For the buyers who want to live in a master-planned community with good schools, how bleak is it? No one will be surprised to see the newer tracts hunkered down for another decade or longer, so let's look at the older communities - those that are 20-25 years old....
Carmel Valley
Sunday Wrap
I'm still doing the frenzy format. Sell the first weekend with multiple offers! Plus, thoughts on a market floor (tight group of recent comps with a upward trend in pricing).
Carmel Valley Open House Report
Carmel Valley Pacific Highlands Ranch
Our new listing in Carmel Valley! Open 12-3 this weekend. Check out this attractively-priced Portico home with fully remodeled kitchen, hardwood floors, 3 bedrooms + loft and downstairs den, sumptuous primary suite with two walk-in closets, and upstairs laundry room....
Five Bedrooms Are Hot
She got four offers on this one, and it closed for $1,945,000 cash and 10-day escrow:
Del Mar Mesa New
For new homes, it's mostly just infill projects now in the prime areas so even the big boys are looking for smaller projects. It looks like Toll picked this up for $12 million last October, and they are going to build 4,765sf to 6,036sf houses that are the same or...
NSDCC Summer Update
The July stats have been updated on these interactive graphs of the 92009 (SE Carlsbad), 92024 (Encinitas), and 92130 (Carmel Valley) markets: We hear how the inventory has exploded, but compare it to history: Sales during the 2022 selling season have been similar to...
Carmel Valley +13% Over List
My tours of mid-range coastal suburban homes that sold for a big pop over list are slowing. But it's mostly due to the lack of inventory - I wish I could do more!
CV Listing Closed Escrow
Our Carmel Valley listing closed escrow yesterday! It was the 3br/2.5 ba, 1,804sf home built in 1989 that we completed about $60,000 worth of upgrades in preparing for market (it had been a rental for years). The before-and-after photos were featured here: [button...
Jim’s 10,000th
Check out our new listing in Carmel Valley! 13010 Brixton Pl., Carmel Valley 92130 3 br/2.5 ba, 1,804sf YB: 1989 LP = $1,750,000 Location is everything! Enjoy this end-of-culdesac gem that is just steps from Torrey Pines High School (so close you won't need to buy...