Lisa Hayashi's Blog

Have you ever thought of moving to a different city and wondered how much it would cost to live there? Well, people move to San Diego everyday, in fact, 30,000 residents relocate to San Diego each year. There are also many people that have relocated away from San Diego as well, for one reason or ...

What you can offer on a short sale involves two distinguishing factors, the first one is that you have to determine what type of loan does the seller have; the second factor is what kind of loan are you, the buyer, going to use to purchase the property?  Some of today’s homebuyers don’t realize h...

I wrote a blog post 2 years ago, that was entitled, “I want the fluff everyday” and it was all about the words that listing agents could write in the descriptions of their listings.   Well, last week I showed some homes that were in decent locations, and there were some pictures on the listings, ...

The 92128 zip code is probably the most diverse market in the metro inland area of San Diego. It is home to two age-restricted neighborhoods located in Rancho Bernardo, along with a healthy attached and detached market for all price ranges from $134,000 all the way up to $1,450,000. There are cur...

The 92129 zip code is located in the Northwest metro area of San Diego, California and until the early 2000's, it was considered to be Rancho Penasquitos, but has since added many newer neighborhoods in the Torrey Highlands area. The community is also home to 2 high schools within the award winni...

Rancho Penasquitos is located in the North inland area of San Diego, California. The 92129 zip code area is home to the Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve which has many walking trails that cover 4,000 acres, an area that also includes Lopez Canyon. It is called home for roughly 52,000 residents and...

Seven Oaks is an age-restricted neighborhood located in Rancho Bernardo, which is in the Northern metro area of San Diego, California. The age restriction is for residents who are at least 55 years of age, so one might call it a senior community. There are many activities, such as Ladies’ Bridge,...

The stickiness of an offer, in my opinion, is how close a purchase offer of a home is to the listing price. Usually, but not always, listing prices are determined by a comparables report, before they are placed on the market, but there are many factors that weigh in on what a property should be l...

Sorrento Valley has a very unique housing market, since it's host to many major businesses and has a limited amount of residential property in surrounding areas. There are currently 9 active listings in the 92121 zip code, also known as Sorrento Valley, UTC, or otherwise known as University Town ...

There are currently 21 active listings in Carmel Mountain Ranch, 6 of those are distressed sales. The listing with the highest days on the market belongs to a townhome in the Collage area that has been on the market for 253 days so far and is priced at $285,000. It's difficult to say why it hasn'...