CR scooped me on this video, so you may have seen it there over the weekend. I was waiting for the sale to close, which it did....for $117,300 OVER list price!
La Costa Resort REO
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Month: April 2011
Mick’s Place
Reader 'aljanet' pointed out that Phil's house is directly behind yesterday's Covenant REO. He is faced with the same predicament as others in the Ranch - squishdown! They started back in June, 2007, when they listed on the range $13,250,000 to $15,000,876. Now it's...
Use 401k to Buy a Foreclosure?
From HW: A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would waive early distribution penalties on certain qualified retirement plans if the funds are used to buy a house that has been in foreclosure for a year or more. Bill Posey (R-Fla.) introduced H.R....
Covenant Giveaway
Predict the eventual sales price, and the closest will win a bubbleinfo t-shirt and pens, Padres tickets, plus an assorted gift package valued at somewhere under a million dollars!
Housing Grants & Loans
It was mentioned that there are local grants available for homebuyers, and 'just some guy' asked for more infomation. From the City of Carlsbad's website: The City of Carlsbad administers both grant and loan programs. This program offers down payment and closing...
Ron Paul, FSBO
From NewsCore via curbed.com: LAKE JACKSON, Texas -- Never one to support intervention in something individuals can do themselves, Rep Ron Paul (R-Texas) on Thursday took to Facebook to sell his family home of 42 years. Paul, whose training is in obstetrics and not...
Del Mar Fairgrounds Update
An excerpt from an article by our friend Will Carless at the voiceofsandiego.com: It snarls up the traffic, clogs the parking, puts local police and firefighters on edge and fills the air with the fetid smell of, alternately, frying confectionery, sweaty rodeo riders...
Ritzy
Excerpts from Eric's article at nctimes.com: Last year, at age 37, electrician Fred Boyd and his wife ended years of renting in Orange County and bought their family a three-bedroom house in Oceanside about seven miles from the beach. "Home values have come down, and...
La Costa Oaks Wrap-Up
The final build-out of La Costa Oaks in SE Carlsbad is underway. The Copperwood tract, which is up and over the ridge with some ocean views, enjoyed great success in the $800,000 to $1,200,000 range. These two new tracts are on the backside of the same hill, where...
Home and Patio Furniture
In our series of spotlighting local vendors who can make the homebuying process a little easier, here's a video about Skylar's Home and Patio in downtown Carlsbad (hat tip to F&L):
