I live a quarter mile away from Scripps Encinitas and these improvements are excellent… I may be biased because both my kids were born there…   As a subscriber to The San Diego Daily Transcript,  I am told a non-subscriber can access one online story per 24 hours… Paul Scripps Encinitas completes $94M expansion […]

So I owe some in depth research that I have been working on but not finished yet sharing. I would like to share something I believe is infinitely more important than real estate although I love real estate, love what I do and must admit that there are not a lot of things more satisfying […]

        The inventory is increasing substantially in the last 2-3 weeks.  Anyone in the real estate business who disagrees is not paying attention.  I may not have posted here but anyone who knows me knows that I have been predicting a substantial inventory increase since the beginning of the year.  The picture […]

  I will take a look at local statistics regarding this subject in the Encinitas & Carlsbad area’s and post them.  With prices rising so rapidly in the last 18 months, Buyer’s have become more price conscious and picky regarding their purchases.  Overpriced homes are sitting.  Homes priced competitively are still seeing multiple offers.  -Paul […]

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https://thecoastnews.com/2014/05/a-mixed-use-complex-planned-for-coast-highway-101/ By Bianca Kaplanek Story poles on a 1.76-acre lot at Dahlia Drive between Coast Highway 101 and Sierra Avenue outline what a proposed mixed-use development will look like if it is approved by the City Council. Photo by Bianca Kaplanek SOLANA BEACH — People driving along Coast Highway 101 in Solana Beach lately may […]

  http://www.delmartimes.net/2014/05/30/solana-beach-residents-express-concerns-over-potential-development-of-land-across-from-fletcher-cove-park/ By Kristina Houck   The site where the Melmo building and the distillery lot currently sit could be developed, but residents want more places to park across from Fletcher Cove Park. Developers discussed the possibility of redeveloping the space between South Sierra and South Acacia avenues during a public workshop May 29. Lomas […]

In April of 2004 I signed a Purchase Contract for a brand new home on Beach Street in Encinitas. The home was scheduled for a May 2005 completion.  The purchase price ended up being $645,000 with some options and upgrades.  By the time the escrow closed in 5/2005,  the value of the home was approximately […]

For those of us who were given a lower property value assessment during the crash/home price decline years our jig may be up. My house in Encinitas that was assessed in the $700,000’s was reviewed and reassessed to $600,000 as were most others in my 37 home development. That has been a saving of approximately […]

www.realestateeconomywatch.com www.realestateeconomywatch.com/2013/10/claims-cause-hefty-hikes-in-homeowners%E2%80%99-premiums Insurance claims can cause significant increases in on homeowners’ policies according to the state where they are located according to a new study commissioned by insuranceQuotes.com Using a hypothetical two-story, single family home covered for $144,000 with a $500 deductible, the study revealed that how much annual premiums can rise following the filing […]