Category Archives: Buyers

There are lots of things to consider when buying a home in North County San Diego. Stay current on all the latest trends & guidelines for buying a home whether its your first home or not, buying a home is much different in today’s market.

Thinking about buying a home for sale in North County?

The media really seems to contradict itself, doesn’t it? Reasons not to buy like the state of economy & the shadow inventory OR reasons why you should buy like the interest rates & short sales. Why is now a good time to buy? Shadow inventory & short sales. Contradictory? Yes but reasons to buy.  Why? The current…

Are we there yet?

San Marcos has seen it’s hay day of sky rocketing home prices but are those days gone forever? It may take several years from now before we see double-digit appreciation but we are starting to see an upward trend in median home price. In fact, from year to year July 2009 -2010, the median home price…

Why now? Why not?

Why now?  With all of the attention or lack of attention this market is getting, Why now?, is a realistic question to ask about buying or selling a house. But if it’s so good, then why are people sitting on the sidelines? Good question. In my opinion, there’s a few different reasons why people are on the…

New construction in “Bermuda Triangle”

53 Melrose is a new community by DR Horton located in Carlsbad or what I like to call the “Bermuda Triangle” since it sits in between the Carlsbad & San Marcos city limits. (as shown on the map under the video) 53 Melrose offers three floor plans starting in the mid $400,000′s to mid $500,000′s. Each…

Short sale success!

Short sales. That’s the buzz word these days, isn’t it? Well, most of you probably know what a short sale is, but just in case you didn’t, in a nut shell: A short sale is when a homeowner owes more on the house than its worth & must seek out lender approval in order to…