San Diego home buyers have a great new tool.  We’ve created a toolbar that you can easily add (or remove) from your web browser, either Internet Explorer or Firefox.  Search homes for sale and stay on top of real estate news with a built-in RSS feed reader, Facebook, and Twitter updates. The toolbar is customized to the San Diego real estate market.  The customized Google search box returns results or any word or phrase [...] Continue Reading…

This was a big day in the news for San Diego real estate. Standard & Poor’s Case-Schiller Home Price Index was released today for April 2010.  The index, which measures resale values of single-family houses, shows sale prices of houses in San Diego rose 11.7 percent between April 2009 and April 2010.  Only San Francisco, with an 18 percent increase, rose faster than the San Diego real estate market in the past twelve [...] Continue Reading…

The rate of real estate mortgage defaults has dropped in San Diego County, and nationwide, in April 2010.  Short sales of San Diego homes, successful loan modifications, and an improved outlook for the San Diego real estate market are all contributing factors.  San Diego foreclosures rose slightly during the month, but the number of San Diego foreclosures for sale remained low.

In April the rate of defaults in San Diego fell to its [...] Continue Reading…

Following up on the prior post about San Diego homes sale prices moving up, the May numbers were as expected. San Diego real estate prices continue the rising trend.  MDA Dataquick reports that in May 2010 the median price of a house in San Diego County was $340,000.  This is up 4.5% from the month prior, and up 15.3% from May 2009.  The year-to-date median price of homes for sale in San Diego [...] Continue Reading…

The San Diego real estate market has greatly improved in 2010.  San Diego homes sale prices are up double-digits from year ago levels, led by resale houses and condos.  Surveys of home builders and consumers are showing a return to confidence.  The San Diego economy is again proving its resilience.

According to DataQuick, the [...] Continue Reading…

Your San Diego real estate professionals took time to give back to the community last week.  Keller Williams Carmel Valley Del Mar Realtors conducted our second annual food drive for Military Outreach Ministries of Camp Pendleton.  We collected more than 1,300 bags of groceries for needy military families, far surpassing our goal of 1,000 bags of groceries!  The food will go to great use by the families who are on tight budgets while [...] Continue Reading…

By any measure, San Diego real estate has really been taking off in recent months. We’ve been saying for a long time that San Diego was the first to burst in the real estate bubble, and it will be the first to come back out of the hole. And now San Diego homes are appreciating faster than most or all of the metropolitan areas in the United States.

The National Association [...] Continue Reading…

The Realtors at Keller Williams Carmel Valley, East Del Mar, are working to collect food donations for the military families of Camp Pendleton.  Our goal is to collect 1,000 bags of groceries by May 13.  This is a way for your Carmel Valley real estate agents to recognize the valuable contributions and sacrifices made by our local military families, and a way for us to say thank you to an important segment [...] Continue Reading…

Your Rancho Penasquitos real estate professionals are excited to report on the 15th annual Fiesta de los Penasquitos which was held yesterday, Sunday May 2, 2010.  The festival is a big highlight for residents of Rancho Penasquitos homes and the surrounding San Diego community.  It is an opportunity for area musicians and students [...] Continue Reading…

It’s hard for many prospective buyers of San Diego homes to believe this, but this really isn’t a traditional “buyer’s market” in many parts of San Diego.  This is particularly true for “entry-level homes.”  In America’s Finest City the entry level starts at around $350,000 and goes up to about $600,000.  And buying a house in this price range isn’t as easy as you may think.

This week I’ve spent a lot of time helping [...] Continue Reading…

When the value of a home drops below the value of the outstanding mortgage debt, it is a tough position for a home owner who needs to sell. Many home owners simply walk away and let the bank foreclose on the property. Foreclosures are devastating, not only because of the loss of the home, but also because a foreclosure destroys the home owner’s credit standing, and makes it impossible for the seller [...] Continue Reading…