Gorgeous Panoramic Ocean views from almost every room in this elegant 4 bedroom plus office and 5.5 bathroom is an entertainers dream! Enjoy multiple private ocean view terraces from every bedroom, majestic staircase with iron handrail, limestone and hardwood floors throughout, wine room, crown molding, designer kitchen with stainless steel appliances, fully landscaped pool and…
Buying a home costs money. Lots of money. There’s the down payment and the monthly mortgage payment and the maintenance and taxes and the insurance and… Are you overwhelmed yet? It might seem like so much that you just want to put off the house hunt and sign that yearlong lease with your landlord (even though…
A bit of good news from NAR. According to NAR, home prices have climbed in 85% of U.S. Metropolitan home markets as low mortgage rates and the strongest labor market in almost 7 years spurred demand. The median price of an existing single-family home rose from a year earlier in 148 of the 174 areas…
The publisher of the Los Angeles Times is buying U-T San Diego for $85 million, strengthening its presence in Southern California and putting the top newspapers in the state’s two largest cities under common ownership. Tribune Publishing Co., owner of the Times, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun and other publications, said Thursday that the 145-year-old U-T…
Sales of previously owned homes jumped in March by the most in four years, putting the U.S. residential real estate market on firm footing heading into the busiest time of year. Purchases increased 6.1 percent to a 5.19 million annualized rate, the highest level since September 2013, figures from the National Association of Realtors showed…
In the U.S., vacation-home sales jumped over 50% in 2014, up from 717,000 homes in 2013, according to preliminary data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), a trade group. And second-home sales are expected to continue climbing in 2015, saysLawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist. “The stock market is booming, which means the wealthy top…
The pace of home price appreciation in San Diego County remained elevated in February, as home sales and the median price both increased. Last month, the median price for a home sold in the county was $440,000, up 7.3 percent from February 2014, CoreLogic DataQuick reported. The annual pace is virtually unchanged from January, but…
Bond-friendly comments from the Fed on Wednesday caused mortgage rates to improve. Weaker-than-expected economic data was also favorable for mortgage rates over the past week. As a result, rates ended the week lower. The Fed statement dropped the word “patient”. This provides the Fed with the flexibility to raise the federal funds rate any time…
The Rancho Santa Fe School District is considering the possibility of going solar on its R. Roger Rowe campus. At a March 5 meeting, the board heard an update from Debra Vaughn-Cleff of Webb Cleff Architecture and Engineering on a couple of ways the district could approach a solar project at their school. One option…
About 400 people are expected to raise awareness and funds for military families during the SEAL-Naval Special Warfare Family Foundation’s fourth annual fundraiser March 21 at the Del Mar Country Club in Rancho Santa Fe. Founded in 2008, the nonprofit supports Navy SEALs and their families through a variety of programs. “The Del Mar Country…