Having worked in real estate and finance for more than 25 years, I'm often asked about the state of the San Diego market. One of the most common questions I hear is: does buying a home in San Diego represent a good long term investment? My answer is always a resounding yes! While predicting the future is a craft best left to fortune tellers, real estate professionals are trained to review historical data and help their...continue reading...

Gee whiz...we're having another community garage sale here in Brookside. Excuse me if I don't seem too excited, it's just that this has been going on twice a year each of the four years I've lived here. The first year we did this in Brookside, I thought it was a great idea (even though the founder and coordinator of this event is another local REALTOR team), but as the years have gone by and we are...continue reading...

Real Estate news. All of us are reading the newspapers, magazines, blogs, the internet and watching TV. They have all been telling us about the doom and gloom of what is happening with the real estate market. What they are not saying is many regional markets are still experiencing a large volume of homes under contract. They are reporting on closings, but not on the "pending" sales that will be closing in six to eight weeks. It is actually the...continue reading...

Sue Johnson just closed another escrow in Vallecito Ridge, the beautiful gated community in San Marcos built by KHovenian. The great thing about this sale is that it shows that a home can be sold at a fair price and not be a foreclosure property or short sale. This home sold for $465,000....the highest price in the development for a resale property in 2008!     This turn-key home excited us with the many designer upgrades and amenities that it had...continue reading...