San Diego real estate blog - Peter Toner

News and updates on the San Diego Real Estate market. Includes improvements and additions to a fast, clean San Diego County home search program.

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Entries from August 2007

Is the sky falling?

August 23rd, 2007 · 6 Comments

You must have been living in a cave if you haven’t heard of all the mortgage woes out there in past weeks.
Mortgage companies closing their doors, declaring bankruptcy because no one wants to buy their loans, employees kicked out onto the streets (13,000 since last Friday). There was talk even of Warren Buffett buying Countrywide.  [...]

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Tags: Home buying tips · San Diego real estate updates

San Diego Real Estate marketing and “attraction” ….

August 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment

At 7:00am this morning I began my day by lacing up my runners, securing my 7 month old in her jogging stroller and out I went to pound the pavement.  This all in hopes to erase the fog from my head and eyes - it worked!  While running along a path I almost ran over [...]

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Tags: Home selling tips

Downtown San Diego is evolving & ever changing!

August 21st, 2007 · No Comments

Have you recently flown into San Diego? I did last week & even though it had only been 5 months since my last flight I was excited to see all the architectural additions to our city’s skyline.
It’s not difficult to notice the constant growth happening to Downtown San Diego real estate when taking a quick drive along the streets - [...]

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Tags: San Diego culture and history · San Diego real estate updates

Most expensive San Diego real estate listing ever …

August 21st, 2007 · No Comments

…. isn’t it great when the press quotes you personally about noteworthy San Diego real estate news! Here is the link - full story here.
Posted by Peter Toner, specialising in upper end sales - La Jolla, Del Mar, Rancho Santa Fe.

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Tags: San Diego home prices · San Diego real estate updates

What Happened to My San Diego Listing Alerts?!?!

August 15th, 2007 · No Comments

Occasionally we receive emails from visitors that they are not receiving their custom email alerts from our San Diego listings real estate search site. All email listing alerts are being sent out as usual, but occasionally our visitors may experience this lapse due to their internet or email service provider’s spam settings - the provider [...]

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Tags: San Diego real estate updates · Web site updates

Everyones talking about foreclosures in San Diego?

August 14th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Oh My!? In the last year who would’ve known that we would be hearing these words so often on television, in national and local San Diego newspapers, over business meetings, and even casual conversations with friends? Yes it’s true even our cherished San Diego has become affected by the wave of unpaid loans, foreclosures, and bankrupt [...]

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Tags: Home buying tips

Parking Meters in La Jolla? JUST SAY “No”

August 8th, 2007 · No Comments

We urge local residents of La Jolla to oppose the current proposal for “Paid On Street Parking” (commonly referred to as “Parking Meters”) in the Village. Part of La Jolla’s charm is the ability to come to this beautiful enclave, park your car and wander around the village. La Jolla parking meters will permanently damage the [...]

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Tags: San Diego culture and history

What’s with Price Ranges on San Diego listings????

August 7th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Some of our San Diego listings site visitors have called in a bit confused because instead of seeing a price for a San Diego home for sale they are seeing ranges. This range pricing is a marketing technique that has been around for nearly a decade and the formal name for it is Value Range Marketing. It [...]

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Tags: Home buying tips

Photos are missing. ARRRGGGG

August 6th, 2007 · No Comments

Some of are web visitors have noticed that the email search links to San Diego listing photos have not been working this past week.
Our source made some changes to the downloads which caused the problem and we have been scambling to address a fix. We are happy to report that all should be back to [...]

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Tags: Web site updates

La Jolla, perfect second home location ..

August 5th, 2007 · No Comments

The month of August is upon us and the weather is at its best here in La Jolla, Ca. Goodbye May Grey and June Gloom, hello sunny days and warm breezes. Only a week into August and the change in the weather here is obvious by all of the sun seekers at the nearby beaches [...]

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Tags: San Diego culture and history