San Diego real estate blog - Peter Toner

One reason so many consider buying a home in La Jolla is the shear beauty of the surrounding countryside and the options for enjoying it.
La Jolla is known for its sunny beaches and intriguing coves, endless boutique shopping and dining. For many it’s a beautiful place called home. Yet many residents of San Diego County [...]

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As an active San Diego real estate agent I am frequently asked by my clients what the Escrow process is and how can they assist to make it run more smoothly. I remind my clients how important it is to understand the escrow instructions. If they want further explanation I refer them to the escrow [...]

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Being out and about working with buyers and living in the north county coastal area, I get hungry! There are so many great spots in the north county coastal area…from little taco shops in Encinitas to Poseidon overlooking the ocean in Del Mar, there are many options. My favorites are Le Papagayo in Leucadia and [...]

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As a real estate agent, I drive this county up and down. I spend more time in my car than in my own house. It is always interesting to see the way that San Diego is changing. It is constantly morphing and I get the pleasure of driving through the middle of it, [...]

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Vacation home sales continue on, even in a market that has softened. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) found that as the market slowed in 2006 investors were choosing not to buy, but buyers in the market for a second home continued to shop. In the study NAR surveyed 1,412 home buyers and the results [...]

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When reading San Diego local papers and data charts, we are lead to believe that the housing market is falling and that the county is doomed. Local papers quote individual “experts” in the San Diego real estate market as saying that the home sales in San Diego are on a downward trend. The doomsayers are [...]

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