Here are the histories, and forecasts, of our local Zillow Home-Value-Index for each area: They are forecasting flat or declining prices in three of our larger areas - and they are also predicting a drop-off in values as the selling season will be getting underway in...
La Jolla

La Jolla Cave
A introduction to the Sea Caves at La Jolla Cove:
La Jolla Pics
We're creating a new website that will have features on each community, so new photos were needed to accompany. Here are the La Jolla pics that didn't make the cut, but I thought were still blog-worthy:
Irving Gill 1907
Here is my tour of the Wheeler Bailey home, designed by Irving Gill in 1907
Bird Rock Oceanfront $8.8M
Love how this house looks down the coastline, taking full advantage of the lot. It was active on the MLS for four minutes, and the agent noted in the confidential remarks that is was "SOLD Prior to Activation in the MLS" even though it had been on and off the market...
Rue Adriane Modern
dasMOD + The Brown Studio are proud to share this brand new, single-story gem, consciously crafted for function and livability with a focus on architectural details located at 2314 Rue Adriane in La Jolla. Rue Adriane offers a sophisticated, highly curated new century...
Case Study House #23A
In the next blog post, I mention Case Study House #23A in La Jolla, which was granted national historic designation in July, 2013. Here is some background from wiki: The Case Study Houses were experiments in American residential architecture sponsored by Arts &...
Paragliding
Unfortunately, there was a collision at the gliderport yesterday where two people died. Here's what it's like flying one, with a view of La Jolla Farms:
La Jolla Oceanfront
This had been on the market for two years before it finally sold for $15,000,000 cash in September. Another Marengo deal; it sold for $7,800,000 in 2014:
Local Zillow Forecasts
I snipped this Zillow forecast (above) in October, 2016. They expected La Jolla home values to go up 2.1% in 2017, which earned a 'Very Cold' label. The La Jolla ZHVI rose 7% in 2017, so their forecast was a tad conservative. The index has been dropping lately, but...