San Diego real estate blog - Peter Toner

The rumor is true! The San Diego County Tax Assessor’s office is allowing homeowner’s who feel that the recorded assessed value of their home is no longer accurate to appeal for tax relief!
This is how it works - if you believe the value of your home has decreased from the value the Assessor has on [...]

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The strength of the British pound, the Euro and the Canadian dollar vs. the American dollar can explain the growth of interest we have recently experienced from overseas buyers – in particular the Brits and Canadians interest in the real estate market of San Diego.
Potential buyers have been contacting us to weigh up the pros [...]

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Have you ever been in your car headed to work and wondered “Did I shut the garage door?” We all have done it, and grudgingly turned the car around to “double check”. Fast forward to the technologically spoiled world we live in today and you can “double check” your garage door without turning the car [...]

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“Defensible landscape” and “shelter in place” are the current buzzwords in San Diego after our recent fires.
The newer developments in Rancho Santa Fe; Cielo, The Bridges, The Crosby’s suffered no losses even though the fire came up to their boundaries. Why? They were designed to withstand the onslaught of a firestorm - see Union Tribune story.
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