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Recent Posts Tagged With 'oceanside'
Downtown Oceanside: Moving Up
by Roberta Murphy Late yesterday afternoon at a Carlsbad Cinco de Mayo fest, I met two wonderful ladies who had spent the last 20 years with their families living in downtown Oceanside. Their kids ...
Should I Wait to Buy a Home in San Diego?
by Roberta Murphy A Zillow questioner asks if he or she should wait to buy a home in San Diego until the market levels out. It is a question that seemed to beg an answer from me, if only because we ar...
Want to Search for San Diego Foreclosures?
by Roberta Murphy San Diego foreclosures and bank REO’s are quickly becoming the top request among many of our San Diego home buyers–so we decided to add a tool that we could use as well. ...
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 DiegoR...
San Diego Real Estate Foreclosures Hit (Some) New Highs
by Roberta Murphy San Diego is full of micro-climates, so why not acknowledge its micro-economies as well? Overall, the San Diego real estate market looks pretty gloomy: There were 3666 foreclosures i...
Encinitas Street Fair this Weekend
by Roberta Murphy If I can tear myself away from Oceanside Terraces real estate this weekend, you will probably find me wandering around in comfortable shoes, eating fun food and shopping for funky je...
Buy from Me and I’ll Buy Your San Diego Home
by Roberta Murphy You’ll really buy my San Diego Home? It’s an old come on–and a persistent temptation. You’ve seen the sign riders all over the the San Diego real estate marke...
Two Income Tax Tips for San Diego Filers
by Roberta Murphy Income tax filing is just around the corner, but here are a couple of tax tips owners may want to keep on hand: 1. Congress, reacting to the subprime mortgage mess (in San Diego and...
The Gates of San Diego
Wendy Barbour is a recent addition to the Murphy Group at Villa Sotheby’s International Realty. She brings with her an impressive real estate resume and extensive knowledge of San Diego’s ...
The Gates of San Diego
Wendy Barbour is a recent addition to the Murphy Group at Villa Sothebys International Realty. She brings with her an impressive San Diego real estate resume and extensive knowledge of San Diegos urba...
San Diego’s Newest Urban Luxury: Oceanside Terraces
by Roberta Murphy For 11 days straight, we have been working in a makeshift sales office at Oceanside Terraces, the new luxury midrise residence in downtown Oceanside. The office consists of a small t...
San Diego Incomes: A Few Surprises
by Roberta Murphy As a San Diego Realtor, I am frequently asked about income demographics in San Diego County–and find it handy to have a chart for reference. The one below provides more than a ...
San Diego Realtors Seeing Double…Offers
by Roberta Murphy The San Diego real estate market has been swirling with dismal reports about short sales, foreclosures and inventory gluts. The markets are particularly bad in San DIego suburbs like...
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 o...
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 area...