Real Estate Activities in San Diego California

The September closed sales number of 47 properties was 19% below the number of sales in September 2008, when 58 were sold.   The good news was that the average price per square foot only fell 4% since then!  There may be a few more closings reported in the next few days, so I may update this to s...

Vicki Lloyd | The Real Estate Professionals | vicki@vickilloyd.com | 949-457-0281 25535 Sawmill Lane, Lake Forest, CA Gorgeous upgraded home in Lake Forest II neighborhood. 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, 3 car garage, about 3,000 square feet on private corner lot. 4BR/3BA Single Family House offered at $6...

The numbers are in, and the real estate market in Lake Forest, California is definitely more active this year than last year when only 28 properties were sold.  Sales more than doubled with 69 closed sales in Lake Forest for the month of March 2009.  The prices ranged from a low of $122,000 for a...

Vicki Lloyd | The Real Estate Professionals | vicki@vickilloyd.com | 949-457-0281 25081 Owens Lake, Lake Forest, CA Parkwood Estates "Geneva" Plan! 5BR/3BA Single Family House offered at $674,900 Year Built 1977 Sq Footage 2,861 Bedrooms 5 Bathrooms 3 full, 0 partial Floors 2 Parking 2 Car garag...

The market continues to be busy in the lower end of the price range, and bank-owned and short sales are making up about 61% of all closed sales in Orange County.  Today, there are a total of 11,577 homes for sale in Orange County.   Of those, 4783 (42%) are labeled as either bank owned or short s...

Yesterday I found in my mailbox an official looking letter from "Property Tax Assessment Adjusters, LLC".  In addition to a lot of legalese type verbage, it said: IMPORTANT : Upon a preliminary check your assessed value appears to be higher than your current market value.  You may obtain property...

The annual Lake Forest Keys Boat Parade around the lake was held on Saturday, December 13.  About 25 boat owners, battled the cool breezes and sprinkles off and on all day, but still turned out to show off their decorations on Saturday evening. Several lakefront homeowners who were having partie...

At least once a week, while checking the MLS, I find awful photos that an agent has loaded in to the MLS with his latest listing.  I have been collecting them in a folder for a while, and sending them to my friend, Athol Kay, a Conneticut agent who has posted them on his "Bad MLS Photos" blog.  A...

Now that prices in Lake Forest have declined almost 30% in the last year, the "fundamentals" that so many "bubble bloggers" talk about are getting much closer to justifying a purchase! My word-of-mouth, shoot-from-the-hip, gut feeling, and informal survey of average rents in Lake Forest give me t...

If you are planning to buy a condo, or a house in Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, or other South Orange County area, there is a good chance that you will be buying in to a home owners’ association (HOA).  If that is the case, make sure you read over all the HOA documents soon ...