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San Diego Real estate market reports and information about local communities: Rancho Penasquitos (92129), Rancho Bernardo ( 92128) and Carmel Valley (92130)
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How to Buy a Bank Owned Foreclosure  According to Data Quick Information Systems (DQ News) over 35,000 were lost to foreclosure last year.  Although, that is a decrease of over 30% the foreclosure inventory is still a big part of the real estate market.   Many people believe that buying a foreclo...
02/11/2011
  How to Buy a house in San Diego, Ca. In order to buy a house you need - 1.  Find a Realtor.  Most people causally search the internet, visit Open houses and pick-up magazines, but they don't talk to a Realtor.  Talk toa Realtor because they will help you.  Realtor’s will help you set-up a buyin...
02/11/2011
What is a Short Sale in San Diego, Ca. A short sale is when a homeowner needs to sell their home, but there is either no equity or not enough to cover the costs.  Homeowners who need to short sale may have lost a job, had their adjustable rate mortgage increase or some other hardship.  The bank w...
02/10/2011
Down payment assistance for first time Home buyers Buyers in California now have a program to help them with their down payment.  Until now buyers needed 3.5% or approximately $14,000 on a $400,000 purchase.  That's a lot of money for most people to save. In fact the biggest obstacle for First Ti...
02/10/2011
How do I sell my house fast in San Diego? Often sellers need to sell their home fast because of a job transfer, divorce or impeding foreclosure.  Many times a seller may feel that the best thing to do is to get a sign in the front yard, however this could be the worst approach.  There are three i...
02/08/2011
Will the Seller Take Less than the Asking Price? Finding a Motivated Seller in San Diego I was hosting an Open House last weekend ( 9521 Pipilo St. Rancho Penasquitos, San Diego) and almost everyone who came by asked," Will the owner take less?"  I routinely analyze the difference between asking ...
02/08/2011
4 bedroom home in San Diego, Rancho Penasquitos This perfect family home located in Park Village Estates of Rancho Penasquitos has 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths with 1876 sq. ft. Part of the award winning Poway Unified School distric area schools are Westview High School, Mesa Verde Middle school and C...
02/05/2011
Open House Saturday 2/5/2011 This is my Best San Diego Homes pick of the week.  4 bedroom, 3 baths, 1868 sq. ft. Vacant home.  New carpet, paint, doors, and landscaping. Located in the quiet community of Rancho Penasquitos in the Park Village Estates and part of the award winning Poway Unified Sc...
02/04/2011
Real Estate Prices to Increase in San Diego The rumors and buzz have been of a possible double dip in real estate prices.  A double dip would be that prices would go down again instead of rise as sellers have been desperately hoping. Two major sources of real estate news are Standard & Poor's Cas...
02/02/2011
Top 3 Reasons Your House Hasn't Sold In the last few months many homes here in San Diego have lingered on the market and frustrated homeowners have simply re-listed at the same price, with the same agent and waited for a buyer to come along. If your home didn't sell and the contract expired and y...
01/30/2011
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