San Diego real estate blog - Peter Toner

We posted last week about how the Government plans to help the mortgage industry.
This week there has been talk about the negative effects the market may experience from these attempts to help “bail out” industry. Some feel that the immediate changes made were done in haste without discussion of the potential destructive consequences they would [...]

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Prudential California Realty Associates from the Central Coast to San Diego County will be joining the Surfrider Foundation on October 13th for their bi-monthly beach clean up program!! Come out and join us to help the efforts of an awesome organization who strives to keep the beaches clean and safe!
In San Diego County Surfrider meets [...]

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Here’s hoping we’re all on the higher end of the scale! For those who are trying to mend their credit history it is quite simple and it doesn’t require hiring someone to help you, as many companies would like you to believe…. it just requires the knowledge necessary on working with the “numbers”.
If you are [...]

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We all had hoped that the news of the pending mortgage crisis was just a lot of media hype, but alas it is very real and very much an issue we must all contend with. It’s about time the government stepped in and helped this unraveling industry out!!
This week there finally appears to be a [...]

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A friend of mine has been trying to refinance his San Diego condo for three months now and was still getting the run around from the lender.
After we talked  he approached a new lender armed with all his paperwork (this time around he already knew all of the things he would be required to prove) [...]

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…. real estate with an ocean view is a finite resourse, they are not making anymore! Many dream of owning such a home, entertaining and cocktails on the patio watching the sunset.
We have received a few (well 100’s actually, but who’s counting) emails from our website visitors regarding how they can set up a search for San Diego [...]

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I wrote about how Value Range Pricing works here in San Diego just a few sort weeks ago, the piece was spotted by a New York Times writer and she kindly lead her article with comments from yours truly! Thank you Anna Bahney!
Here is the link to the article entitled “A Pricing System With Wiggle Room”
Any other [...]

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The last few months many San Diego homes listed on the MLS have been reduced in price. Some of these price reductions are major, some are minimal. The key point here is price reductions are occurring, and some potential buyers might be more interested to look at homes that have been reduced.
That’s where our team [...]

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In both the following scenarios foreclosure and short sale numbers are over inflated, by how much nobody really knows  ….
Heard of the well publicized scam where a buyer makes an offer on a home well above the listed price and asks for cash back at closing (usually not in the contract)? Of course the seller, if the [...]

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