Hat tip to ProfHoff for sending in this update from sfgate.com: Many California homeowners may be surprised to learn that some charges on their property tax bills are not deductible on their income tax return. The Franchise Tax Board is on a mission to get California...
Just like the cliff-front homeowners of La Jolla Shores/Farms have to get used to the hang-gliders, those looking for a home around Fairbanks Ranch or the north side of Carmel Valley should know before they purchase that they will have visitors from above:
Thanks to the reader who sent this in, from the tampabay.com: Tampa condo owner Alejandro Salazar was surprised to learn that Clearwater lawyer Bruce Harlan was representing him in a foreclosure case. Surprised because Salazar never met Harlan, didn't hire him and...
A youtube tour of one of the better properties we've seen this year, flipped by some of the best in the business - and fans of the blog!
The April, 2010 tour of the old house: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa_rbSdS-04
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...
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...
There are just enough attractive buys coming on the market that buyers hope it'll be their turn next:
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...
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...
