Krista Lombardi's (lombardihomes) Blog

It is easy to peruse the internet and get a few different views on the San Diego real estate market.  To tell the truth, you can generally break it down to positive views and negative views.  It is confusing, flip-floppy, and leaves you feeling like everyone between the newspaper, Case-Schilling,...

Most of you will probably be at a barbeque with friends and family on Memorial Day, but for those of you that are looking for something new to do or are coming in from out of town, I'm blown away by the choices we have! Here's a list of 10 various events, I've found about 30 total, so if you'd li...

What does this mean? It means that the percentage of households that could afford to purchase a home this yearwas higher than in the "glory days" of 2004 and 2005.  Even though the economy was better in 2004 and 2005, more people had more jobs, unemployment was lower.  Nowadays, thanks to the mar...

Everyday I get up and read up on the latest real estate news and I have to say that nationally things are not good. What I'm most interested in though is what's happening here in our local paradise called San Diego. Locally, which to me is most important, there have been several articles document...

A lot!  I'm not kidding.  Let me explain. When you first set out to buy your first home, or second home for that matter, you have certain expectations, I mean, you've heard a lot of news about how cheap everything is.  California has been hit hard, you can walk down the street and buy a house in ...

One of the key factors when deciding which agent to work with is negotiations!  It just is.  With all the factors that go ino the process, you just want to make sure that you don't leave anything on the table while not turning relations between all the parties into sour grapes. What are the most ...

Daily Grind If you own San Diego real estate and you did not refinance your home, defaulting on your mortgage limits all liability to the property itself.  In other words, you can walk away with a clear conscience that there will be no 1099 issued for the difference between what you owed and what...

It's so difficult these days.  I mean, I see this article online that goes into how much better everyone is doing, it says that real estate has gone up and the economy is starting to improve.  Sounds fantastic, right?  Only one article away from that is DOOM and GLOOM staring you in the face.  It...