Mammoth Broker’s Report–Is Sideline Cash Getting Antsy?

Broker’s Report, July 30––I find it fascinating to correlate what is happening in the national and global financial markets to what is happening in the Mammoth real estate market. Years ago we relied on an early-printed edition of the LA Times and the nightly news on television for our outside-of-Mammoth information. Boy does that seem archaic. And decades of observation here in Mammoth … [Read more...]

“Make’em a Stupid Offer”

This column could be titled Mammoth Foreclosures 3.1, but the phrase “make’em a stupid offer” really stands out in my mind and is far more applicable to the present. While this statement may have no significance to the vast majority of you, it is ingrained as part of my teenage years. I heard the phrase regularly and it was usually while I was eating dinner. This dates back to long before … [Read more...]

Broker’s Report, August 1, 2007

August 1—Mammoth is experiencing a dry, but beautiful, and relatively uncrowded summer. It reminds me of those great summers in the 80’s. As we move into late summer and fall the Mammoth real estate market should begin to reveal itself. For almost a year I have described the market as standoff or stalemate. The interaction between buyers and sellers has come to resemble a dull, heavyweight … [Read more...]