Pacific Ranch

Update; after 38 days on the market this home has been reduced to $579,000

3 bed, 3 bath, 1,753 sq. ft. built in 1985. HOA $330 a month (green belts, pool, tennis courts and club house) sold for $684,000 in March 04. Listed for $599,900. How much will it sell for?

More Village Run

4 bed, 2 bath, 1,266 sq. ft. built in 1972, 7400 sq. ft. lot. $65 a month HOA. List price $485-531,000. Sold in 46 days for $485,000.

Village Run

4 bed, 2 bath 1831 sq. ft. built in 1970, 6200 sq. ft. lot with a list price $489,900. Sold in 19 days for $475,500. The seller (Countrywide) paid $6k in closing costs.

More value priced listings

4 bed, 3 bath, 1836 sq. ft., built in 1973, 7500 sq. ft. lot. No HOA fees, with a list price of $485,000 and just went to escrow, 12 days on the market. We'll follow this property and see if it sells for over the asking price? Past loans totaled $693,000. What would you offer?

Price weakness in the high end

The most painful housing recession in decades has devoured billions of dollars of housing values across San Diego County, mostly in low-income areas. Now, the great equity eviscerator has turned to the region's tonier neighborhoods. To continue reading at The North County Times.

Northview

3 bed, 2 bath, built in 1984 $53 a month HOA. List price $589,000 sold in 6 days for $570,000.

Million-plus on a busy road

3 bed, 3 bath, 2473 sq. ft. of living space with a 3 car garage, built in 1975 with improvements in 1990 & 2005. 16,100 sq. ft. lot (with about 1/3 of it on a steep slope in the back yard). Small horizonal ocean view and shares a property line with Leucadia Blvd, located east of I-5. The list price $1.2 mil, purchased in Dec. 1994 for $239,000. How much would you offer?

White water views

4 bed-plus 2 optional, 4 bath 3200 sq. ft. of living space, 6700 sq. ft lot. Built effectively in 1975 (I personally watched a-lot of exterior improvements added 10-12 years ago) with surf views from Swamis-San Elijo campgrounds. List price of $2.3 mil and sold for $1,820,000 with 167 days on the market before going to escrow.

Village Park

4 bed, 2 bath, 1831 sq. ft. built in 1972. Original list price of $540,000 with a sold price of $426,000. The sellers (Indymac Bank) gave a $5000 credit. Market time of 111 days before going to escrow. The past loans totaled $680,000 before becoming a REO.

Nice Family Home

3 bed, 3 bath, 1,742 sq. ft. built in 1990. List price $544,900 sold in 15 days for $512,000.

Nice Buy

This property is near Moonlight, the Coaster, new library and downtown. 3 bed, 3 bath 1663 sq. ft. $98 a month HOA. List price $699,000 sold in 2 days for $708,000.

Fundraiser for Ronald McDonald House

This year's Dream House is a 4,600-square-foot plantation-style home less than a mile from the beach. It boasts five bedrooms and 5 1/2 baths, as well as solar panels, hardwood floors, a chef's kitchen equipped with top-of-the-line stainless steel appliances, and lush landscaping with a pool in back on a half acre. 1258 Skyros Way, Subdivison " Maravu" to learn more visit http://www.sdraffle.com/Overview.aspx

Nice Family Home

3 Bed, 2 Bath 1386 sq. ft. built in 1977, 7840sq. ft lot. Dual pane windows, new roof, kitchen granite, paint, AC, dog run, synthetic decking and fence. List price $469,-499,000.

How much will it sale for? Update; Now in escrow

Estate sale, fixer

3 bed, 2 bath 1665 sq. ft., built in 1956 sits on 1/5 an acre. Listed for under $500,000. We'll keep our eyes on this property to see how much it will sell for when it closes escrow. Update; Now in Pending

Sales leap as buyers hunt foreclosures

North San Diego County house sales jumped again in December, but buyers continued to narrowly focus on foreclosure-stricken neighborhoods while sales in high-end areas lagged, reported a local real estate agency Tuesday. To continue reading click link to the North County Times

Rancho Santa Fe Vista's

3 bed, 2 bath 1605 sq. ft. built in 1984, $80 a month HOA. Listed for $510,000

Update; Sold for $525,000. closed escrow 2/17/09

Home price fundamentals

San Diego County home prices, such as where are prices compared to rents or household income.
Continue article; http://www.nctimes.com/blogs/minding_your_business/?p=3157

Leucadia spec home

Bought as a teardown in 2005 on an acre, west of the I-5 east of the 101 with a nice horizonal ocean view. A new home has been built with 6000-6500 sq. ft. of living space with a asking price of $4 mil. Will this one sell for near the asking price, continue to lower the price or be pulled off the market? Update; now in escrow as of 1/31

Wow, nice buy

We visited the property within the 8 days before going to escrow. We both thought it would sell for the low $500's. 3 bed 2 bath 1327 sq. ft. built in 1973 and no HOA fees. Final sales price of $453,750.

Seller carry-backs are coming back

1953 Adobe fixer home & an unpermitted detached studio on the property. 2 bed, 2 bath, 1339 sq.ft., .93 acre parcel with ocean view. Listed for 850k, sold after 46 days on the market for $680,000. Seller financing for a 476k loan. What interest rate would you want?

Detached 2285 sq ft for $360,500?

The latest approach is listing very low for multiple offers.

How much will be the final sales price?

I'll keep you posted on this one as it just went to pending.

A cool interactive site!

The Housing + Transportation Affordability Index, http://htaindex.cnt.org/