This Carlsbad tract is pretty well hidden - I didn't know it was there until last weekend, and when I first drove by I didn't see it. Builder K. Hovnanian started on these models in June 2007, just as the easy money dried up - and that's as far as they got. Here's...
From a bubbleinfo reader: Jim, My wife and I were biking around Mission Bay yesterday just before sunset. My wife was wearing your Bubbleinfo shirt. Just as we slowed down to avoid hitting a renegade kid crossing the bike path, a 20-something female jogger walked up...
This video shows six properties in Carmel Valley that have a trustee-sale date in the next 4-5 weeks - I blew the first one though, it just closed as a short sale for $875,000. There are more, but we'll add the five to our Carlsbad Nine to use as our test group of...
JtR note: If your house isn't selling, and you are thinking of renting it instead, base the decision on your encumbrances, and your ability to hold out. If you can have a positive cash-flow from renting, then great, consider the joys of being a landlord, and plan to...
With inventory of homes being half of what it was two years ago, buyers and agents are having to consider short sales - besides, they are EVERYWHERE now. Here are the detached listings that have been marked pending or contingent this month: Town or Area Zip Code...
This youtube video is a scouting tour of houses that have dates scheduled for their trustee sale. The loan-modification era is wrapping up, and either you got one by now, or your lender is going to be left with no other choice but to foreclose. More and more...
With home buyers concerned about safety and costs, swimming pools have lost appeal in recent years. The house pictured shows the worst offender - the pool that takes up the whole backyard. There's an opportunity for flippers here - buying houses with old pools, do...
Most buyers struggle to find a quality realtor to assist them in buying a house, and it's the realtors' fault. The national, state, and local associations are so adamant about protecting the new agents and giving everyone an equal chance, that they provide no help...
The salespeople at the downtown Oceanside condo project reported that they sold all 29 units at the auction on Sunday, with every one of them going for more than the opening bid, some substantially higher. If that leaves you scratching your head, it may be because you...
The Union-Tribune has Dataquick's June, and 2Q09, foreclosure data in this article: http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jul/23/sd-county-foreclosures-soar-66/ Hopes that a recent rise in San Diego County home prices would signal an end to the housing slump...
