If you can live with some things, you can get a good price - this just closed for $884,900 in Aviara where other standard tract houses have been selling for more than a million. It took almost a year to sell this:
Carlsbad Value Buy
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Carlsbad
Shamu Pool
There is a lot here that I liked!
Carlsbad Big Bombers
A couple more from the largest planned community being built in Carlsbad:
Old-Time Photos
A wild assortment of photos from long ago. Bird Rock, 1930: Solana Beach, 1928: Rancho Santa Fe in the 1920's: "In 1965, a real estate developer stumbled upon a lush valley that combined natural beauty with perfect weather: and the vision for La Costa was born"....
3553 Bluff Ct., Carlsbad $749,000
Premium location on huge 8,438sf pie-shaped lot at end of culdesac with panoramic ocean views to Catalina Island! Great floor plan with downstairs bedroom and full bath, stainless appliances in kitchen, new carpet, high ceilings with plenty of light, and pool/spa!...
Zillow 2017 Forecasts
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's that time of the year - the 2017 forecasts are starting to roll out! Zillow has been conservative about our local markets. For the most part, the actual appreciation of the Zillow Home Value Index has been...
Golf Course Frontage
There are very few one-story houses that are right on the golf course in Carlsbad. This one is mostly original, but it has good bones!
Terramar
Carlsbad has the best oceanfront heights - high enough to keep out the riff-raff, yet the beach is very accessible. The staircase seen here (circled in blue) is public access that the city required to split the rest of this parcel into three lots (in red): Save
Probate
The public administrator's auction is on September 1st: http://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/hhsa/programs/papg/auction/09012016-realestate.html Here is a tour of the Carlsbad property:
Carlsbad New Homes 2016
Another look at new-home tracts and their success this year:
