From HW: National home prices lost ground with declines of 1% over the past year, but REO demand — fueled by enthusiastic investors — showed price gains, Clear Capital said in its April home data index report. Investor demand could be a driving force behind increasing...
This footage was taken at what was supposed to be the end of their stay at Palomar Airport, but due to the overcast the planes were grounded - I had hoped to see them take off. AL sent in this Spherical Panoramic Image at http://i-ota.net/B-17JBombardier120126/ They...
I'm hoping that we have the BTR format down tonight - it just took more money! We will be discussing the real estate purchase contract, disclosures, disputes, liquidated damages, specific performance, REOs/short sales, MERS, and other general legal topics relating to...
We've complained that the board of realtors has no short-sale guidance or enforcement. Well, now they do. The North San Diego County Association of Realtors (NSDCAR) created a task force of local realtors who wrote a guideline package entitled, "Short-Sale Practices...
With the large tracts of land mostly built out, and the smaller in-fill projects being the only feasible options closer to town, this looks like the future of San Diego homebuilding - catering to wealthy (and typically older) folks with features like smaller yards and...
Join us Monday night, April 30th, at 7:00 pm on Blog Talk Radio when we are joined by Rob Kovalsky, long-time local real estate attorney. We will be discussing the real estate purchase contract, disclosures, disputes, liquidated damages, specific performance,...
Are the Crosby/Santaluz fees bugging you, and you want a more-reasonable one-story house? Here's the other end of what buyers are experiencing these days. A flipper in La Costa Valley (who just paid $575,100 at the trustee sale) thinks you won't mind this:
The Plan Three in Arista, a neighborhood of 43 homes being built in the gated golf course community of The Crosby. All three models have the option of having the master suite on the ground floor, as well as additional flexibility - the Plan Three can be 5 br/5 ba...
Santaluz and The Crosby cater to the uber-rich, yet these Davidson-built homes at Arista appear to be somewhat affordable, compared to their Crosby brethren:
From the latimes.com: An Orange County man who swindled elderly people out of their homes after promising to help them avoid foreclosure was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison under California's tough three-strikes law. Defense lawyers and prosecutors across the...
