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04/09/2025

🏡 118 E Palomar St. Chula Vista, CA 91911

‼️Just listed in Chula Vista! This spacious 5 bed, 3 bath, 2,304 SF, single-family home is perfect for anyone craving extra space in sunny San Diego.

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02/27/2023

Murrieta Luxury Homes Share Strengths with Globals
Murrieta Luxury Homes Compare with Global Equivalents
Murrieta Luxury Homes Share Much with Global Markets

If the owners of Murrieta luxury homes have enjoyed watching their property’s value growth of late, they have nothing on what Forbes Global Properties reports for the luxury segment of international residential properties. They define the world’s luxury market as the top 20% of transactions—a designation that yields a startling single-year price increase of 34% for 2022!
International luxury markets are subject to many global oscillations that don’t affect U.S. and Murrieta luxury markets, yet major similarities exist that also set the high end of the domestic market apart from the rest. As with global markets, buyers here have higher net worths than average buyers in the wider market, so they are better insulated from economic downturns. The same is true for sellers, who are less likely to be moved by transitory business cycles. For the same reason, buyers and sellers are less reliant on outside financing—so recent interest rate gyrations are less consequential. Since luxury homes in general are typically in high demand, support for premium prices is often stronger than for the rest of the market.
According to fastompany.com, 80% of well-heeled respondents agreed that real estate is “a safe investment.” Affluent consumers are frequently attracted to luxury properties for their track record of staying power during economic downturns.
That level of confidence may be pivotal in today’s uncertain economic environment. In a survey of more than 2,000 high-net-worth Americans, more than half expressed confidence in luxury real estate investments. Three times as many thought that 2023 will be a better time to invest in real estate than was the case in 2022. That might be connected with what Bloomberg reported at the end of last week’s bond-buying rush. It headlined, “Investors are Dumping Equities and Cash Amid Fears of Hawkish Fed.” If investors are not just dumping equities, but cash too, that leaves two fewer of luxury real estate’s major rivals.
Murrieta luxury homes remain in limited supply—a constant that prompts successful buyers to stay informed on a regular basis. Call me to help in that department!

02/27/2023

Homes in Northridge Bidding Farewell to a “Savage” Market? Homes in Northridge Emerge from an “Unhealthy” Market
Asking Prices in Northridge’s Less “Unhealthy” Housing Market

When a reliable real estate monitor like HousingWire.com proclaims a turn toward “more normal market conditions,” you’d think that simplifies the task of determining rational asking prices for homes in Northridge. Last week’s headline (“The savagely unhealthy housing market is over”) implied as much: a U.S. market heading for a more predictable course for real estate’s fast-approaching active season.
HousingWire’s optimism was based on an increase in January’s national average Days on Market, which exceeded 30 days for the first time in a good while. The National Association of Realtors® pegged the national average at 33 days. That was a little less than a week’s increase over the previous month’s average, marking a noteworthy increase from the 19-day average chalked up in January 2022.
If last year’s ‘savagely unhealthy’ and volatile seller’s market conditions do in fact become more healthy (and civilized?), homeowners and their agents could be expected to place increasing confidence in the factors that have traditionally provided the bases for on-target asking prices:
• Comparable research;
• Subject property’s unique features;
• Current Northridge market activity; and, sometimes,
• Professional appraisals.
Then, following the market’s reception, the equally important factor should an adjustment be needed:
• Being realistic.
Everyone wants to get the highest possible price for their Northridge home, but that can include the willingness to recognize real market feedback—the ultimate, no-guesswork research. Call me anytime to discuss the latest local activity; and what’s to come!

02/27/2023

Carson Houses: Five Ways to Uncover Good Deals
Recognizing Carson Houses that Make “Good Deals”
Money’s 5 Points Define Good Deals in Carson Houses

This month, Money magazine offered advice for house hunters eager to get a jump on “the most active homebuying season of the year.” The busy season may still be weeks away, but it’s widely expected that landing a ‘good deal’ on one of the Carson houses that meet all requirements may take some doing. “How to Spot a Good Deal When Shopping for a Home” offered five pointers. Briefly summarizing (in reverse order):
The fifth one, “Buy during the offseason,” is the most timely. In addition to arming buyers with a valuable grounding in the local market in this less active period, it can lead to valuable offerings when it’s combined with the fourth pointer, “Look at homes that have been listed for a while.” Carson houses that are long unclaimed can have failed to find buyers due to real troublesome issues that make them hard to sell—but they might also have what are correctible failings for motivated buyers. Slow-to-move properties can also have owners whose patience is exhausted, making them eager to make a deal, move on, and be done with it!
Money’s third point, “Consider potential profits,” actually goes to the wider meaning of what constitutes that “good deal.” For shoppers whose focus is solely on finding the lowest-priced Carson house, such a deal may be far from a good one when all factors are taken into account. Buyers whose focus is solely on a property’s value as shelter can miss the investment value that is built into the purchase. A home that is well maintained, close to good schools, has a good layout or is close to amenities like parks, restaurants, and stores, is “one that will be in demand for years to come.” Recognizing a Carson house’s future investment value can turn the more pricey of two homes into a superior value.
The second idea, “Don’t fall for the pretty stuff” is a slightly different angle on that third point. Curb appeal is the seller’s way to win a favorable first impression—but veteran shoppers are careful to recognize beauty that’s only skin deep.
The first point is the universally recognized place to start: “Know the market.” Comparisons with similar homes that have sold recently are the sine qua non of adroit home buying. Getting started the right way is also as simple as simple can be: just give me a call!

02/14/2023

Commentators Reappraise Real Estate Price Direction
Moreno Valley Real Estate Prices: Turn of Fortune Hinted
Reconsidering the Prospects for Moreno Valley Real Estate Prices

At the tail end of the workweek, CNBC added its voice to the pack of observers who have decided that residential real estate is now less likely to suffer a sustained downdraft. Shortly after noon on Friday, CNBC released Emmy award-winner Diana Olick’s commentary on U.S. home prices “as mortgage rates fall.” For area homeowners who have hesitated to list their properties lest they face a sustained downturn in Moreno Valley real estate prices, it made a convincing argument that this year’s spring selling season may indeed be closer to a traditionally strong showing than had been thought likely.
Earlier in the week there had already been signs that January’s mostly glum forecasts might have been overblown. Interest rates had dropped for the fifth week in a row, causing mortgage refinance demand to jump 18%. That followed a week of quickening overall mortgage demand, which, according to the Mortgage Banking Association, had grown by 7.4%. After acknowledging that the U.S. housing market had indeed “cooled off pretty dramatically last year,” Olick reminded her audience that home prices themselves “had been stickier.” Even last December, national home prices had risen 6.9% over the previous year’s—it was only “negative” when compared with the hyperbolic 20% leap of 12 months earlier.
More signs of underlying strength were evidenced by a little-noted Fannie Mae survey which reported an increase in consumers’ homebuying sentiment for the third consecutive month. That added to the finding of an increase in the share of those “who think it’s a good time to sell a home” by 8%—now amounting to an unambiguous 59% majority.
Furthermore, homebuilders were now reporting increased demand—resulting in a turnaround toward optimism in the National Association of Home Builders’ ranks. NAHB’s Chief Economist credited mortgage rate movement with the increase. He also foresaw rates continuing “to trend lower later this year.” That wouldn’t conflict with last week’s Friday closing rate increase: the “later this year” was in anticipation of the final period of the Fed’s anti-inflation campaign—hopefully followed by rate easing.
The headline for CNBC’s mostly sunny commentary spotlighted the home price/mortgage rate connection: “Here’s what’s happening with home prices as mortgage rates fall.” “What’s happening” across the nation had been spelled out in CNBC’s first bullet point: “…home prices nationally were 6.9% higher year over year…” For local owners who had assumed the inevitability of bleak future prospects, the wider picture held evidence that a second look might be in order. On that score, I can help with an up-to-the-moment analysis of comparable Moreno Valley real estate price data. Call anytime!

02/14/2023

Woodland Hills Home Showings in Yucky Weather
Lest Weather Dampen Your Woodland Hills Home Showing
Yucky Weather Needn’t Dampen Woodland Hills Home Showings

Woodland Hills weather doesn’t always behave as we’d like, so it’s one of those enduring givens that inclement conditions are possible when you are getting ready for an open house or your Woodland Hills home showing. To some degree, the more flexible scheduling that goes with individual showings can usually help you dodge really crummy weather—but not always. Every veteran Realtor® can tell you that some buying clients’ schedules necessitate showings when the seller would rather not; but when it’s tomorrow or never, most sellers shrug and give it the green light.
When that’s the case for your own Woodland Hills home showing, there are proactive actions you can take to make the best of the less-than ideal-situation. Here are some:
• The most important is creating the most light-and-bright atmosphere possible. It may be gloomy outside (or even threatening!), but do the best you can by turning on every possible light—ceiling lights, lamps everywhere, track lights, and even the light over a cooktop. Open curtains and drapes, and blinds, too (unless that would emphasize a view that’s best avoided).
• If you missed this year’s gutter and downspout cleanouts, it could become an issue. If time allows and you don’t view ladder-climbing as a life-threatening exercise, this can be a showing-saver (that could also prevent serious water damage).
• Don’t hesitate to display photos of the property taken on glorious days when the Woodland Hills weather reveals it at its best.
• If muddy shoeprints look to be unavoidable, one easy fix is to invest in a pack of disposable or surgical shoe covers. They’re readily available online or at any big box store. The alternative is to provide an area by the front door where a sign asks visitors to remove their shoes, but folks who can’t go too far without orthotics might be negatively impacted by the inconvenience. Woodland Hills showings are like anything else: the more effortless the experience, the greater the likelihood of a positive result.
• If wind or Mother Nature has lowered the temperature, go ahead and crank up the thermostat, light the fireplace or warming stove, and if it’s a showing when you will be on hand, monitor it to make sure the comfort level is maintained.
• If ever there were a time for offering hot cider or hot cocoa to damp arrivals, bad weather provides the perfect backdrop. Don’t be afraid to provide it!
An important part of my service is arranging open houses and showings for times chosen to achieve the most positive result—not always simple, given so many peoples’ jam-packed schedules—but you can call me anytime!

02/14/2023

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As U.S. Expectations Jitterbug, San Diego Downtown Market Data Rules
Local Market Slightly Affected by Goldman Optimism
San Diego Downtown Housing Market’s Slight Link to Latest News

Even though the San Diego Downtown housing market doesn’t precisely echo wider national moves, a connection between the two is only natural. There’s a psychological tendency to respect what authoritative sources avow—and most of the information about real estate that comes to our attention is national, not local. If the morning’s headlines include mention of the latest housing market leap or stumble, it registers. We may be perfectly aware that San Diego Downtown’s residential results are apt to be their own thing, but we also know that our expectations (and our neighbors’) will tend to be colored by the zeitgeist as presented.
That’s why, despite its national nature, last week’s news about the U.S. housing market was positive for the San Diego Downtown residential outlook. The gist of the wider narrative was that the U.S. housing market “might” (the italics were yahoo.com’s) “finally be nearing the bottom.” Since the opinion had been published by no less an authority than Goldman Sachs—and especially since Goldman had downgraded its widely heralded outlook only two weeks earlier—it did have more than the usual ring of credibility.
The previous downgrade had made a splash at the start of the new year. The paper titled “Getting Worse Before Getting Better” predicted home prices would fall as much as 10% by mid-year 2023—a good deal more negative than most real estate experts had predicted. Goldman quickly revised that to 6.1%, peak-to-trough, a call that may have been influenced by how out-of-step it had been with other financial seers.
But last week’s projection seemed formulated by new data. Fortune called it “a bold housing market call”—and yahoo.com agreed. Goldman now expects national home prices to end the year down just 2.6%. Considering the previous leaps in residential prices, that’s practically flatlining. Combined with the uptick in mortgage purchase applications (already 9% above the October slump), it could foreshadow a stronger market all around.
Our San Diego Downtown housing market hasn’t nosedived or soared in response to Goldman’s jitterbugging expectations, but local future buyers and sellers exposed to the more optimistic forecasts probably took note. Exactly what the impending spring busy season will bring is a subject for speculation, but one thing is certain: canny buyers and sellers will make decisions weighted toward what the local results reveal.
Today, the latest actual results reflecting your segment of interest in the San Diego Downtown market are readily available. Just give me a call!

02/06/2023

Now You See It! A Retro Building Material Re-emerges
New Prominence for a Neglected See-through Material
New Uses for a Neglected Architectural Material

Remember glass bricks? You seldom see them in newly constructed San Diego Downtown residential settings, but in past eras, their unique properties made them popular with architects and interior designers. They were most prominent in structures built in the 1930s or ‘40s—as well as in later incarnations in the 80s by designers who sought to recapture their distinctive retro look.
Originally, glass bricks (the square ones are also called “blocks”) were favored for office building interiors where they were prized for their unique utility. When deployed in partitions or walls, you could see something through them, but couldn’t make out exactly what or who. They created a sort of public/private compromise that businesses found appropriate: there was transparency, but not too much. Glass block walls and partitions also added economic value: allowing light to pass through made the most of sunlight for exterior walls or windows; the same for indoor lighting.
The glass brick is now mounting a return to prominence. Last spring, the decoist design web magazine announced their rebirth as a popular structural element. “Glass Blocks Are Back! How To Incorporate This Trend in Your Home” announced their comeback in the interior design world, where it “is being welcomed with open arms.” Although most of the examples decoist pictured had been used sparingly, they did illustrate how well they serve open-plan designs—promoting an appropriate balance between privacy and the impression of openness.
Anyone who doubted that architects would welcome (with or without the ‘open arms’) the re-emergence of the see-through material has a new reason to fall into line. Last Wednesday, facebook’s ‘Zillow Gone Wild’ entry publicized the listing of a Newport Beach residence that uses it just about everywhere, inside and out. From the massive two-story curvilinear back-of-house wall to the bright-as-noontime master bath’s integration of skylit mirror and glass blocks, the $4.6 million single-family residence represents a bold gamble that the nearly century-old building material is perfectly appropriate throughout what the listing calls an “Exquisite gated executive’s home”—one that rightfully belongs in the “modern construction” category.
Imaginative architecture isn’t always a plus when a quick sale is the main goal, but that’s when expertise in reaching the right buyer is invaluable. I hope you’ll think of calling me, for your next San Diego Downtown residential project!

02/06/2023

When Will Perris Home Prices become Affordable?
When Will Prices in Perris become Affordable?
Challenging Affordability Question Draws Perris Readers

When the Forbes’ Advisor site posts a question in its top editorial slot, most Perris readers assume it will wind up being rhetorical. If an answer follows, it’s likely to be couched in ambiguities. But still, the question posed in the “Advisor” was intriguing: When Will Home Prices Become Affordable? The answer to that question has consequences for anyone looking to buy or sell Perris homes.
The opening paragraphs held no surprises (but also no answers). They reprised familiar observations about 2022’s skyrocketing interest rates and the pressure they put on the housing market. According to the authors, the pressure was “much-needed” because it acted to slow the rise in home prices, which had surpassed record highs. The reasons why the reversal—the decline in mortgage rates that began in December—had not led to significant home affordability gains were because of…well, almost everything else:
• Overall housing supply remains limited
• Recent homebuyers are staying put to retain their existing low mortgage rates
• New home construction “fell again”
The upshot was that homes remained unaffordable for many—especially first-time homebuyers. With all those elements pulling in the opposite directions, home prices across the U.S. were not nose-diving despite declining mortgage rates. Most buyers were holding fire.
The text then moved to answer the question that had drawn readers in the first place: just when will home prices become affordable? The answer was right there, in black-and-white: “How far home prices dip in 2023,” came the answer, “will likely depend on where mortgage rates go.”
If that seemed to be a copout, listing two more facts didn’t help. They seemed to counteract one another:
The NAR’s Lawrence Yun had said, “Markets in roughly half the country are likely to offer discounted prices compared to last year;” in contrast to another market expert’s opinion, “Housing supply remaining stuck at near historic lows…[will support] home prices.”
Discounted prices…or Supported home prices? With even the direction of prices so thoroughly muddled by counterindications, speculation about when loses meaning. But there followed at least one meaningful piece of expert advice to buyers: “Instead of waiting for much lower prices…buy a home based on your budget and needs.” And, come to think of it, that does at least partially answer the ‘when’ of the headline…
Right now, resolute buyers here are discovering Perris homes that merit a closer look. Call me to discuss this and the forthcoming spring market!

02/06/2023

Do 2 Numbers Say Something about San Bernardino Real Estate?
San Bernardino Real Estate: Tea Leaf Reading from 2 Numbers
Sometimes, Numbers Say Little about San Bernardino Real Estate

A short article got Marketwatch.com’s month’s commentaries off to a fast start on February 1. It centered on a pair of numbers, and “What 2 Mortgage Numbers Say About Home Buying Right Now.”
Here are the numbers—followed by “what they say” (or don’t say):
1. The Mortgage Bankers Association’s composite index tracks the weekly volume of home loan applications. Last week it fell a seasonally adjusted 9%.
2. The average 30-year home loan interest rate was 6.19%—the lowest since early September.
In a considerable understatement, MarketWatch observed that the first number—the drop in applications— “does not appear to have been driven by a rise in rates.” Since the rates had gone in the opposite direction, that would seem to be an unexpectedly droll summary.
So what gives? The MBA’s deputy chief economist commented that when, despite lower rates, application activity declines, it is “...an indication of the still volatile time of the year for housing activity.”
For San Bernardino real estate watchers, that gelled with what many have observed through the years—that annually, as the market prepares for the expected brisk uptick that normally arrives with the traditional spring selling season, volumes of everything related to San Bernardino real estate are usually so low that trends are hard to discern, as are cause-and-effect patterns. The result is “volatility”—when generalizations from the numbers aren’t as reliable as at other times of the year. In this instance, the MBA economist still “expects slower price growth and lower rates to lure buyers back” come spring.
One generalization that holds in every season is the wisdom of preparing for any future San Bernardino real estate plans well ahead of time. Call me to help—I’d love to hear from you!

01/30/2023

Household Readiness: Four Top Safety Reminders
Murrieta Winter—a Good Time to Revisit Safety Reminders
Safety is an Appropriate Murrieta Wintertime Concern

Over the weekend, Murrieta weather forecasters who liven up their reports with gripping developments from around the nation warned of an imminent deep freeze headed into the Northeast, which had previously escaped harsh weather. Various parts of the nation had been coping with little rain in the South, too much rain in the Northwest, too much snow in the West, not enough snow in the Northeast, and so forth. More than halfway through the meteorological winter, you might say it has thus far seemed to be about normal (if you average out the whole country).
For Murrieta residents who stayed on top of their property’s household maintenance and safety chores, the winter began with all the HUD preparedness guidelines having been taken care of. For those who missed them, it never hurts to recall the four items that top household winter safety checklists:
1. Smoke Detectors. If they haven’t been checked lately, it’s time!
2. Fire extinguishers. Checking their expiration dates is easy to overlook. It’s also a good idea to remind household members where they are.
3. Generator. If you have one as a standby for outages, be sure it is in running order and ready to be placed in a properly vented area.
4. Carbon Monoxide Alarms. Anything that produces CO (fireplaces, wood-burning stoves, water heaters, etc.) can be deadly—so this is the season when it’s most important to make sure they are in working order.
It’s also a good idea to have a battery-powered radio on hand in the event of a power failure—when communications are doubly important. If your cell phone battery runs out, you’ll be glad you can stay informed of emergency instructions and how restoration efforts are progressing.
HUD puts out a good many precautionary publications, the most comprehensive being Home Safety. But do disregard the fifth bullet point: “Flush expired medications down the toilet.” Please don’t do that—instead, observe our latest local expired medicine disposal guidelines. On the other hand, do call me for your next Murrieta real estate venture!

01/30/2023

No-Stress Prescription for Buying a New Riverside Home
Why Buying a New Riverside Home Ought to be Stressless!
Buying a New Riverside Home—Minus the Stress

This month’s article from the Home Buying Institute, “How to Make Housing Hunting Less Stressful” begins with, “Let’s face it. The house hunting process can be a stressful experience.” Seemingly built into the process are some quintessential stress generators:
• A lot of money is on the line.
• First-time buyers are unfamiliar with the processes.
• The necessity of seeking approval from strangers (home loan brokers or the bank) can be off-putting.
HBI’s article offers some valid tips for minimizing buyer tension, like ‘Get a real estate agent on your side’ and ‘Start house hunting sooner rather than later.’ But ultimately it concludes that “there is no way to remove all of the stress associated with house hunting.”
That may be true, but I’d argue that there is one tip that can all but eliminate any tension before it rains on your house-hunting experience. The best mindset you can adopt when you set out to buy a new Riverside home is to aim to enjoy the hunt. That’s not just a useful attitude—in reality, it’s the most realistic one.
As a homebuyer-to-be, you are in a powerful position. You are the one who has the power to grant the seller’s earnest wish. He or she will have extended a lot of effort into putting their property in its most favorable light. You will have chosen a sympathetic Realtor® to help manage your hunt, and we are experienced in arranging tours and showings where the obstacles have been avoided. In fact, even the banks and mortgage brokers are subject to your decisions, even though it might seem like the shoe is on the other foot. Without your signature on the dotted line, no home loan will be issued—in which case, they needn’t have bothered coming to work.
In short, when you set out to buy a new Riverside home, you do so as a powerful player in the residential real estate world—so why not enjoy it? I’ll back you up all the way, doing my best to perform a stress-ectomy throughout the process. I hope you’ll call—it’s why I come to work!

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