Category Archives: Market Trends

San Diego real estate market trends deserve a close follow. Home prices are trending up, while hawks await shadow inventory to more forcefully enter the market.

Let's Resurrect Assumable Loans

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Roberta Murphy

by Roberta Murphy The health of the San Diego real estate market hinges not only on home buyer demand, but also the ability of buyers to secure financing.  At the same time, lenders are overwhelmed with short sales and foreclosures … Continue reading →

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Bobcats Take Possession of Southern California Home

Posted on September 7, 2008 by Roberta Murphy

by Roberta Murphy San Diego real estate hasn’t quite gone to the dogs–yet (though some inland neighborhoods may be coming close). But Riverside County’s real estate market is another animal entirely. It seems a family of bobcats has moved into … Continue reading →

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A Most Unorthodox Market: Bob Dyson

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Roberta Murphy

by Roberta Murphy Last Thursday, I had the opportunity to sit across from Bob Dyson at his office in Del Mar and listen to this real estate legend discuss today’s real estate market. We were also fortunate to have Chris … Continue reading →

Posted in Del Mar, Foreclosures, Market Trends, San Diego News | 1 Comment

Search San Diego Foreclosures and Auctions

Posted on August 2, 2008 by Roberta Murphy

by Roberta Murphy I returned last week from Inman Connect in San Francisco and returned with some new tools for making sense of our San Diego real estate market. For several months, we have had the San Diego REO and … Continue reading →

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San Diego Foreclosure: Back to 2002?

Posted on July 19, 2008 by Roberta Murphy

by Roberta Murphy This was a morning of discovery and indigestion digestion. We have seen San Diego real estate prices plummet in the suburban communities of Chula VIsta, National City, San Marcos, eastern Oceanside and Fallbrook. After all, these communities … Continue reading →

Posted in Market Trends, San Diego, San Diego News | 4 Comments

San Diego Real Estate: Short Sale, Foreclosure or Deed in Lieu?

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Roberta Murphy

San Diego’s mortgage meltdown has left many stressed and relocating homeowners wondering what to do. Should they just let their home go to foreclosure? Should they see if their lender will accept a deed in lieu of foreclosure? Or should … Continue reading →

Posted in Market Trends, San Diego, San Diego News | 9 Comments

How to Delay a San Diego Foreclosure

Posted on June 7, 2008 by Roberta Murphy

by Roberta Murphy A looming foreclosure weighed heavily on our North San Diego County clients. Their custom home, purchased at the height of the San Diego real estate market in 2005, had plummeted in value. Unable to pay mortgage payments … Continue reading →

Posted in Market Trends, San Diego, San Diego News | 3 Comments

San Diego REO Listings Offered by Ghosts

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Roberta Murphy

by Roberta Murphy I’ll never understand the process by which lenders choose to list their San Diego REO’s and foreclosures. Some are listed by normal real estate agents, but more and more these REO’s (bank-owned properties) are listed by unknown … Continue reading →

Posted in Market Trends, San Diego, San Diego News | 6 Comments

San Diego Real Estate: Per Bob Dyson

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Roberta Murphy

by Roberta Murphy Bob Dyson has a voice worth hearing especially as it relates to Southern California real estate. Dyson is owner-broker of Villa Sothebys International Realty in Del Mar, CA (which may be San Diegos fastest-growing real estate firm) … Continue reading →

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San Diego Real Estate in the Tank: Fact or Fiction?

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Roberta Murphy

by Roberta Murphy Yesterday’s Union Tribune headlined a story about San Diego home prices tumbling, and again I had to read below the headline and between the lines. Last month, they report, San Diego median home prices dropped 15 percent … Continue reading →

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