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Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 at 7:35 PM

The LCO

This youtube video shines the spotlight on Carlsbad’s La Costa Oaks development, one of the four villages subdivided by Morrow Development (La Costa Valley, La Costa Greens, and La Costa Ridge are the others). As with other tracts sold at the peak, there is plenty of noise in the data, challenging buyers to make sense of it.

Southeast Carlsbad’s 92009 zip code is physically about the same size as Carmel Valley’s 92130; 20.2 sq. mi. to 19.7 sq. miles. But 92009 has about 66% more homes than CV, so the foreclosure stats showing them having twice as many NODs and NOTs isn’t that drastic (the stats in video says “Carlsbad”, but they are just the 92009 foreclosure numbers):

Posted on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 at 7:35 PM in Jim TV, Market Conditions, North County Coastal, Thinking of Buying?, Thinking of Selling? | 14 Comments » | Print Print You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Reader Comments: 14 Responses

  1. It makes you want to get married, doesn’t it?

    Actually, it makes me think of this.

    ewhac | September 2nd, 2010 at 9:50 pm

  2. From the LA Times (online) 9:27 pm – “Value of California Properties Falls 1.8% to $4.4 Trillion”.

    Full article: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-property-values-20100903,0,7407938.story

    Susie | September 2nd, 2010 at 9:58 pm

  3. That Davidson Plan 1 in LCO was actually my favorite among them…I realize i have questionable taste and an affinity for arches. :)

    lgs | September 2nd, 2010 at 10:11 pm

  4. Actually, it makes me think of this.

    ewhac | September 2nd, 2010 at 9:50 pm

    Great show! :)

    CA renter | September 3rd, 2010 at 2:48 am

  5. Not exactly in the same league, but it reminded me of this:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Mar%C3%ADa_la_Blanca

    IRE | September 3rd, 2010 at 7:38 am

  6. Nothing better than Get Smart.

    FYI:

    AMT made a model kit of the red 1965 Sunbeam Tiger roadster Smart drove in the opening credits. Complete with a hoard of hidden weapons, it is the only kit of the Tiger and has been reissued multiple times as a stock Tiger. The start of the 1968–69 season put Smart in a light blue Volkswagen Karmann Ghia for the opening credits as Volkswagen became a sponsor of the show;[9] the car never appeared in the show itself (in the short-lived 1995 TV series, Smart is trying to sell that car through the classifieds). In Season 4 (1968/1969) Max continues to drive the Tiger but is also seen driving a blue 1968 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500 convertible with a tan interior in the episodes “A Tale of Two Tails” (Episode 7) and “The Laser Blazer” (Episode 10). In Season 5 (1969/1970), Buick became a show sponsor,[9] so he drives a gold 1969 Opel GT with a new phone: a giant rotary telephone dial covering the steering wheel.

    In the Black & White pilot episode, Max drives a Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet. This car was never again seen after the show was picked up.

    Jim the Realtor | September 3rd, 2010 at 7:48 am

  7. This one in LCO is interesting:

    http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-100028404-3547_Sitio_Damasco_Carlsbad_CA_92009

    Walked through it as an open house over a month ago before the second price drop. It has a nice courtyard with bar and kitchen but no ocean view or anything spectacular. It was bought a year ago for $950k, and the sellers were originally asking over $1.25m. They’ve now aggressively dropped the price a third time – obviously looking to dump it. I’m interested to see how this YOY ends up.

    The Blur | September 3rd, 2010 at 8:12 am

  8. That Sito house is kinda cool with that courtyard.

    Is that a microwave with a round window in the second picture? That’s kinda cool too.

    alles_klar | September 3rd, 2010 at 10:41 am

  9. Oops. Not the second picture, its the fourth picture.

    alles_klar | September 3rd, 2010 at 10:43 am

  10. It looks like a microwave with a round window, I haven’t seen one of those before. That’s the outdoor kitchen too, BTW.

    Jim the Realtor | September 3rd, 2010 at 11:24 am

  11. Nice photo shop of the balloon
    http://www.sdlookup.com/Pictures-100028404#12

    Fan of JTR | September 3rd, 2010 at 2:00 pm

  12. While we’re touching on favorite TV shows from the 60′s and 70′s……

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACpNVD5GMUw

    Jim the Realtor | September 3rd, 2010 at 2:13 pm

  13. Funny… I actually held the contract on the middle house of the three for about two months until I was recalled to active duty unexpectidly. That was back in Jan-Feb time frame and it’s still not closed. Not sure we would have wanted to wait it out this long anyway…

    I’m not looking forward to the search again when I get back. Doesn’t sound like it’s getting any easier.

    LCV Wannabe | September 3rd, 2010 at 3:11 pm

  14. While we’re touching on favorite TV shows from the 60’s and 70’s……

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACpNVD5GMUw

    Fantastic! I really miss the 70s. :)

    CA renter | September 4th, 2010 at 1:47 am

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