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Urban Living lends itself to being on the cutting edge of what is new and "in" and hip and cool and every other adjective to describe the latest trend in fashion, food, transportation and nightlife. I think it was 1984 when I last saw a Vespa. Now I see them everywhere in Downtown San Diego. Wit...
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NFL, NBA, NHL, even the Olympics in Downtown San Diego? Well, that is the proposal, and it is a big one at roughly a proposed $2 billion. Check out the Article entitled "Developers: Terminal deck could solve woes" The site is the 10th Ave. Marine Terminal just south east of the San Diego Conv...
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In September of 2004 the East Villages' own Fahrenheit was featured on the cover of a CNN Money article online. It wrote about the gentrification of downtown areas across the country and how it is a good thing. Something you rarely hear in the news today. Gentrification is often associated with a...
08/14/2008
Financing continues to be a challenge in today's Real Estate Market. We see that the conditions and documentation that underwriters have been asking for is getting more and more rigid. As real estate brokers, we try to get investors to consider equally the two sides of the "deal". Most of th...
08/14/2008
On the morning of April 25th, 2007 I received a call from my mother. I knew what she was going to say and had braced myself for it but no amount of preparing or knowing can ever prevent the gut wrenching feeling you get when you hear this come from the other end of the phone. "He passed away las...
08/14/2008
A lot of discussion these days is about the market "tanking" and all Real Estate Sales "going into the dumps". We believe that you can't blanket the entire 92101 with a "market trend". We have the numbers to prove it. Cynics, prepare to sit back in your armchair and seethe at the facts. At the H...
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The issue of higher gas prices will continue to be a trigger point for homeowners and renters making the decision to live closer to hubs of mass transit. See our Blog last month Entitled "Higher Gas Prices Mean More Urban Development." Today, my clients Mike Bierne (Executive Vice President o...
08/14/2008
The crime rate in San Diego has dropped again. Crime is going down and the number of officerAs on the street are going up. San Diego is a great place to live due to the weather, outdoor activities and proximity to everything from water to desert to snow sports. Now we can also say that San Dieg...
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I was walking up to my office the other day when a group of guys carrying cases of beer came in with me. They were going to a friend of theirs' office to party it up before a baseball game. I overheard them talking about how this was a party neighborhood and only single people lived here. I inter...
08/14/2008
We keep saying that the numbers do not lie. In an exclusive Real Estate market like Downtown San Diego, it is always hard to balance everything you hear in the news to the ACTUAL numbers from day to day sales. The following is a link that I recommend bookmarking and/or adding to favorites. Ju...
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