When selling your home, do you seek the lowest commission, or best value?  I offer for your consideration that getting the best value is the most important, which is a combination of commission, price of acquisition or sale and professional representation, advice and counsel.  Please consider this thought-- when you are seeking a medical professional to conduct surgery on your body, do you select the least expensive doctor?  When you have a dental issue to deal with, do you select the least expensive dentist?  Or, when looking into how to solve the medical or dental issue in front of you, do you try and find the most competent individual?  Real estate transactions are considerably more complex than they first appear.  I would further suggest that selecting a full time professional with detailed market knowledge, experience and advanced negotiation skills are more important than finding a "discounter" or part time agent who may not bring all those qualifications to the table.  Your home may be your largest single asset.  Do you really want inexperience, or a fully qualified, full time professional, that knows in great detail your market area?   If you are looking for experienced, professional representation, as well as a skilled marketing manager, a transaction coordinator and manager, a knowledgeable property specialist, a skilled negotiator, a trusted advisor and a full time agent who will be with you, and keep your interests as the focal point throughout the real estate transaction, please contact me.  Please see my "About page."

SELLERS! FREE Market Evaluation and Consultation! If you are planning to sell your home within the next year, it is never to soon to know the market value of your most important valued asset! The question for you to consider is:  Do you really believe you can get accurate information on the value of your home from a website, using a formulated valuation model, without a local professional coming to your home to view the details of your home?  My suggestion is that it may be accurate, or it may be low or high.  The truth is, you really don't know, because a valuation model that does not include a personal viewing of the home cannot consistently be accurate.  I am a local professional who will come to your home and personally evaluate your home, not just from a remote location using an equation.  I provide personal, in home service.
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BUYERS!!!! YOU WILL RECEIVE A FREE ONE YEAR HOME WARRANTY PROTECTION PLAN at close of escrow (Valued up to $500) by utilizing my professional services! AND I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU TOO.  WOULDN'T YOU PREFER TO WORK WITH A TESTED, LONG TERM PROFESSIONAL THAT HAS REFERENCES FROM VERY PLEASED CLIENTS?  I GLADLY PROVIDE REFERENCES UPON REQUEST.
 
Market update--  During 2011, we saw San Diego County sales volume (the number of homes and condos sold- not prices) increase a little over 3%.  Median prices for all homes and condos in the Central San Diego area were down about 9% in 2011, and about 4% in the San Diego East County area.  Recent reports continue to indicate that the "Shadow Inventory" (homes in foreclosure, short sale or foreclosed on (but not released for sale by the owning bank)) remains rather large and will continue to influence sales pricing and activity for several more years. This shadow inventory creates significant doubt as to how many bank foreclosures will be released to the marketplace.  During 2011, actual foreclosures dropped about 9%.  Analysts are predicting an upswing in foreclosure activity in 2012, since the "robosigning" activity that was discovered a couple of years ago has been resolved and lenders are moving forward with foreclosure activity. Time will tell.  There remains distress in the commercial real estate markets that has yet to fully present itself to the marketplace. (Much commercial property is also underwater and a number of these loans are coming due in the next few years).  This combined with the continuing international crisis in Europe and our own significant deficit position creates much uncertainty in economic recovery.  And the European crisis could significantly affect the United States since our banks, and our Federal Reserve System, have significant debt positions in European securities and debt instruments.  In 2011, we saw a significantly lower volume of sales in the first quarter, and unlike most years, the balance of the years sales volume remained rather flat, when we typically see a ramp up in sales during the summer.  Additionally, we saw pricing decline through most of 2011, after pricing increases in 2010, and after seeing a low point in pricing around the Spring of 2009. It appears the second dip has arrived.  Data mentioned herein is reflective of the whole county, and by region, and each zip code in San Diego County has various individual statistics.  If you would like information on a particular zip code or neighborhood details, call me or e-mail me and I would be pleased to forward to you that information. Whether you have a question about San Diego in general, or any community in the San Diego East County, including El Cajon, La Mesa, Spring Valley, Lemon Grove, Lakeside or Santee, I would be pleased to assist you.  BUYERS:  Pricing continues to be low historically, interest rates are near the lowest they have been in over 40 years and this means affordability is better than it has been in a long time for San Diego County.  OPPORTUNITY IS KNOCKING!  AND THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL NOT LAST FOREVER.

My quarterly newsletter-  I send out a quarterly newsletter by snail mail discussing San Diego and San Diego East County market conditions, as well as giving helpful hints and tips regarding home ownership.  If you would like to be added to my mailing list, just call or e-mail me.  There is no obligation, I am pleased to provide the information.  I also send out an e-mail newsletter, about every month, and would be happy to add you to that mail list.

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