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Pacific Highlands Ranch New
The intensity of the CV frenzy is hard to determine because it's sold out. Lines are forming but who knows how long? Because the builder has so few left, you know they would wait it out if necessary. But so far, they aren't having trouble finding buyers willing to pay...
New in RSF Covenant
This brand-new 8,969sf single-level home in Rancho Santa Fe just closed for $12,500,000:
More Leucadia Redevelopment
Another redevelopment project is coming to Leucadia - and this one is 110,274sf! Another hotel, two restaurants, 7,000+sf of retail, plus 74 market-rate apts, and 20 affordable apartments....
Laguna Row
Brett Farrow is a local architect, builder, and developer - and has been a long-time reader of the blog (you've seen him comment here as 'Mozart'). Yesterday, we got together at his latest project, Laguna Row, and talked about his experiences in the village of...
Active Adult Buyers Are Back
My friend Ken Perlman at JBREC consults with new-home builders primarily, but these thoughts apply to the resale market too - notably, the 65+ generation growing by 17 million people in the next ten years! With the national housing market surging, active adults have...
Future of San Diego Real Estate 1
Catherine asked what I thought about the next 1-2 years of real estate. First let's discuss why real estate in the future won't be like it's been in the past - we're out of dirt. Here's my conversation with Bill Davidson in 2012 about the future of home-building in...
Fix Zoning
There aren't many (if any) of the larger parcels left for big developments, but if the government was an easier and cheaper component, then new infill projects and the repurposing of commercial/industrial properties into residential could benefit - an excerpt from a...
Hills of Encinitas
What a difference between furnished models and the look of an unfinished production home:
Carlsbad Village Condos
“It used to be the Village by the Sea. But it’s not a village anymore when you can build buildings that are four stories tall…really five when you count the top deck.” DeeDee Trejo was born and raised in Carlsbad. She operates Lola’s Seven-Up Market on Roosevelt...
