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Short Sales Are Changing as of 12/31/2012 – Short Sale Sellers May Soon Get a Tax Bill
Complete a Short Sale and receive a tax bill? This may soon be reality. A home owner who sells their home as a short sale may receive a tax bill from the IRS and from the state taxing authority starting in 2013. This is because federal and s...
Cambria, Carmel Valley, San Diego
What's happening in the Cambria townhome-condo complex is Carmel Valley these days? First, the basics: Cambria is a townhome-condominium complex located on Tiverton Road in Carmel Valley, San Diego. It is situated just north of Del Ma...
Pacific Highlands Ranch Facilities Plan Finally About to Go Before the City Council for Approval
In case you missed it… According to a recent article in the Carmel Valley News, the long-awaited update to the Pacific Highlands Ranch Public Facilities Financing Plan (that’s a mouth-full) is ready to be sent to the City Council for app...
“Option Areas” for Del Mar Union Schools?
The Del Mar Union school district is considering allowing families to choose between 2 schools instead of being assigned only 1 school based on the location of the family’s residence. A school board committee laid out the proposed plan at a ...
Automatic Garage Door Maintenance
If you have a garage attached to your San Diego home, chances are, it has an automatic door opener like ours in our own home. And if you go in and out of your garage 3 times a day, that means your door opener will operate 2,184 per year. That�...
International Home Buyers Can Get Mortgages in US Too!
Living and working as REALTORs in San Diego, we meet a lot of non-US citizens who are here visiting family, working in the military community, working temporarily or just haven’t completed their US citizenship process. Many of them are inter...
Short Sales Are Much Easier in CA Than They Were Since New Law Was Passed in 2011
That’s right. In 2011, the California legislature passed SB 458 that the Governor signed, which removes almost ALL liability for the unpaid principal mortgage amount that results from a short sale, called a “deficiency judgment”. Befo...