Except for the five-second listing in the very beginning, six houses on this Carmel Valley street have sold for more than what the sellers paid at the peak (four closed, two pending):
Carmel Valley Above Peak Prices
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Month: May 2012
Feng Shui and Housing
Excerpted from the ocregister.com: Ms. Feng Shui walks into a model home in Irvine and glances around the room. "You want the front door to be solid, not glass," she says, eyeing the position and color of the door, examining the stairs, checking out the bathroom and...
English Beat this Saturday in SB
Join me at the 33rd Annual Fiesta Del Sol this weekend in downtown Solana Beach! I'll be giving out t-shirts, pens, and coffee mugs, plus we'll have the kids' favorite game, the Baseball Challenge! www.FiestadelSol.net Our contest winners, Petra and george3, won the...
Gov Takes Foreclosure Money
Hat tip to Kingside for sending this in, from thebaycitizen.org: Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to use more than $400 million from a national foreclosure settlement to help balance the state budget would put struggling homeowners at risk of criminal scams, California housing...
Turn In the Tan Man?
Hat tip to AL for sending this on, from Reuters: A former home appraiser will receive $14.5 million as part of a whistleblower lawsuit that accused subprime lender Countrywide Financial of inflating appraisals on government-insured loans, his attorneys said Tuesday....
Tom Tarrant Wrap-Up
Investors are faced with the same dilemma as regular buyers - very few properties for sale:
The Stahl House
Details on the Case Study Houses, from wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_Study_Houses
Case-Shiller San Diego March ’12
Reader JRB left this comment: Jim – with inventory this tight and plenty of buyers, wouldn’t you expect prices to start going up? Do you think more stringent appraisals are keeping a lid on prices? The other day I said that I thought the pricing trend for detached...
Carlsbad’s Ocean
The northern end of downtown Carlsbad:
Memorial Day
A tribute to the brave men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq and Afghanistan in defense of our great country. And, to their family and friends who bear the pain and sorrow of their loss. We cannot forget them...
