These guys have plunked out three sales plus the low-incomer, and are offering up to 6% in buyer incentives, which apparently isn't enough when others are blowing off the market. They should just lower the price instead. Of the eight available, only two are under...
The saga of Barratt American's Nantucket in Leucadia is winding down, and the neighbors should be pleased about how it is turning out: 1. Sales are all over $1,000,000. 2. The eyesore has gone away. 3. The low-income housing will be complete. For some history, click...
Here's a spin around a granite-slab yard with a builder's design rep. She only mentioned the actual names of the granite for the first and third slabs pictured, so for identification purposes I made up the rest:
Towards the end of this video, Pardee's Shaw Lorenz development is mentioned, the 136-homesite development which remains quiet (unless someone has heard more?). They have said in the past that it would be a custom, and semi-custom development, but at this point who...
Plastic plumbing is back - now being touted as a "green" product. But only a 25-year warranty?
I checked the tax rolls by zip code to count the SFRs in our regular North San Diego County Coastal region (La Jolla to Carlsbad). It showed 67,918 single-family residences. We have been averaging 200 detached sales each month since 1/1/09 in NSDCC, which works out...
College Joe and I also stopped by the new homes being built on Hymettus. Local residents are worried that the grading has disturbed the pesticides used by previous farmers, and there were reports of neighbors getting sick. Here is the disclosure the builder is giving...
All builders are required by law to give a 10-year structural warranty on their new homes, which usually causes new-home buyers to let their guard down. While it is prudent to get quality representation when buying a new house - in these cases, it's imperative:
Hat tip to Kwaping for sending this along from the U-T: With a roiling stock market and stagnant housing market, it may seem premature to think about another boom and how to cope with a potential housing shortage in San Diego County. But that’s what area builders of...
While the WF Condos are located in the heart of the downtown Encinitas district, which is a big plus, not all of the trendy new urban condos are enjoying such success. Here are resident comments from Yelp: http://www.yelp.com/biz/bluwater-crossing-carlsbad
