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Month: October 2012
Carmel Valley Biotech
From the UT: To life science professionals, Torrey Pines and Sorrento Valley, the ZIP codes 92037 and 92121 signify the old core of San Diego's biotechnology industry, right next to the academic institutions that spawned it in the late 1970s. To the north, 92130...
Multigenerational Local Impact
The report this week about the increase in multigenerational households having a negative impact on housing was fascinating, but irrelevant to our local demand for homes. Likewise, the talk about student debt, and the difficulty of finding jobs doesn't impact the...
Beachy Duplex
A renovated house with an extra granny flat near the beach is a rare find: Here are the MLS remarks: Completely remodeled quaint beach house West of the 5 Freeway in North Leucadia, just a short walk to Ponto Beach. The home boasts 2,111 sf with 3 bedrooms, 2...
D-I-L
Luther Burbank Savings took ownership of this house via a deed-in-lieu-of-foreclosure - without ever filing a notice of default. The previous owner (who paid $568,000 in 2003) never tried to sell either, but had two loans, the LBS first mortgage of $594,500 plus a...
Back in the Game
R.C. and Stacy Davis lost their condominium to foreclosure in 2009, a bad break that seemed destined to keep them from buying another home for many years. Yet on Wednesday -- only three years after their foreclosure -- the couple signed the papers to buy a...
San Diego Case-Shiller, Aug 2012
The August seasonally-adjusted San Diego Case-Shiller Index rose 1.9% year-over-year, and +0.6% month-over-month - which is the biggest M-O-M increase of the year, and continues the winning streak of 2012. The SD seasonally-adjusted Case-Shiller Index has risen seven...
Rootage
It's not a surprise to hear that realtors are prone to copy one another when writing MLS remarks. There is one particular word; 'boasts', being used around the county, in a variety of situations:
More On Pricing Stats
The latest Case-Shiller Index comes out tomorrow, and Zillow is predicting a 1.7% year-over-year increase in the 20-city composite number. Trying to bring more localized color to the pricing picture isn't easy because there are differences in every segment. These are...
1963 Brick
The listing agent said that the list price was an arbitrary number, and just a place to start. Well then, wouldn't an open-auction format be in order to determine the winner? It is the best format to ensure top dollar.
