North San Diego County Real Estate Resource

Does anyone know from dealing with Countrywide in short sales(where they are the first lien holder on the seller's home) if there is a maximum closing cost credit they will allow to an FHA buyer? I have heard 3%, but I just want to confirm.

An appraiser who was doing a valuation in Oceanside's Rancho Del Oro neighborhood was kind enough to email me a graph she put together of the last 6 months of sales activity Thanks to Lisa Forbes for showing graphically the popularity of this tract in Oceanside. With good schools, convenient loc...

Harbor Pointe in Carlsbad near Poinsettia and I5 is a gated community in a good location. And the real estate downturn seems to have avoided it so far. Very few homes have sold over the past couple years, and the prices have pretty much been holding steady. I guess it comes from a combination of ...

For all the published doom and gloom, Rancho Del Oro in Oceanside, CA continues to be a popular area for buyers due to it's good schools in either the Oceanside or Vista school districts, a convenient location, and an association doing it's job maintaining the grounds to preserve the look of the ...

I have been pleasantly surprised recently by seeing some banks take the time to not only put carpet and paint in homes that need it, but also to replace appliances and fixtures that have been ripped out by the prior owners before being foreclosed. It certainly creates a better impression for the ...

Recently, I went into a few Oceanside homes with obvious mold conditions: garage wall covered in mold due to a water heater leak; mold under the kitchen sink due to a dishwasher line leak; mold in the fridge due to the electricity being turned off and the fridge not emptied nor cleaned...etc A fe...

For those wondering which direction the market is headed, here is an area in Carlsbad that seems to be headed in the right direction. Part of the reason is this area does not contain many newer homes, so either local builders are not slashing prices and bringing down the values, or recent buyers ...

This is a map showing the boundaries of the 17 tracts of attached and detached homes within the community of Rancho Carrillo in Carlsbad, CA

Here is a map showing the 7 residential villages(plus Sandalwood) comprising the tract home community of Rancho Del Oro in Oceanside, CA. Most are detached homes(about 1600), but there is Alacima which are townhomes, and The Missions at Rancho Del Oro Apartments(www.missionsatranchodeloro.com) al...

I had a buyer offer $360,000 4 months ago for 1706 Calle Platico in Oceanside's Rancho Del Oro neighborhood. We were beat out one month later by an offer at $378,000. Today the bank lists the home as an REO at an asking price of $325,000. Will multiple offers drive the price up to the price they ...