There has been a lot of talk about whether or not San Diego’s real estate market has hit rock bottom. Buyers and sellers alike are keeping a close eye on the market, weeding through speculations in search of an answer. Unfortunately, there’s no way to know for sure. Real estate is a fluid market and therefore always changing. But if you look at the hard statistics you can see trends, and these trends show the market may be on its way to recovering...

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When buying a used car, one of the best things you can do before purchasing it is to have a third party mechanic perform a thorough inspection. Nobody wants to end up with the headaches and frustrations of a "lemon" car. As many local "lemon" cars are out there, there are "lemon" homes in San Diego, too. One of the most important tenets of caveat emptor (buyer beware) is to have an expert on your side and in real estate, that expert would be a home inspector...

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I want to make sure the home buying public is informed about the financial side of making a home purchase with regards to rates. Less than 6 months ago, you would probably have been quoted rates in the 6-7% range, which is still a historically low rate. Currently, I just locked a client in at 5.25% last week and we expect rates to stay low for the next month or so at the least...

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San Diego real estate is truly an ever changing industry. What worked for my buyers just 6 months ago, isn't working today. What I'm referring to specifically are short sales and foreclosure transactions. 6 months ago I could submit an offer well under list price and walk away with a great deal...

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August, 2008 had the highest number of detached homes countywide go into escrow since July of 2005. This is great news for homeowners and our San Diego real estate market in general. In addition, inventory of available homes went significantly down in one month (over 1,000 less than in July). This is also significant because August is usually the peak of inventory with regards to seasonal variations...

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After almost three years of declining home sales and home values, the San Diego County real estate market is showing good signs of recovery. The first sign of recovery is a higher volume of home sales. After the lending crises began in mid-August of 2007, the number of home sales came to a screeching halt, averaging about 1,000 detached homes sold per month for about four months straight...

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