Carol D. Hian, HDFP Posted something interesting today on blog.redfin.com
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San Diego real estate is a plethora of architectural and building styles. From spanish to colonial, traditional to modern, bungalows to mansions and everything in between. What is your style? If you’re a Ginger, then you might lean towards sleek and glamorous. If you’re a Mary Ann, then perhaps your taste is more along the lines of casual simplicity. Hillcrest, Ocean Beach and North Park have lots of listings to choose from in each of these realms and in similar price ranges so you can be a movie star on a budget or the girl next store who wants to splurge on something special. Doesn’t that just make you want to break into song?
Ginger in Hillcrest: 4055 Third Avenue #103. 2004 condo with one bed and two baths. It has 1,820 square feet and is priced at $329 per square foot. Asking $599,000. Short sale with no past sales price or valuation data. […]
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Carol D. Hian, HDFP Blogged about a good topic today on blog.redfin.com
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Do you love San Diego for everything that we are and all we have to offer? So do I and how we got to be here is as diverse as our neighborhoods and communities. For all their similarities, North Park, Hillcrest and Ocean Beach each have their own histories and stories to tell. Whether you’re a long time local or a new comer, there’s probably something about this city you didn’t know. So read on. Hopefully you’ll gain at least one small insight into what makes us tick that you never had before.
North Park
North Park was the site of California’s worst aviation accident to date when, on September 25, 1978, PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727-214 jetliner, crashed near the intersection of Dwight and Nile streets after colliding in midair with a Cessna 172 aircraft. The disaster killed 144 persons, including all 135 passengers and crew members on board the PSA jet, […]
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Carol D. Hian, HDFP Posted something interesting today on blog.redfin.com
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This is the Messier Momma chair and the sellers are asking $6,000 (a piece). I think I’ve seen something similar at Ikea for significantly less than that, or at the very least I’m certain I could find a pretty good copy at a much more reasonable price. Now, this chair is really wonderful, I admit, but $6,000 worth of wonderful? It has a great name and an endearing story behind its invention. I like the name a lot, after all, I am a messier momma. And the designer (Messier) made this special rocker for his pregnant wife just before the birth of their first child. Still, much as I love all that, and assuming I had that kind of money to throw around, I wouldn’t do it. I bet you wouldn’t either. It just doesn’t make any sense. I figure the market value of this cool contraption is around $150.00, so why pay more […]
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Carol D. Hian, HDFP Blogged something interesting today on blog.redfin.com
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Fortunately, real estate prices are still coming down in San Diego. With that said, some price reductions seem to be more of a sales gimmick than an incentive to buy. Itty bitty take aways with no real reflection of a home’s true value are annoying and silly. Good chunky reductions are much more appealing, especially when they bring a property down below its market value. Here are some recent price reductions that will irk and excite you.
Reduced $5,000 - 4857 Vista Street. 1933 single family home with three beds, 2.5 baths. 1,775 square feet priced at $492 per square foot. Was asking $879,000, now $874,000. Last sold for $800,000 on June 12, 2005. It’s Zestimate is $696,500 and eppraisal is $742,274. On Redfin 107 days.
Reduced $4,900 - 3634 Plumosa Way. 1932 single family home with four beds, three baths. 2,355 square feet priced at $501 per square foot. Was asking […]
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Carol D. Hian, HDFP Did a great write-up today on blog.redfin.com
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North Park has some of the best priced homes in the Hills. It’s also a great neighborhood and, while it has some marginal pockets, for the most part it is a very nice place to live. North Park has older homes and some pretty unique condo conversions with a little bit of new development that hasn’t detracted significantly from the character of this part of the city. The atmosphere is young, hip and earthy. Art galleries, good eats and funky shops line the commercial corridor. Homes and schools branch out to the north and south of University Avenue.
North Park home prices vary widely and it is interesting to see where the bottom is in this area. Sometimes the lowest priced homes also have the best prices per square foot but that is not always true. Right now, the condo on 34th Street is the lowest priced attached property by asking price and square footage. The home on Swift […]
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Carol D. Hian, HDFP Made an interesting post today on blog.redfin.com
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Come the end of the year, conforming loan limits will roll back. Not quite as far as they were, but they will fall to $550,000 under the current plan. What does that mean for us San Diegans? Well, it means loans will be in shorter supply and the pool of properties falling under the new guidelines will get a whole lot smaller. If you follow any of our posts dealing with pricing, you understand the implications exactly. While they say the median home price in San Diego is somewhere around $500,000, the truth is that takes a lot of territory into account. The more desirable neighborhoods in the Hills and by the beach have very little inventory in that price range and those that are have their issues. If the loan limits were to be rolled back today, here are your choices in Ocean Beach for which you could obtain […]
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Carol D. Hian, HDFP Wrote an interesting post today on blog.redfin.com
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I wanted to take a few minutes to get caught-up on what’s happening in the world of Hillcrest real estate. Things have been pretty busy, but in a less frenetic way than the recent past. There are fewer new listings and many, many more price updates but the drops are small, if more numerous. I’m a firm believer in quiet observation. If you’re the strong silent type like me then you will also enjoy watching what’s going on with new listings, recent sales and price reductions. There is knowledge in numbers, watch and learn.
New Listings:
4057 First Avenue #104 - Asking $575,000. This 2004 condominium has two beds and three baths. It last sold for $558,718 on June 21, 2004. It’s Zestimate is $698,000 and cyberhomes valuation is $680,942.
1041 Cypress - Asking $2,850,000. This 1935 single family home has four beds and 3.5 baths. It last sold for $2,375,000 on October […]
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Carol D. Hian, HDFP Made an interesting post today on blog.redfin.com
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There is a new row house development in Mission Hills. Nine units are on the market and the developer has recently dropped his asking price on each of them. None are cheap by any means but this is an upscale development and if you know this area, you already realize that there are very few deals here. Mission Hills is an absolute gem and highly sought after for its mature trees, magnificent mansions, beautiful bungalows, comfy hangouts and great shops. If you’re a regular reader, you know I am not a great fan of condo developments or contemporary design, but I do find this one appealing. There’s something about row homes that I really like but can’t quite articulate. Take a look.
3966 Dove - Two bedrooms, two and a half baths. Was asking $745,000. Dropped to $675,000.
3968 Dove - Two bedrooms, two and a half baths. Was asking $735,000. Dropped to $665,000.
3970 Dove […]
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Carol D. Hian, HDFP Did an interesting post today on blog.redfin.com
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I was playing tourist in my own backyard yesterday and, as fate would have it, a blog-o-chance rolled right over me. We parked at Seaport Village and were looking for the Seal Tour, but got lost and were headed in the wrong direction.
Just then along came Nick the Bicycle Broker. Noting that we looked dazed and confused, he offered to give us a ride (for a fee of course), but not before he kicked two former American Idol wannabes off his buggy. They were not fare payers, so were willing to oblige. Each broke out into song before shaking our hands and telling us about their brief brushes with small screen fame.
Back to Nick. He was quite a chatterbox. I typically don’t engage in small talk with strangers, mostly because of those people who will suck the life out of you with their self indulgent and long winded diatribes about their have-dones that neither […]
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Carol D. Hian, HDFP Did a great write-up today on blog.redfin.com
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Have I ever mentioned how much I hate real estate price increases? I don’t mean increases in market value. I’m talking about sellers who arbitrarily, randomly or purposefully raise their asking prices while their homes are actively listed.
There could be several reasons why a seller would do this. Maybe they didn’t appreciate the true value of their home initially and somehow came to be better educated during the process, necessitating a higher asking price. Maybe they got some bad information and felt the need to make a correction. Or maybe they are playing the low ball game, hoping to lure interest in their home and cause a false sense of urgency by drawing multiple bidders willing to compete with each other.
Honestly, I don’t care for any of these excuses or rationales. They’re all based on confusion and, ultimately, not good for the buyer(s) or seller. If the seller’s agent is […]
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