Many years ago, we purchased a home in Carlsbad, using a realtor that was recommended to us - Jim Klinge. Fast forward to 2025, we recently had the privilege of selling 2 homes in Carlsbad, CA and didn't hesitate to reach out to Jim and Donna Klinge of Klinge Realty Group to guide us through the sales. The transactions were very different, each with its own unique situation, opportunities and challenges. From start to finish, Donna and Jim helped navigate the pre-sale preparation, the listing, showing of the house, buyer negotiations, the final close and all of the paperwork and decisions in between. What stands out with both transactions is the professionalism of Jim and Donna (and their team), wonderful communication (timely, relevant, concise), their deep understanding of market dynamics (setting realistic expectations), their access to top-notch contractors, and last, their ability to guide us across the finish line successfully. We wouldn't hesitate to use Jim and Donna in the future and highly recommend them for anyone looking to buy or sell a property in North San Diego County.
100 Degrees or hotter 145 days of the year? The attraction of this is much larger than you could imagine: America’s 5th-most populous city, Phoenix also is one of the fastest-growing. Between 2010 and 2019, it saw the highest numeric increase in population of any city, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Nearly 1.7 million people were living there in 2019.
In 2020, 3,233 homes priced $1 million or more were sold in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale metropolitan area, a 56% jump from 2019, far outpacing other single-family home sales, which saw an 8% growth overall. Overall, prices for the top 5% of the market have surged nearly 40% since 2015. (WSJ)
Just so you know how we compare, there were 5,619 detached-home sales over $1 million in San Diego County in 2020. We have the firepower to beat Phoenix – let’s go San Diego!
Phoenix is not Phoenix. So many people the air is big city. The use of evaporative cooling has spiked the humidity. So much non-native vegetation with irrigation and thus pollens are way up. Oh and constant catch up in infrastructure.
I’d take Pacific mediated climate and mature infrastructure San Diego any day.
Since this “comparison” is * for 3 bed, 2 bath, 1500 sqft. home on a quarter-acre lot built in 1977 in San Diego I will take 12 in an all cash deal. Write me up Jim.
I’m not sure there are 12 for sale!
In the county!
We lived in Phoenix for 17 years. Great people, just couldn’t take the heat anymore. And then there’s this thing called the “heat island” effect, where all the concrete and asphalt absorbs the heat of the day and causes it to stay hot into the night. Woke up one morning and it was already 95 degrees at 6:00 AM!
Been there, done that and glad to be living in San Diego these past 8 years!
But it’s a dry heat! 😆