Home Search On Your iPhone

August 21, 2010
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REALTOR.COM Updates iPhone Application — Best of Class Something is wrong when a consumer tool outshines a professional tool. In the case of the updated REALTOR.COM application for the iPhone I don’t think there is a better search out there.  I actually use it in the field to located information on properties around us if I [...]

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Short Sale Specialist, John J. Sleezy

August 20, 2010
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The San Diego home owner has been through quite a bit in the last few years. Home prices have dropped significantly, jobs have been in short supply, and those handy equity loans dried up overnight. Short sales are on the rise. To add insult to injury the same jerks that got many of them into [...]

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Developer Options 468 Acres of Raw San Diego Land

August 16, 2010
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San Diego, CA – Article in Wall Street Journal States Standard Pacific Arranges Purchase Option on Harmony Grove Land. According to an article posted on The Wall Street Journal, Standard Pacific has entered into the biggest land deal since the real estate crash.  While Standard Pacific did not actually purchase the land they have re-negotiated [...]

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Rancho Santa Fe Homes Sold Year To Date

August 15, 2010

Sluggish Year in Rancho Santa Fe Homes Luxury Market – 115 Single Family Homes Sold Year To Date for 2010. Rancho Santa Fe real estate continues to limp along with an average sold price per square foot on the market of $432.58, which is a far cry from the market peak.  Average price per square [...]

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Downtown San Diego Closed Condo Sales Week 32

August 13, 2010

San Diego Condo sales in 92101 for August 1st to August 7th, 2010 – 12 Search includes 92101 zip code for Downtown San Diego condo attached units reported closed sales by Sandicor Multiple Listing Service (MLS) for downtown San Diego real estate.  You can visit our Downtown San Diego Closed weekly report here or active [...]

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Market Report San Diego Real Estate – No Spin Zone

August 12, 2010
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San Diego Real Estate Market Year – Mid Year 2010. I spend a considerable amount of time reading and keeping up on San Diego real estate market trends. I don’t remember a time where there is so much conflicting news regarding the real estate market, one market report is optimistic, others neutral, while many continue [...]

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Dirty Car in Downtown San Diego?

August 10, 2010
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Highly Recommended – Pacific Coast Auto Detail in Downtown San Diego Moving downtown and owning a black Land Rover Range Rover I was pretty stressed about finding someone to wash and detail my old classic.  Driving out of town on the way to a client appointment, I passed a very professional looking shop on G [...]

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Virtual Real Estate – Declaring Independence In Todays Real Estate

August 9, 2010
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There is a massive movement afoot, as the latest real estate market shift left most traditional brokerages as ships tossed upon a stormy sea. With change comes chaos, in an industry that certainly will be remarkably different in the next decade. Is the virtual real estate model the next wave, or will the traditional brokerage survive? An article, “Declaring Independence” appeared in [...]

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California Real Estate Brokerage – Small is Big

August 9, 2010
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Agents working with big box brokerages start to believe the spin about being number one and the best of the best. The general perception is the large brokerages make up the majority of the agent population, while in fact, 58.7% of California’s Brokerages are one agent. Only 13.8% of the brokerages are five or more [...]

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Rancho Santa Fe Closed Real Estate Sales Week 31

August 7, 2010

San Diego, CA: 4 Detached Homes Sold in Rancho Santa Fe Week 31 is the period from July 25th to July 31st, 2010 searching for detached homes sold in 92067 and 92091. Includes Covenant and Non-Covenant sales. Fairbanks Ranch – 4/4 – 4804 Sq. Ft. – 1.39 Acres - List Price $1,750,000 - Sales Price $1,590,000 Fairbanks Ranch [...]

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