North County and San Diego County have all kinds of fun things to do in September.
45th Annual Barona Powwow
September 4 – 6
Location: Barona Indian Reservation, Barona Sports Park
Join the Barona Band of Mission Indians for a weekend of dancing and dress contests, camping, drums and cultural immersion. Dancers will be competing for over $60,000 in prize money!
This month’s San Diego County Housing Market Report shows continued price gains and tight inventory in the North County and San Diego County real estate markets.
Those continued price gains and our shortage of homes for sale are making news. Zillow ranked San Diego as one of three markets with the biggest decrease in supply of for-sale homes in July, and our markets are making realtor.com’s “hot” lists nationwide.
Take a look at the North County and San Diego County summaries below, or click on the links for a detailed view of July’s statistics.
Continue reading San Diego County Housing Market Report August 2015
The North County and San Diego real estate markets are still hot, hot, hot! Even though we are no longer experiencing the extraordinary, twenty to twenty-five percent annual price increases we saw in 2012 and 2013, our market is still sizzling, and everyone is talking about it.
After hitting twelfth place in June, San Diego moved up to number eight in realtor.com®’s July 2015 list of the 20 hottest markets in the country. In these medium to large-sized housing markets, listings on realtor.com® are viewed as much as three times more often than they are compared to the national average. In addition to viewings, they rate the hotness of these markets by how fast listings in these cities are selling. The median market time in San Diego County in July was just 17 days.
Continue reading Hot, Hot, Hot!
The Super Bowl and World Series determine the football and baseball champions. Since there can only be one champion, the other team loses the competition. In feudal times, a knight might champion for the king or a patriotic, romantic or religious cause.
Fierce competition can occur when buying or selling a home because each party wants to get the best deal possible. When the buyer and seller are not be equally matched, and they rarely are, it is important to have a champion on your side to fight for your cause.
Continue reading You Need a Champion
August in North County and San Diego County offers a lot of great indoor and outdoor fun!
Semper Tri & Devil Dog Duathlon
August 1
Location: Camp Pendleton
Triathlon, duathlon and 7K fun run for Marines and civilians ages 13 and up. Closed roads for run and bike courses. T-shirts, swim caps, transition and on-course mechanical support Sag vehicles, timed results and awards are included with your registration.
Low interest rates and a lack of inventory are helping to promote continued appreciation as shown in July’s San Diego County housing market report. The number of detached homes that sold in June also increased, while the median number of days those homes were on the market did not change significantly.
Those record low interest rates have started moving upward, and are probably going to be increasing more in the near future. While most economists don’t expect the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee to make changes to the Federal Funds Rate when they meet later this month, they do predict the Fed will start raising rates as soon as September. This will make housing less affordable for home buyers in San Diego County. If you’ve been thinking of buying, you might want to move quickly to lock in today’s low rates.
Take a look at the North County and San Diego County summaries below, or click on the links for a detailed view of June’s statistics.
Continue reading San Diego County Housing Market Report July 2015
In their midyear report, Realtor.com said residential real estate is on track for the best year since 2006. They attribute job growth and high rents for the rising demand. The threat of higher interest rates is also pushing up sales. Read the full article here.
Realtor.com announced California as having almost half of the 20 hottest housing markets in the country in June, with San Diego coming in 12th on its list. They ranked medium to large sized cities by views relative to the number of listings and by the median days homes spent on the market.
Continue reading Real Estate Is on Track for Best Year Since 2006
By: Douglas Trattner
Is your AC making ominous noises? Maybe it sounds fine but isn’t cooling. Here’s a list of common air conditioning warning signs and their likely causes and fixes.
“Let comfort be your guide,” says Tom Hutchinson of Hutchinson Plumbing Heating Cooling. Air conditioning is all about comfort, so the simplest way to evaluate your system is to ask: Am I comfortable?
Air conditioning and HVAC units don’t last forever — 12 years is an average lifespan — and the moment they fail is usually when you need them the most.
Continue reading Think Your AC Won’t Make it Through the Summer? Here are Some Fixes
More people grill in July than any other month. While grilling is all about good food, fun, friends and celebrations, it is important to make sure that accidents don’t interrupt your activities. Approximately half of the injuries involving grills are thermal burns. If you work with fire, there’s a chance of getting burned.