SD home sales best in 7 years

San Diego County housing prices rose 13.7 percent over the last year to $358,000 as sales soared to their best November in seven years, DataQuick reported Wednesday.

It was the highest overall price since July 2008 as the market was skidding down and posted in March 2003 as prices were rocketing up.

In brief, overall prices were 30.8 percent off the November 2005 peak but have risen 27.9 percent since the January 2009 

Even Riverside up 3.6 percent from October and 10.5 percent from November 2011.

"Investor activity and cash purchases remain unusually high," 

"All signals are pretty favorable for next year to continue the recent pace," 

As of Dec. 5, there were 4,636 homes for sale on the local multiple listing service. That was down 50.2 percent from December 2011's active listing total of 9,303. The current low inventory level is comparable to the go-go days of spring 2004.

In La Jolla, Agents are cold-calling homeowners with offers from clients who have picked out a house they like because the inventory is so low.

"I just don't know why all of sudden, The market hasn't gone up that much, but it's enough for some people to see a little bit of profit in the sale."

The overall Southern California trends mirrored San Diego's, with sales up 14.2 percent to 19,285 and median prices up 16.7 percent to $321,000 in the six-county region.

Of particular interest is where prices were rising, regionally and locally.

看英文比较慢对不对， 你就记住一句话， 复苏开始了。 进场吧！

Real estate: Find opportunity next year

Source: CNN Money

After five years of tumult, order and opportunity are finally being restored to the housing market.

"Housing is finally turning the corner," Stiff says. "There is no reason to be fearful of further large price declines."

This creates a new playing field for homeowners, who are finally able to sell, as well as would-be buyers who've been delaying a purchase in anticipation that prices would keep falling.

The Mortgage Bankers Association forecasts that more and more house hunters will start coming off the sidelines, with new-home loans for purchases expected to jump 55%, based in dollars, in 2013.

With that increased competition, "the days of buyers sticking it to sellers are over," says Salt Lake City real estate agent Tracie Peay.

Sellers: Don't get too excited just yet. You don't have a viselike grip on this market either. Indeed, for many, it still makes sense to wait to get better prices. This is especially true if you know that you won't be able to break even on your investment by unloading your house now, once you factor in the sales commission and other costs.

That said, don't assume that prices will be off to the races again in a year or two.

Fiserv forecasts that between now and 2017, homes will gain 3.3% a year in value. That's hardly red-hot. But at least the market isn't frozen anymore.

Water Damage 的防范

Water Damage 通常是主要的维修开支。令人头痛的是，当你发现有水渍的时候，通常破坏已经造成(it's too late)。在室内，只要有水的地方就有 Water Damage 的可能。下面一些小经验希望有参考作用。

盥洗盆(Sink)

厨房和洗手间的盥洗盆下面通常是木做的 Cabinet。如果滴水又没及时发现，日子长了，木就会霉烂掉。建议在 Cabinet 里铺上防水的 Liner Sheet。既防水又易清洁。定时检查 Cabinet 里头是否有水渍。

热水器(Water Heater)

热水器通常是安装在车库(Garage)或者阁楼(Attic)。如果安装在阁楼，一定要有滴水盘(Drip Pan)。热水器上了年纪就会漏水，这是免不了的。Drip Pan 的作用就是接住这些漏水，然后排出室外。建议定期检查 Drip Pan 看是否有水渍。也可以留意室外的排水管。我就是发现室外的排水管(PVC管)哗哗的流水，才知道热水器漏水了。

空调(Air Conditioner)

空调通常是安装在阁楼(Attic)。同样，空调有滴水盘(Drip Pan)。正常情况下，Drip Pan 应该是干燥的。如果 Drip Pan 有水，那就是空调的主排水管堵了。要马上修理。通常修理的办法是用压缩空气（像开香槟瓶），把水管中的残积物喷出。主排水管的出口通常是在洗手间的盥洗盆下的排水管。

屋顶(Roof)

屋顶的漏水通常比较难发现。因为通常是雨天漏，漏得也不多（否则天花板也可以看到水渍）。漏进来的水通常天晴后一、两天就挥发得无影无踪。建议在下大雨的时候到 Attic 去看看。如果有漏，要及时修补。

浴室(Shower)

要留意浴室的瓷砖是否有膨胀（鼓起）。膨胀通常是入水的迹象。通常是由于龙头开关或者排水管的密封圈老化造成的。

屋檐导水槽(Gutter)

Gutter 在室外，通常不会造成很大的 Water Damage。但如果 Gutter 被树叶等杂物堵塞，水就排不去了。积水增加了 Gutter 的重量，时间长了会对 Gutter 造成损坏。而且，水不能沿 Gutter 排下，就只能像瀑布一样“飞流直下”，造成屋檐下的泥土流失。建议定期清除 Gutter 的树叶、杂物。也可以考虑给 Gutter 加盖子。

Pardee 新的Design Center

早7：20 出 Doc, 晚上7：30 Confirmed!!

在12个小时的惊心动魄，险象环生，峰回路转之后，在翘班的buyer， loan officer， 坏脾气的escrow， 淡定的title officer的配合下，终于，把这个在市场上477天的房子给close了。 短售，2个lender, N种状况。 今天晚上总算可以睡踏实了。 这个房子30万，客户投资，月租 2200.

4S 的 Townhouse communities

1. Ravanna & Amanti

近公园和小学，还有shopping center!

Ravanna是Townhouse, 连排的那种。 小区一共199家。 3种不同的户型。  都有2个车的车库。 价格现在大概是35万到50万不等。

Plan 1 - 1428

这个户型都是夹在中间的。 没有end unit.
一楼是厨房和客厅。 二楼是3个卧室。
小区里面这种户型的一共是72家（72家房客啊）

Plan 2 -

这个户型有意思啊。 是三层的。 进了小院门后先上楼，几个楼梯上去后，进门。 进门可以上楼，可以下楼。 上楼呢就是客厅厨房。 注意，客厅还是高厅，很漂亮的。 里面是一件卧室，有自己的卫生间。 然后下楼是一个卧室带自己的卫生间。 高厅的高处是一个loft, 小阁楼，可以作为书房。 个人认为不适合有小小孩的家庭。 不是很方便和安全。

Plan 3 - 1642

74户这样的户型。 全部都是end units. 这个好啊。 楼上还有一个小loft。 紧紧凑凑的。 光线也不错。

Amanti 是那种detached condo. 不和别家share wall.

2. Bridgeport - 一共是218套。 有6种不同的户型。 从959的一室一厅到1436的三室一厅都有。

过了马路就是Town center。 

Pines La Jolla

小区的名字是Pines La Jolla, 其实是UTC。 是个不常见的gated community呢。 而且UCSD的校车站在小区门口。 对面是UTC的一个还okay的小学，叫Doyle Elementary.  就是上图的那块绿地。

从外面看，真是很破啊。

地面还颇有特色

好像走进了某个西班牙的旧宅子。 破旧的有情调。 墙上的tile...

每个房间的门，两边的木雕花都是不同的。 很像南美的motel吧。

电梯包着地毯

厨房...

壁炉上奇怪图案的瓷砖

看的出来吗，是高厅，挑高的还有天窗。光线很好，出去就是天台。 不是阳台哦。 是一大片的顶楼上的天台。 

客厅的另外一角

窗口看出去。 

卧室1号

卧室2号

4S Condos Lawsuit now!

In a rare move, the 4S Ranch Master Association filed suit against 4S Kelwood General Partnership, the developer of the commuinity west of Rancho Bernardo in unincorporated San Diego County. An executive for Kelwood said the suit focuses on trees and common area walls, but Realtors said its mere existence made lenders leery of giving mortgages, creating headaches for buyers.

Construction lawsuits are common in San Diego, but complaints from the master plan association are unusual because they cover so many more houses and condos.

Unlike for houses, lending documents on a condominium include a check box which indicates whether a construction defect lawsuit has been filed on the property. For many lenders, just seeing that box checked will cause them to deny a loan.

Some lenders will still give a loan, but they'll often require a much larger down payment, making it harder for a typical condo buyer to close the deal. When the pool of buyers for a property diminishes like that, prices can drop.

 "The lawsuit does not cover anything in the units in itself, it has to deal with common area improvements ---- walls and landscape." some of the street-side walls had cracked, and some of the trees had not done well in the 10 years since they'd been planted.

"It will create challenges for many people trying to create financing," 

Hampton Lane Hottest Release in the summer

First of all, the price pretty much the same as last one.

Plan one (only 1) 699,500
Plan two 704,700
Plan Three 714,000

人太多了。 整个office人满为患。 我的客户幸运的拿到了最后一个，而且这个是她最想要的， 真正心想事成！

Home Prices Climb as Supply Dwindles

Home prices rose by their largest percentage in at least seven years during the second quarter, propelled by low inventories of properties for sale and high demand for bargain-priced foreclosures, according to two reports Tuesday.

Prices rose by 2.5% in June from a year ago, and by 6% from the previous quarter, said CoreLogic Inc., a Santa Ana, Calif., data firm. The quarterly jump was the largest since 2005.

Separately, Freddie Mac, which uses a different methodology, said home prices during the second quarter jumped by 4.8% from the previous quarter. That was the largest jump since 2004.

市场quick update - Carmel Valley

昨天是CV pardee的新房new release, 去了得有50多人。 我有一个客户正好是从波士顿过来，才拿到这边的job offer. 看到这个场景吓坏了。 有2/3中国人在那边。 怎么都感觉到了国内的菜市场。 

8套不到10分钟都有了新主人。 很多人还没有等到叫上号就售迄了。 旧房也没有什么可以买的。 房荒啊。

何其幸运 - 上半年的总结

有那么多的好客户，有那么多的好朋友，我何其幸运。 希望也能把我的幸运带给他们！

2012年的上半年，我已经帮助18位客户买到了中意的房子，有一个是一个，各个儿拉出来都是好房子。 有很顺利的，也有九九81难的。 我为我自己的成绩骄傲，也为我的客户们高兴。

昨天和Pardee的sales聊天，确认了我是2011年Pardee新房卖出最多的agent, 名声在外，不能砸了牌子。

偷闲儿还要帮我的一些单身朋友介绍对象。这个是我的爱好。 今年so far介绍成一对儿，但愿他们有好结果。另外就是我过去的客户今年内有10几家生孩子的。 所以我也没少逛carters和gymboree。 有一对双胞胎boys, 还有一对龙凤胎哦。

我的博客每天的page view保持在30-70. 最近太忙了也没有catch up， 为了对得起读者，还要勤奋一些。 给我的Realtor生活也留个记录。

Solana Beach School District approves items related to seventh school, loan and spending

Looks like the elementary school at Pacific Highland Village will be built soon!

New principle for Monterey Ridge in 4S Ranch

Michael Olander Monterey Ridge Elementary School Principal Mr. Olander has been an elementary school principal for four years at West Orange Elementary School in the Orange Unified School District. Previous to that, he served as assistant principal at Temecula Elementary School in the Temecula Valley Unified School District (2006-2008). He began his career in education at Anza Elementary School in the Cajon Valley Union School District as an elementary school counselor in 1998, and then as a Special Education teacher for an upper grade Special Day Class. Mr. Olander’s educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology with a minor in Biology and a Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology from San Diego State University. Mr. Olander’s school administration credential is from Chapman University.

知足者常乐

一个extremely difficult的transaction, 终于终于close了。 我松了一口气。 可以睡个好觉了总算。 Seller搬家的时候我去了。 Seller看到我就过来握手，然后说，I was very impressive by your effort. 一个transaction， 最后能让我的buyer happy了，还能让seller说出这样的话，我知足了。

What is developing between Del Sur and 4S Ranch

女儿踢球的小朋友的爸爸正好是92127杂志的主编。 很早之前就听他说要建一个新的小学在现在的高中旁边。 

上个月Oak valley中学的校长正式调离，将要出任新的学校校长。 这样，未来4S Ranch/ Del Sur会建一个新的学校，从K - 8年纪。 就在Del Norte High的旁边。下图橘红色的就是这个新学校的位置。 旁边蓝色的回事一个town center, business park. 紫色地带会是新的房子。

整个development计划是2018年完成。

买房也要顺其自然

为求一份尽善尽美，人们绞尽脑汁，殚精竭虑。而每遇关系重大、情形复杂的状况，更是为之寝食难安。 其实，就如我们遇上难越的坎儿，与其百般思量，不如顺其自然，反倒能够柳暗花明又一村。 没有十全十美，但是让我们尽力，也随缘。

Highlands Village Models being released for sale!

今天收到的。 25号的时候已经都卖掉了。

Good Afternoon Connie,

We are releasing the Highlands Village model homes tomorrow and I just wanted to email you the prices.

Below are the offering prices for the Highlands Village Model Homes!

156       Plan 3N             $596,900

157       Plan 2SR          $569,900

158       Plan 1C             $479,900

159       Plan 1XSR        $489,900

160       Plan 2N             $563,900

161       Plan 4CR          $654,900

Highland Village 详解

开往Highland village的路上。 这一条是Carmel Country Road. 路上顺手拍的。 路边都是120-180左右的房子。 今天是个阴天，而且现在都5点多了。所以照片出来都暗。

快到了。

入口处。 今天是阴天。 所以看上去不咋地的。

如果接着开，下一个路口的红绿灯，是一个丁字路口，右转就是Carmel Mountain Road了。 也就是那些临街的所在。见下图远处的红绿灯的地方就是。

包括highland village小区，整个的大区（算上豪宅们）就统称为：

车子右转了之后，上了Carmel Mountain Road, 在右手就可以看到的就是这些临街的房子了。

我一边看车一边拍的。 虚的。 不过可以看出来房子距离街道不远的。

Highland village的东南方，都是豪宅区了。 绿化的不错。

旁边区的房子。 距离1分钟车程都是这样的房子了。 这个是我们这里最highly sought after的区。

从路口开过去： 有一些正在建的。 是最后一批了。 已经全部卖了。绿色的这一片，就是未来要盖shopping & 洗衣店还有小型restaurants.

进小区的路。

Sales Office

样板房远看

Clubhouse, 里面有乒乓球，台球，健身房，游泳池（size很大的）厨房，BBQ，还有多功能厅，还有客房（可以出租，比旅馆便宜）等等。

Plan 2 157, 从外面看去。

进门右手是客厅，对面有一个可以放电视柜的凹进去的地方，然后开门正面是厨房，厨房的右手是吃饭的Nook

地面

沙发对面的一个进去的地方正好摆放一个电视桌，不占地方

厨房特写

厨房对面的nook：

一楼的厕所：是绿色的竹子做的纤维的壁纸的。

一楼的closet, 超级大，在楼梯下面还有更多的储藏空间。可以放置很多东西。

上楼的楼梯。

一上到二楼是一个loft, 很大，很宽敞，有窗，可以用作书房。

楼上的第二个bathroom

第二个bedroom

从这个卧室的窗子看出去就看到了clubhouse, 有个人在烤肉。

主卧室

游泳池和clubhouse

小区内大部分都已经入住了