From the latimes.com: Of more than 100 houses that Ray Kappe has designed over his long and distinguished career, the one he designed for himself and his family in Los Angeles' Rustic Canyon is the most important. "Maybe the greatest house in Southern California,"...
Year: 2011
Voracious Vista
This is the third time we've seen this property,and the price goes up every time. When it was first assigned to us in June, I was thinking $175,000 for this house on Olive (though Mr. T was more optimistic). There has been vigorous flipper activity in the lower...
FHA Changes
From the wsj.com - unfortunately there is no commentary about the expected effect on the market. Around here I'm guessing that the effect of a lower Fannie/Freddie/FHA loan limit at a higher monthly cost might diminish the competition slightly, but doubt the sellers...
Spring Kick
Here is the average LP/SP $-per-sf of detached properties sold in North SD County Coastal: Period LP $/sf SP $/sf 2010 $402 $380 4Q10 $411 $381 Jan/Feb'11 $392 $370 But the recent action has been startling - last week the average LP-per-sf of the 52 pendings was...
NSDCC Foreclosure Count YTD
The SFR foreclosures around North SD County Coastal are still being trickled out, relatively. We got teased with an increased flow in January when 49 got foreclosed, but in February that number was almost cut in half, down to 26 (with the same number of business days...
Gully Washer
The Lake Hodges Dam hasn't overflowed since 2005 - here's a video taken last weekend:
Scarface Revisited
This San Marcos REO listed for $643,500 in May, 2009, and got bid up to $705,000 (the former owner owed $1.2 million at the time). Have another look:
Put a TARP on it
From cnbc.com: WASHINGTON - The Treasury's man in charge of the government's $700 billion financial bailout program has two words for congressional overseers: It worked. Testifying at the Congressional Oversight Panel's final hearing on Friday, Treasury bailout chief...
Per Public Records
From the sales brochure: Scripps Investment and Loan Building is a 15,916-square foot office building on approximately one third of an acre located in the Village of La Jolla. The subject property boasts unobstructed ocean views in a location that would be considered,...
RealtyTrac
A couple of years ago, one of the employees at RealtyTrac told me that they get their data from multiple sources, and they don't have time to cross-reference or screen out any duplicates. Hat tip to Rob for sending this along - we've been hearing about how the NAR...