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Carmel Valley’s Market – at the Half Way Mark for 2011
Wondering how the single family home market in Carmel Valley is doing in 2011? Well, we are just passed the half way point so it is a good time to examine the data and check to see what is happening. You can see from the attached report that...The Importance of Getting a Solid Preapproval from a Lender
I wanted to post a few words concerning the importance of getting a rock-solid preapproval from a reputable lender if you are a serious home buyer in this market. A few of my buyer clients recently struggled getting their loans approved, which...More Californians Are Paying Cash for Their Homes
CASH vs. MORTGAGE: The next time you buy a home, will you get a loan or pay cash? For our last 2 listings, the buyers paid all cash. My last buyer paid $1.55M for his home – also all cash. What’s going on? In 2010, 28% of Southern Ca...Some Good News For San Diego Real Estate….
The latest report from the S&P Case-Shiller Index shows that many of the 20 cities included in the real estate market index are facing a “double dip” meaning that their prices bottomed out in 2009 and started rising, only to have fallen aga...Shapell Homes Buys One-Half of Carlsbad’s Robertson Ranch
In case you missed this story last month, Shapell Homes, a Beverly Hills-based developer, purchased the 211 acre western half of Robertson Ranch located along El Camino Real and between Cannon Road and Tamarack Avenue in Carlsbad. Shapell pl...