San Diego is #1! Hat tip to Mitch for sending this in: According to the magazine, the Value Index measures how comfortably the average resident of a metro area can afford to live within their means. Specifically, it looks at housing affordability, as well as federal...
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Hippie Hill Sold
Paying $6.3 million is the biggest boondoggle since the city paid $10 million for the closed Pacific View school. ENCINITAS, Calif. – City leaders in Encinitas are moving forward in their purchase of about 1.5 acres of land at La Costa Avenue and Highway 101, known to...
Taste of Encinitas Tonight
Don’t miss the best event in downtown Encinitas! Treat your taste buds to food and drink samples from 15+ restaurants and enjoy local wine and local craft beer served at 20 Sip Stops hosted by shops and salons. There will be non-alcoholic sip stops throughout town as...
More Apartments in Carlsbad
The Carlsbad city council approved more apartments to be built at the entry to the downtown village area. Between the three projects mentioned here, there will be a total of 480 apartments....and none for sale! Excerpts: A four-story building with 156 apartments has...
San Diego is #1
Homeowners in San Diego are the least likely sellers in the country to lose money if they put their house on the market, according to a new study. The study, which was conducted by the real estate company Redfin, analyzed real estate data from 50 of the most populous...
140,000 More People Expected
They expect another 200,000 homes to be built in SD County? Where? MCAS Miramar? San Diego officials are expecting an end to the region's perpetual growth. Driving the news: San Diego's population is expected to peak in 2042, and then decline by about 100,000 people...
South Carlsbad/Encinitas 1967
Here's a sky shot of the South Carlsbad/Encinitas region in 1967. The La Costa Resort opened in 1965 (in the center of the photo) and another nine holes was added on the north end in 1984....
Up or Down?
We know that 80% of readers don't go past the headlines, so the UT is challenging their customers lately to figure out the direction of the real estate market. These are their headlines from the past two days: I have reached out to the author previously, but no...
Saturday at the Coast
I got into the enthusiasm for National Record Store Day on Saturday - there is some real estate at the end: