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Love being close to beaches and living in a temperate and mild year-round climate?
If so, San Diego’s North County Coastal communities may be a perfect place to settle. This area is roughly defined as being that part of San Diego County west of the I-15 and north of Hwy 56 and includes the following towns and communities–and feel free to click for more information:
1 Pirates Cove
Oceanside, CA 92054
800 Santa Fe Drive
Encinitas, CA 92024
by Roberta Murphy The San Diego real estate market is red hot, and we can’t help but wonder if increased mortgage rates might cool things down a bit? That would be great news for investors, but a struggle for some home buyers. It seems the Mortgage Bankers Association, Fannie Mae and our own National Association [...]
by Roberta Murphy It’s been a long day, and I owe a debt of gratitude to Varsity Team San Diego real estate agents who aren’t afraid to share vital information about pending sales. The San Diego real estate market is hot, and appraisers can barely keep up with rising values fueled by hungry buyers and [...]
100 IRS Offices around the country are going to be targeted at noon tomorrow for peaceful protest by the Tea Party Patriots against the Internal Revenue Service. Being challenged is the government agency’s abuse of power while targeting and harassing various Tea Party groups. There are many Tea Party groups, but the Tea Party Patriots [...]
by Roberta Murphy Carlsbad, CA–Over the past decade, there has been a flurry of home remodeling in San Diego County–particularly in coastal areas, where building activity first blossomed. During the last ten years, tile and formica surfaces in kitchens and baths have been replaced with natural stone products, while stainless steel appliances dominate kitchens. Popcorn [...]
One of the first questions you should ask of any San Diego real estate agent you are thinking of engaging: Are you covered by Errors and Omissions Insurance that will protect us both in the case of litigation? Can you provide proof of said coverage? According to the 2013 Realtors Member Profile, fully 78 percent [...]
My heart goes out to those who struggle over whether to rent or buy in the San Diego real estate market. On one hand, folks fear getting caught in a real estate bubble that destroyed so many in the past few years. Alternatively, renters in San Diego are seeing rental costs soaring, with no let-up [...]
by Roberta Murphy When showing luxury condos in North County, I almost always try to introduce clients to the Jockey Club at La Costa–and enjoy their amazement. The Jockey Club at La Costa represents the epitome in large and luxurious condo and townhome living in not only Carlsbad, but all of San Diego .Ceilings in [...]
by Roberta Murphy Son Eric Murphy knows how I love elegant solutions to seemingly complex problems. This afternoon he sent to me a link not with one–but 100 life hacks that can solve myriad problems and entanglements–not only for me, but for our San Diego real estate clients as well. Read and enjoy–but beware though, [...]
Put to rest the nightmare of a lender pursuing a deficiency judgment against you for mortgage debt forgiven in a California short sale. It’s not going to happen! Mortgage lenders are prohibited from obtaining a deficiency judgment following the short sale of a residential property with no more than four units. Junior lien holders are [...]
This is a question anyone facing a short sale in 2013 should ask their Realtor. We’ve written about these taxes before, but once again here is the information we present to our San Diego real estate clients: For Federal tax returns, the mortgage fotgiveness debt relief on principal residences will remain in effect until December [...]
