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San Diego Fireworks for 4th of July
Carlsbad, CA–The economy may be in the tank, but that won’t stop San Diego from celebrating the 4th of July, 2009 in grand fashion. Chula Vista has again put fireworks on hold because of city budget constraints, but the rest of San Diego ...
Help for San Diego’s Marine and Navy Homeowners
by Roberta Murphy Carlsbad, CA–I grew up a military brat, and our youngest son Mark enlisted in the Armed Forces last fall. Hence, it should come as no surprise that I have a big soft spot in my heart for military folk–and especially for...
San Diego Beach Homes Catch Royal Eye
by Roberta Murphy We frequently get inquiries regarding oceanfront homes in San Diego–and love showing those properties. Therefore, it truly snagged our interest when we heard that Earl Charles Spencer, Princess Diana’s younger brother, w...
San Diego 4th of July Fireworks for 2008
by Roberta Murphy San Diego’s mortgage meltdown and budget constraints have forced Chula Vista to cancel its big annual fireworks display, and Valley Center has fire safety issues, but the 4th of July fireworks displays in the rest of San Dieg...
A San Diego Real Estate Market Report–
–from San Diego’s premier luxury real estate broker, who also spends a lot of time in the trenches: Bob Dyson, Broker-Owner of Villa Sotheby’s International Realty in San Diego and Dyson & Dyson Sotheby’s International Rea...
San Diego First Time Home Buyers are Winners
by Roberta Murphy We have rediscovered the joy of working with San Diego’s first time home buyers. It’s not that we avoided them in the past, it was just the pricey nature of San Diego’s real estate that kept most first time buyers ...
Homes for San Diego Baby Boomers: The Wish List
by Roberta Murphy Baby Boomers have never been the silent sort, and more and more we are hearing their wishes in unison. Disclaimer: The San Diego real estate market is not like Las Vegas, or Tucson or Asheville or Biloxi and our home prices, though ...
Coronado Shores Condos: Living High
by Roberta Murphy Years ago, when I first considered moving to Southern California from Houston, I used to stay with friends at the Coronado Shores on Coronado–which sat just across the bay from downtown San Diego. My friends’ Coronado S...
It Never Rains in California? (It Just Pours)
by Roberta Murphy We braced ourselves in San Diego for the torrential downpour and the high winds that have battered San Francisco, Sacramento and Santa Barbara. Instead, at least in the coastal areas, we were blessed with a fairly constant and gent...
San Diego Luxury Home Sales to Benefit from Bonuses?
by Scott Murphy Many top executives at large investment banking firms will be depositing some jumbo bonuses by the end of this month–and I can’t help but wonder if San Diego real estate will also get a boost from this largesse. Despite ...
Hauntings at the Hotel del Coronado
Reports of hauntings at the Hotel del Coronado have circulated for years. The most famous ghost is a young woman who reportedly committed suicide near the turn of the last century. I don’t recall exactly where she stayed that fateful night at t...
San Diego Loan Fraud: Kickbacks and Consequences
Opportunities for real estate fraud couldn’t have been more ripe than in 2005 and 2006, when real estate prices started to quietly soften–especially in fertile markets like San Diego, Phoenix, Las Vegas and Miami. Home prices in these areas had r...
