The April, 2010 tour of the old house: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa_rbSdS-04
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Month: November 2011
SD County REO/SS Sales&Pricing
Thoughts regarding San Diego's detached and attached sales + pricing mix: 1. Elective sellers plan around the seasons. 2. Bank-involved sales aren't as seasonal, and appear to be well-managed. 3. This wasn't the year of the short sale. There were only 5% more...
Share A House
From marketwatch.com: These aren’t just friends turned roommates. Couples, multigenerational families and people with no relationship to each other are joining the growing ranks of those who are in “doubled-up” households. Technically, these are households with at...
Carlsbad Under $400,000
There are just enough attractive buys coming on the market that buyers hope it'll be their turn next:
Real Estate’s Magic Elixir
I was ridiculed from coast to coast for saying the local real estate market was 'abuzz', but similar stories are slipping out. Yesterday's post about the downtown-SD condo market showed inventory has dropped from 600+ units last year to just 247 condos for...
JFK in San Diego
From the voiceofsandiego.org: Kennedy's visit, on June 6, 1963, was a huge sensation. Schools let their students out to watch the president's motorcade drive by on El Cajon Boulevard -- he rode in an open "bubble car" -- and thousands of fans and foes mobbed the...
Downtown Condo Market
From www.sddt.com: Sales of San Diego condominiums have emerged as perhaps the market’s lone bright spot. Driven by a confluence of factors, investors and traditional buyers alike have identified value in the submarket, pushing activity beyond its year-ago level while...
Santaluz-ish
What are the alternatives to buying a big bomber in Carmel Valley? If you want a larger home, and don't mind Poway schools or $543/month in Mello-Roos fees, then there are others at slightly more affordable rates:
Levels of CV Doom
A couple of comments were left yesterday regarding the financial stress among Carmel Valley homeowners - people who are under-employed and burning through 401k accounts to survive. How many homeowners are stressing in 92130? The data isn't readily available, so you...
Freddie Clamps Down On Fraud
From HW: Freddie Mac will force parties involved in a short sale to sign affidavits making them liable for their negligent or intentional misrepresentations in the deal, an effort to be sure it's an arms-length transaction, according to guidance released Friday. The...
