From the U-T: WASHINGTON -- With the Obama administration and private lenders now actively considering mortgage principal-reduction programs to help financially distressed homeowners, the Internal Revenue Service has issued a new advisory to taxpayers who receive --...
Mary asked, "How many SD foreclosures have there been over the last three years?" Trustee Sales 2007 2008 2009 2010 REO 7,859 (22/day) 17,894 (49/day) 11,760 (32/day) 2,097 (30/day) 3rd Party 399 (1/day) 593 (2/day) 2,749 (8/day) 865 (12/day) Totals 8,258 (23/day)...
The 7th Annual SOHO Historic Home Tour is next Sunday, March 21st. Enjoy a self-guided tour of six Arts & Crafts homes, designed by Irving J. Gill, William S. Hebbard, Frank Mead and Richard Requa between 1904 and 1913. My Mom is going to be here next weekend,...
From the U-T: When Cliff Hanna and his wife, Lana Le, bought a dream lot overlooking Torrey Pines State Reserve, they hired an architect to design a dream home to match. The trouble was that the price tag came out at $2 million. “The cost was way too much to build,”...
Photos of the houses, in the order of how they appear: Luneta 4th, on the front 4th, one-back 4th condo Oceanside
Feel like spending around $1.3 million or so? Here's what it'll get you in the Convenant of Rancho Santa Fe:
Hat tip to Rick the Tuna! With 140 empty shops in the borough, council bosses think they have come up with a unique way of ensuring shopping areas remain as vibrant as possible. The first empty shop unit to be given a makeover with a "flat pack" shop front is in...
A view of the eastbound 56 freeway, then turn north on I-5 at 5:30 in the afternoon:
Just the fact that so many more higher-end sales are closing these days is noteworthy, the NSD County Coastal sales of detached $1,000,000+ homes have increased 55% on a year-over-year comparison (and if you take out La Jolla, the others increased a total of 79%!)...
It looks like servicers are coasting into the HAFA/short-sale era, which officially begins April 5th. Here are the foreclosure stats from the last 12 weeks: My guess? The HAFA package will encourage borrowers to pick a lane - either loan modification or short-sale. ...
