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Double Peak school opening delayed

20 Aug

This is an ongoing challenge that has had some controversy in regards to safety which is always paramount when it comes to our kids. It is a beautiful school in a vibrant and thriving community. Story below.  Prior updates at bottom of this page. http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/aug/18/double-peak-school-opening-delayed/ Artist’s rendering of the K-8 Double Peak School in San […]

Property Tax Assessment Increases

19 Aug

  The Fiscal Tax Year officially begins July 1st and ends June 30th. The next property tax installment is due 11/1/2015 (late after 12/10/15). New tax bills are are normally mailed in October. My own assessment has increased 9.77% for the new fiscal year. This is after increasing 11% for the prior fiscal year and 10% […]

Virginia woman gets five years in prison for short sale scams

17 Aug

Is San Diego next? This was occurring with great frequency.  I witnessed it.  It was frustrating. http://www.housingwire.com/articles/34777-virginia-woman-gets-five-years-in-prison-for-short-sale-scams A Virginia woman will spend the next five years in federal prison after being convicted of 13 counts of mortgage fraud, passing fictitious financial instruments and tax fraud. According to the Department of Justice’s Tax Division, Charise Stone, […]

Encinitas – Traffic Commission backs nighttime no-parking zone on Seacrest Way

12 Aug

http://www.encinitasadvocate.com/news/2015/aug/12/seacrest-way-noparkingzone-encinitas/   Concerns about long-term parking, litter and drug use prompted the Encinitas Traffic and Public Safety Commission on Aug. 10 to unanimously support a no-parking zone from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. on Seacrest Way. The proposed nighttime parking ban would extend to neighboring streets also affected by the issues: Sea View Court and […]

Cardiff – Program for at-risk boys riding wave of success

07 Aug

My friend and fellow Agent/Broker Dane Soderberg has been involved in this program for years. Good work for a great cause! http://www.encinitasadvocate.com/news/2015/aug/06/boys-to-men-mentoring-seaside-reef/ Teens and mentors who are part of the Boys to Men Mentoring Network gather at a surf hangout Aug. 5 at Seaside Reef in Cardiff. Boys to Men connects at-risk boys with male […]

San Diego Freeway Traffic Destined To Further Increase – Volume Already at Critical Mass

24 Jul

  Thank you J. Harry Jones for an important story. http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/apr/11/development-north-county-housing-boom/ Many Large Housing Projects Planned for the North County Back Country Boom or Doom? Huge projects loom Open land at the northeast corner of I-15 and Route 76 where nearly 2,000 homes will be built. — J. Harry Jones NORTH COUNTY — A potential […]

Housing permits up Big – SD -UT – Digging Into The Numbers

01 Jul

SFR – Single Family Residences up 29% YOY – (year on year) Multi-Family Residences up 100% YOY http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/jul/02/housing-county-permits/ County total may top 10,000 for first time since 2006 By Roger Showley | 5:23 p.m. July 2, 2015 San Diego County housing permits rose 70.4 percent through May and could top the 10,000 mark for the first […]

U.S. 30 Year Fixed Mortgage Rates

12 Jun

Thanks to the folks at: https://twitter.com/SoberLook I highly recommend following them as the data is highly relevant and extremely timely.   US mortgage rates have moved above 4%. While this may have some effect on housing, a much greater factor is mortgage availability.

The upscaling of North County – “It’s not like when the old Encinitas families used to own it,” says business owner

01 Jun

For the last few months I have been doing extensive fact based data research that relates to this specific subject matter as well as local residential data.  I will post an in depth analysis in the coming days/weeks on my findings.  The story below is informative,  however it does have some inaccuracies. 6/25/15 Update #1 […]