San Diego real estate blog - Peter Toner

A recent article online at RISMedia provided some very valuable information regarding recent guideline changes for Fannie Mae loans… We have posted the full article below for your review. The fourth change will come as “good” news to those considering purchasing a home in San Diego. If you have any questions on the material feel [...]

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This Saturday May 10th, marks the First Annual San Diego Home Expo 2008, being held by San Diego Association of Realtors and San Diego County’s Building Industry Association. The San Diego Home Expo’s goal is to inform the consumer on important things they should know about buying a home, selling a home, as well as [...]

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The Bush camp announced more news of government assistance to homeowners struggling with their mortgage payments. HUD’s Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and its new product FHASecure is the government’s latest attempt to relieve some of the pain being felt by those homeowners that have had their mortgage rates adjust from their original teaser rates. The [...]

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A new plan of attack for Market Relief is being discussed on Capitol Hill. The latest proposed plan is estimated to provide $15 billion dollars in “relief”. The plan is still in its infancy and many of the details still need to be agreed upon and approved between the House and the White House. [...]

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A recent article on Forbes.com discusses which metro areas in the nation they consider to be the “Riskiest” buys for home purchases. They evaluated multiple sources of data regarding foreclosure statistics, employment growth, volume of sales, vacancy as well as inventory in order to determine which metro areas had the “riskiest” statistics.
Forbes “Riskiest” areas included [...]

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 It’s true! HUD (the US Department of Urban and Housing Development) confirmed that San Diego is approved for an increased loan limit of $697,500 - applicable to FHA (Federal Housing Administration) and Conforming loans. Our affiliate lender Home Services Lending will be ready to start writing loans by March 17th. They also will have the ability [...]

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…. that there are a total of 633 local telecom companies here in San Diego with a total of 25,469 employees? Eighty-nine of these companies were started up by employees of Linkabit - from the original Telecom Company of San Diego founded in 1968. It may not be a name you recognize but you will [...]

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Did you know that Oceanside now has another new zip code? Effective this past June 30th, 2007 the zip code 92054 was split into a new zip code 92058. There is not a lot of information you kind find on the web about it other than the announcement made on the US Postal Service’s website.
We [...]

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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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How to Register So You Will be Notified In Case of an Emergency.
Last week many homeowners were awaken in the wee hours of the morning by a recording sent by the county urging them to evacuate due to the fires. This system, capable of sending 74,000 messages an hour was set up after the last firestorm [...]

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The pharmaceuticals company Pfizer invested serious money into its La Jolla shop recently, showing its confidence in the La Jolla/San Diego area for biotech, high-tech learning and business industry.
La Jolla remains the place to be for top-notch biomedicine companies and is noted as the number one bio-medical research hub in the world.
For Pfizer, the [...]

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Just west of the Convention Center, San Diego is about to set sail, huge mast and all. 5th Avenue Partners is planning a 20-story, 250 room spinnaker Hotel that would include a water taxi terminal & pedestrian bridge connecting the hotel to the Convention Center. Inspired by the sail shaped Buri-Al Arab in Dubai- [...]

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San Diego, CA is #5 of the most expensive cities to live in the US but according to Inc. Magazine we are one of the very best!
San Diego, CA - why wouldn’t people pay a whole bunch of money to live in San Diego? Sunny beaches without L.A. smog makes it perfect for us even [...]

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It’s sometimes surprising to visitors from out of town that there are so many well known companies that are headquartered here in San Diego County. Here are some of them:
 

Triad Exchange, Inc. - A full service, leading international market management agency for clients opening new markets, gaining market shares in existing companies, and managing markets [...]

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