New park amenities, libraries, clean energy and more, join us in a look back at 2019. A quick shout out to city employees for their accomplishments to help ensure our community enjoys an excellent quality of life. We look forward to serving you in 2020. #gratitude...
Carlsbad
Airbnb Rental Scam
An elaborate short-term rental scheme in Carlsbad tricked a young renter and property owner into losing thousands, according to the victims. The victims, property owner Nick Foster and renter Courtney Hulla, told NBC 7 the scammer used both Airbnb and Craigslist to...
Save the Stack?
This is getting nutty now. The kooks who want to keep the stack are projecting images on it like the Bat-signal to bring attention.
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...
Carlsbad Oceanfront
Thanks to Garrett for letting us look around this 1940s bungalow at the beach:
Carlsbad 80s Starter
We've seen that the bottom of the Carlsbad detached-home market has been around $800,000 all year. Can you get into something similar for less? Here's a tour of a 4 br/2.5 ba, 1,997sf twin home in the far-north end of Carlsbad built in 1987 and without any real...
Two Eye-Popping Sales
When this house on Rios sold for $8,250,000 in March, 2019, it was the highest non-oceanfront sale in the history of Solana Beach. The homeowner put it on the open market for $9,750,000 in September, and it went pending in 36 days. It closed this week for $8,595,000...
Lowering The Train Tracks
The lowering of the train tracks in Carlsbad has been discussed for years, and it looks like it's going to happen. The number of trains is expected to DOUBLE to 100 PER DAY! The Carlsbad City Council received an update from the San Diego Association of Governments...
New in the Low-$800,000s
Here's a tour of the Plan 3 which you can buy today in the low-$800,000s. I noted that Palomar Airport is nearby, but that can impact all of Carlsbad these days: Take your favorite realtor with you on first visit!
New Homes Under $1,000,000
This will probably be the last detached-home tract priced under $1,000,000 in SW Carlsbad. Solar is included on all new homes now (starting in 2020), and these are Aviara Oaks schools which goes through 8th grade, then Carlsbad or Sage Creek High Schools. Take your...