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San Elijo Hills – A.K.A. SEH

03 Oct

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/oct/03/san-elijo-hills-towncenter-development-talks/ By Teri Figueroa | 6 a.m. Oct. 3, 2015 SAN MARCOS — For more than a decade, as rooftops went up around them, three high-profile lots in the commercial heart of the master-planned San Elijo Hills community have been vacant — and residents of the affluent south San Marcos neighborhood have waited for a change. […]

Mortgage Rates Hit Lows of Year Today

02 Oct

30 Year Jumbo $546,250 and up mid 3.5%’s—> Edit: 30 Year Conforming not quite at the lows of the year. The week of 2/05/2015 they hit 3.59%. Yesterday they hit 3.77%.  Jumbo’s are at lows of year however.   http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/consumer_rates/516509.aspx by: Matthew Graham Mortgage Rates Remain Lower After Volatile Reaction to Jobs Data Decrease Font […]

Mixed Signals Going Forward

02 Oct

http://www.housingwire.com/articles/35248-housing-experts-weigh-in-on-impact-of-septembers-hot-mess-of-a-jobs-report   Housing experts explain September’s jobs report There may be a few slivers of silver lining buried in the storm cloud Trey Garrison October 2, 2015 1:28PM Earlier Friday the September employment situation report from the Census Bureau showed new job creation cratering to a weak 142,000, well below analyst expectations. Back on point, […]

Encinitas gets $4.7M for rail crossing

19 Sep

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/sep/18/leucadia-rail-undercrossing-grant/ By Barbara Henry | 5:58 p.m. Sept. 18, 2015 ENCINITAS — Encinitas will receive a $4.7 million state transportation grant for the long-sought railroad undercrossing at El Portal Street, and design work could begin by the year’s end, jubilant city officials announced this week. “We’re super excited,” city Public Works Director Glenn Pruim told a […]

Boom – Encinitas All Time High Prices.

15 Sep

Let’s take a look at Beach Street.  My neighborhood.  3/4 mile to Moonlight Beach. We bought new in 2004 when it was dirt and closed a year later. 37 Single family homes.  3-4BR. 1500-1880 Square Feet. Builder Taylor-Woodrow constructed these homes with exceptional quality. I’ve walked through and taken a close look at many hundreds […]

Investors snapping up new homes for rentals

12 Sep

http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000419500 It was widely deemed a temporary play: Large-scale investors buying thousands of discounted foreclosed properties during the worst of the housing crash and turning them into single-family rentals. When home prices recovered, they would surely sell them for a hefty profit. The housing market is recovering, albeit more slowly than expected. Foreclosure volume is […]

JUST SOLD

11 Sep

7531 New Salem Street San Diego, CA 92126 $538,000 4BR/2BA 1915ESF Super cute well cared for home in burgeoning Mira Mesa. I grew up in North Poway and know the Poway/Scripps/Mira Mesa/Carmel Mountain area’s well. I remember in 1978 driving north on the I-15 thru Carmel Mountain and both sides of the freeway at that […]

Treasure trove of fossils found at Carlsbad’s Quarry Creek (92010) construction site

04 Sep

Reported By/Credit to Phil Diehl San Diego UT: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/sep/03/treasure-trove-of-fossils-found-at-carlsbad/   CARLSBAD — A treasure trove of ice age fossils has turned up at a construction site in Carlsbad where hundreds of new homes are planned south of state Route 78. Bones of ancient mammoths, horses, turtles and even a prehistoric bison — the second ever […]

Elms & Ivy New Homes – Carmel Valley – Taylor Morrison – Just Released

29 Aug

My better half works for Taylor Morrison Homes and has been working on this project for over 3 years. April has her Masters in Structural Engineering, is an Engineer, and does Planning & Project Management. We attended the Grand Opening/Model Open House last Saturday.  We enjoyed a delightful lunch & other fun including face painting […]