Home buyers have been getting the worst of it lately. During the covid frenzy, they had to pay unimaginable amounts OVER the list price just to buy a house. Then mortgage rates doubled, but they still had to pay the same prices! Then last year they had to start paying...
The first responders have done an incredible job evacuating so many thousands of people at a moment's notice. It will be one of the major stories of this fire because of how few casualties there are - it's been a miracle. How you can help: You can support the Red...
Realtor.com, owned by News Corporation, has thoughts on how Trump will affect the real estate market: On the campaign trail, Trump had blamed rising home prices on a surge of illegal immigration during the Biden administration. He also claimed that he would somehow...
Twelve straight years of record-high revenues - hope you can get by on that! Not sure how that makes San Diego more affordable though. The new homeowners must feel like they are carrying an inordinate amount of the burden. San Diego County’s tax-assessed property...
We know that the current DOJ wants to de-couple commissions, and have buyers pay for their own help. How does Team Trump feel about real estate commissions? I checked with Project 2025: Project 2025 proposes significant changes to the traditional real estate...
Paying $6.3 million is the biggest boondoggle since the city paid $10 million for the closed Pacific View school. ENCINITAS, Calif. – City leaders in Encinitas are moving forward in their purchase of about 1.5 acres of land at La Costa Avenue and Highway 101, known to...
The Carlsbad city council approved more apartments to be built at the entry to the downtown village area. Between the three projects mentioned here, there will be a total of 480 apartments....and none for sale! Excerpts: A four-story building with 156 apartments has...
Hat tip to 'just some guy' for sending this in! To transition away from subjective housing regulations in compliance with state law, the City Council introduced new objective development design standards during its Aug. 29 meeting. In 2021, the city of Carlsbad used...
Expect to see every city council throw their hands up and approve projects that have low-income housing included. How they sell the "very low" income units, and to whom, will be very interesting in Encinitas, due to them selling the last two units to the same guy who...
From the La Jolla Light: If the San Diego Housing Federation is able to place a progressive real estate transfer tax on the November 2024 ballot, La Jolla homeowners will be unfairly impacted. The proposed tax would require property owners in San Diego to pay an...
