Is Now a Good Time To Buy a San Diego Home?

Question: “We’ve been on the fence. Do you think it’s a good time to buy right now?” Answer: That’s a version of what I call “The Crystal Ball Question.” Let me explain… What determines whether it’s a good time to buy? Factors include: Will prices go up or down? Will the for-sale housing inventory decrease
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Tower of Winds

Tower of Winds by Forgemind ArchiMedia licensed under the terms of CC BY 2.0
This week’s crazy building is the Tower of Winds in Yokohama, Japan. A picture doesn’t truly do this structure justice. While the tower merely reflects the rest of the city during the daytime, by night it’s a different story. Computers within the building sense the ambient wind and noise levels, then adjust its 1300 lamps,
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Steel Pig House

Steel Pig House by Billy Hathorn licensed under the terms of CC BY-SA 3.0
This week’s crazy building is the Steel Pig House in Lubbock, Texas. Created by architect and sculptor Robert Bruno, this home is unlike anything you’ve ever seen. Bruno began building it in 1973 and worked solo for 23 years to bring his creation to fruition. The result is a 110-ton steel behemoth that looks something
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Postcards From Prospective Buyers: Are They Real?

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale Have you received a letter in the mail lately that’s from someone who wants to buy your home? You might be wondering if this is a scam or if this truly is
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How to Pick a Realtor in San Diego

  Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale   There are a whole lot of real estate agents in San Diego, so how should you go about choosing the best one? When I have shopped around for professional services
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What’s My San Diego Home Worth?

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale There are a couple of ways that you can find the value of your home. One thing we can do is send you a report that will give you an approximate value
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Hanoi Museum

Hanoi Museum by Grenouille Vert licensed under the terms of CC BY-SA 3.0
This week’s crazy building is the Hanoi Museum near Hanoi, Vietnam. This remarkable building has a cantilevered design that makes it resemble an upside-down pyramid. The overall effect is that the museum almost appears to be floating above the ground. A massive central atrium with a spiral ramp in the center allows visitors to easily
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Mushroom House

Mushroom House by Dave Menninger licensed under the terms of CC BY-SA 3.0
This week’s crazy building is the Mushroom House in Cincinnati, OH. The owner of this wacky house is Terry Brown, a professor of Architecture and Interior Design at the University of Cincinnati. When he bought it back in 1989, it was a perfectly normal-looking residence. Over the next several years, he and over 35 of
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Bosco Verticale

Bosco Verticale, Milano by Thomas Ledl licensed under the terms of CC-by-sa 4.0
This week’s crazy building is Bosco Verticale in Milan, Italy. Actually two separate residential towers, they host a total of over 700 trees—hence the name, which is Italian for “vertical forest.” They are also home to 5,000 shrubs and 11,000 perennials. Horticulturalists and botanists had to be involved to ensure the plants could survive in this urban
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How to Buy and Sell Simultaneously in San Diego

  Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale Most home sellers also need to purchase another home to move into. This is an extremely common problem we see in our market, and it is one that we deal with on
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