I literally laugh at those; anyone who’s been following the market for more than a month or two would recognize those schemes easily. WHen my agent sent a new listing the other day, I knew right away it was a re-list, with different picture & higher price. So at least for me, those schemes didn’t work.
I was tracking starting Sep, and started making offers in mid Nov, and got scooped on a 3 (went into escrow the day I tried to make offer), and got outbid on 2 very reasonable offers (~5% off asking price). So I do think the market is picking up a bit, after the initial correction back in Sum 06. I hope (& pretty sure) it doesn’t continue to heat up. Probably a cyclical thing.
