The last one we saw like this was the 3,800sf house on Skyline that had a similar or better view - and it closed last Friday for $838,000:
Old Carlsbad Peak
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Month: February 2012
Cool Hand Lisa
From HW: A new Senate bill aims to speed up the short-sale process by requiring mortgage lenders or servicers to respond within a mandated timeline or face potential fines. The bill, introduced late last week by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, gives the servicer 75...
Spelling Manor Update
From W Magazine: Outside the Manor, a 56,500-square-foot castle in Los Angeles’s Holmby Hills built in 1991 by Aaron and Candy Spelling and bought last summer by Petra Ecclestone—the 23-year-old daughter of Formula One mogul Bernie Ecclestone—for a reported $85...
Boulder
Located on 12-acres of quiet ranchland and adjacent to the buff-colored stone canyon bluffs directly east of Boulder, Colorado, the site for this project was unique in that its orientation was not about distant views, it was about directing energy inward and creating...
Pushing Principal Reductions
Excerpt from Nick's article at the wsj.com: When the principal reduction program was rolled out two years ago, those incentive payments weren’t extended to Fannie and Freddie, and their regulator has said there are less costly ways to help borrowers avoid foreclosure....
Trends Come and Go
Marketwatch published a list of least-likely things you'll see in new homes this year. ORLANDO, Fla. (MarketWatch) — Times are tough in the home-building industry, meaning the 500,000 or so new single-family homes expected to be built this year are going to include...
Redfin 3.0
Redfin announced their 3.0 version here. I think Redfin should roll out a new version every year, because they are the only ones doing the talking - it makes the environment more exciting. They come off as innovative and cutting-edge, but it's only because no other...
House Pricing Guidelines
The second half of this video gets into price reductions during the selling season - the time when sellers run out of excuses for not selling, other than price. You should try to sell before April, and certainly before May, because once we get into late spring, the...
La Jolla Open House Saturday
Have you been hoping to find a turn-key, stylish condo in downtown La Jolla where you can walk to everything? A home that has all the modern conveniences, including two-car off-street parking?...
More Maids
From HW: The government's program to turn foreclosed Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and FHA properties into rentals "is here to stay," according to housing analysts at Morgan Stanley. One of the greatest effects of it, the bank's analysts say, is job creation, with the...
