales happen in a given week, the inventory of active listings continues to hover right around 60.  That’s actually a good indication that our market remains healthy, because homes are selling at about the same pace as they’re coming on the market.  And 60 is not a bad number of homes to have on the market at a given time.

As more listings come on the market in the coming weeks, one has to wonder whether the San Carlos market will experience the traditional summer slowdown of July and August?

Open House

If you’re looking at open houses this weekend in San Carlos here’s the only link you’ll need: The San Carlos Open House Page. With one click, you get a “live” list of all the homes and condos that will be open this weekend in San Carlos! It’s updated continuously from the MLS, so bookmark this link and you’ll never have to wander around town looking for open houses again.

Here’s a snapshot of the San Carlos single family home market, as of 6/19. The previous week’s stats are in parentheses:

Single-Family Homes Sold in San Carlos:

Below are the single-family homes that sold this past week in San Carlos. Click on the respective addresses to get all the details.

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The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 6/12/10

Inventory Analysis

It was a very strong week for new listings in San Carlos.  Despite the fact that 8 homes went into contract, there were enough new listings to push the inventory of available homes up to 61.  While having more choices is always good news for buyers, this doesn’t signal the end of multiple offers — they’re still happening on some of the nicer offerings on the market, so be prepared!   Interest rates continue to cruise at remarkably low levels, so expect this healthy clip to continue next week.

Open House

If you’re looking at open houses this weekend in San Carlos here’s the only link you’ll need: The San Carlos Open House Page. With one click, you get a “live” list of all the homes and condos that will be open this weekend in San Carlos! It’s updated continuously from the MLS, so bookmark this link and you’ll never have to wander around town looking for open houses again.

Here’s a snapshot of the San Carlos single family home market, as of 6/12. The previous week’s stats are in parentheses:

Single-Family Homes Sold in San Carlos:

Below are the single-family homes that sold this past week in San Carlos. Click on the respective addresses to get all the details.

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The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 6/5/10

Inventory Analysis

For the first time in a long time, there wasn’t a single new post on the blog for an entire week.  Ouch!  But that gives you an idea of how much activity has picked up in San Carlos as we head into the home stretch of the Spring real estate season.  It was a crazy week.  There was a flurry new listings to hit the market late in the week, so with the great weather and all of that new inventory, open houses should be very busy this weekend.   Get out and see these homes, because some of them are moving quickly.  Prime example — 225 Kelton Avenue was plucked off the market before its first open house!

Open House

Speaking of open houses, if you’re looking at open houses this weekend in San Carlos here’s the one link you’ll need: The San Carlos Open House Page. With one click, you get a “live” list of all the homes and condos that will be open this weekend in San Carlos! It’s updated continuously from the MLS, so bookmark this link and you’ll never have to wander around town looking for open houses again.

Here’s a snapshot of the San Carlos single family home market, as of 6/5. The previous week’s stats are in parentheses:

Single-Family Homes Sold in San Carlos:

Below are the single-family homes that sold this past week in San Carlos. Click on the respective addresses to get all the details.

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The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 5/29/10

Inventory Analysis

If you watch the market closely in San Carlos, you’ll notice that most homes come onto the market on either a Monday or a Friday.  Why?  Monday is the deadline to make Tuesday’s broker’s tour, and Friday is just convenient because it’s right before the Sat-Sun open houses.  So if you watched this week’s activity closely, it seemed to be a much busier-than-average week with over a dozen new listings – half of which hit the market on Friday.   But what’s helping to drive this number so high is the three day weekend — with offices closed Monday, the deadline for next week’s tour gets pushed up to Friday.  So in essences, you’re seeing next week’s early listings this week.

But regardless of how we got there, it was a great week for new listings! There are some really interesting options for those of you holding out for a 3BR home, even a few in White Oaks and Howard Park (finally!)

Open House

Looking at open houses this weekend in San Carlos? This one link is all you need: The San Carlos Open House Page. With one click, you get a “live” list of all the homes and condos that will be open this weekend in San Carlos! It’s updated continuously from the MLS, so bookmark this link and you’ll never have to wander around town looking for open houses again.

Here’s a snapshot of the San Carlos single family home market, as of 5/29. The previous week’s stats are in parentheses:

Single-Family Homes Sold in San Carlos:

Below are the single-family homes that sold this past week in San Carlos. Click on the respective addresses to get all the details.

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The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 5/22/10

Inventory Analysis

It was another busy week in the world of San Carlos real estate.   Lots of sales, pendings, and new listings — as you can see below.  But it’s evident now that the dust has settled that the buyers once again outpaced the sellers this week, as the inventory of available homes has been taken down a few pegs to 50.  The fact that interest rates have bucked everyone’s expectation and have stayed incredibly low certainly isn’t hurting the market.   I saw a rate sheet from a major lender this past week that showed their hi-balance conforming loan ($729,000 and below) for 4.875% — zero points.   That should keep the fires stoked under this market for a few more weeks.

Open House

Looking at open houses this weekend in San Carlos? This one link is all you need: The San Carlos Open House Page. With one click, you get a “live” list of all the homes and condos that will be open this weekend in San Carlos! It’s updated continuously from the MLS, so bookmark this link and you’ll never have to wander around town looking for open houses again.

Here’s a snapshot of the San Carlos single family home market, as of 5/22. The previous week’s stats are in parentheses:

Single-Family Homes Sold in San Carlos:

Below are the single-family homes that sold this past week in San Carlos. Click on the respective addresses to get all the details.

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The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 5/15/10

Inventory Analysis

Perception versus Reality.  Here’s an interesting comment that I heard at least a couple of times this past week:

“It seems like there is a ton of homes for sale right now in San Carlos.”

It’s easy to understand how one could come to that conclusion simply by driving around town.  If you counted the number of realty signs that are in front of homes right now, you’d come close to topping 100!  That’s a huge number, and it’s easy to see how someone could draw the wrong conclusion that there’s a glut of homes for sale, which would obviously favor buyers.

The reality of the situation is that only slightly more than half of these homes are actually still “for sale” — the rest are already sold.  But since the real estate signs generally stay up until the home closes escrow, it’s understandably difficult to gauge what’s what’s for sale and what’s not.  But when you look at the data below, it tells a much different story.   Yes, quite a few homes are coming on the market on any given week, but there’s an equal number of homes selling — so while there seems to be a proliferation of real estate signs, the number of homes actually “for sale” has not increased.   In fact, the 53 active listings we have right now is a below average number for this time of year.    Mix in the evidence of aggressive buying and multiple offers, and it’s anything but a buyer’s market right now.

Open House

Looking at open houses this weekend in San Carlos?   This one link is all you need: The San Carlos Open House Page.   With one click, you get a “live” list of all the homes and condos that will  be open this weekend in San Carlos!  It’s updated continuously from the MLS, so bookmark this link and you’ll never have to wander around town looking for open houses again.

Here’s a snapshot of the San Carlos single family home market, as of 5/15. The previous week’s stats are in parentheses:

Single-Family Homes Sold in San Carlos:

Below are the single-family homes that sold this past week in San Carlos. Click on the respective addresses to get all the details.

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The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 5/8/10

Inventory Analysis

If there are any doubts remaining about the San Carlos real estate market finding a “bottom”, take a peek below at the homes that closed escrow this past week.  Of the 7 homes that sold, 6 were at or above list price.   Also, all of the homes that went pending this past week were on the market for less than a month.    So things are selling, and multiple offers are almost becoming the norm again for many of these homes.

Looking at homes in San Carlos this weekend?  Check this out — for a complete list of which homes will be open this weekend in San Carlos, just click here: San Carlos Open House Page.  It’s updated continuously, so be sure to check back often.

Here’s a snapshot of the San Carlos single family home market, as of 5/8. The previous week’s stats are in parentheses:

Single-Family Homes Sold in San Carlos:

Below are the single-family homes that sold this past week in San Carlos. Click on the respective addresses to get all the details.

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The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 5/1/10

Inventory Analysis

After a two week “technology-imposed” absence, the San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review is back (whew!)  And look what has happened in just two weeks — inventory of single family residences has jumped from the high-30′s to almost 60 homes for sale.  This is double the number we started the year with, much to the relief of nervous buyers.  And homes are selling briskly, too.  9 homes went into contract this past week, several of which were actually sold off-market.    And unlike in month’s past, homes in all price ranges are now selling well, not just the traditionally hot sub-$1M segment.  The market is indeed alive and well.

To get a complete list of which homes will be open this weekend in San Carlos, click here: San Carlos Open House Page

Here’s a snapshot of the San Carlos single family home market, as of 5/1. The previous week’s stats are in parentheses:

Single-Family Homes Sold in San Carlos:

Below are the single-family homes that sold this past week in San Carlos. Click on the respective addresses to get all the details.

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