San Diego Real Estate Cafe by Krista Lombardi
Archive for August, 2010
Top 10 Things to Do in San Diego for Labor Day
things to do in San Diego for Labor Day
San Diego is the top 2 destination for vacationers for Labor Day weekend! So if you’re on your way and planning your trip here, don’t miss this guide to local events, activities, best outdoor restaurants and more!
1. Summer Pops
At the Embarcadero Park North and South finish off the fireworks and the summer with this concert rocking the park near Seaport Village.
Top 7 Hottest Things to Do in San Diego This Week!
Lots of exciting things to do this week before Labor Day! The San Diego Real Estate Cafe Crew wishes you a fantastic last day of your weekend and will be reviewing great things to do for Labor Day here in San Diego if you are planning on staying in town or are coming to town!
1. Sunday August 29th – Bike the Bay
Making Heads or Tails of the Homeowners’ Assistance
Making heads or tails of Homeowners Assistance Programs
Unemployed and not feeling so optimistic about finding a new job?
There are a ton of options now. I’m still trying to make heads and tails out of them all!
Will they help? Don’t know but let’s see what happens.
Jose Palomo of Riverside County in California lost job for the city of Riverside and his mortgage lender told him there was no way he could save his house from foreclosure. Just recently he found out that he was approved for a forbearance program from CitiMortgage slashing his payment from $1,130 to $600 for three months and in the meantime he can hunt for a permanent job.
Nowadays unemployment is the number one reason why mortgages are defaulting.
Sellers Upset With Appraisal Sites
It is fun to play with Zillow and Trulia! You can browse, you can view, you can also find out how much your home is worth.
Since Zillow launched in February 2006, millions of people now turn to keyboards and mobile phones, punching in home addresses. Here again, the digital revolution freed data from experts and democratized it for the masses.
There are quite a few of these sites, zillow, cyberhomes, eppraisal.
What’s wrong with the picture?
It is fun. That’s it.
You see, the secret is this.
The Fed Bans Lenders From Paying Bonuses to Brokers For Higher Interest Rate Loans
So…..here at the San Diego Real Estate Cafe we almost thought this news was comical. I mean, REALLY?! WHY are these issues still at hand? Haven’t we seen what happens when you play with people’s money – they walk from their house. So, if we could stop doing that, it would be good.
What do you think?
Anyways, here is the news on this.
Top 7 Hottest Things to do in San Diego This Week
It’s been so nice and warm, not a cloud in the sky. We hope everyone’s had the opportunity to go enjoy their summer here and have a great time. Don’t forget that the Del Mar races are everyday until September 8th with lots of fun activities, and when you don’t feel like going to the races, San Diego Real Estate Cafe Crew picked these fun events for you!
1. Sunday August 22nd – J Six Chef Experience
Come out and take a trip to the Farmer’s Market and end up in an interactive afternoon indulging and munching on amazing food from the Chef of J Six.
2. Monday August 23rd – La Jolla Wine Tours
7 Screamin’ Tips That the Mortgage Company Website is a Scam
The Federal Trade Commission’s fake mortgage company site aims to educate about scams, but not just with a boring
article and tips to prevent scams…
The site goes so much deeper.
The Federal Trade Commission created a “teaser” site which screams, “We guarantee a loan to fit every situation.”
The FTC designed the site with keywords that people could easily find. The point being to let you realize how easy it is to find a scammer site lurking in cyberspace. This one isn’t a scam, but it could have been.
Ever Wonder How San Diego’s Real Estate Market is “REALLY” Doing?
Which direction is the real estate market REALLY going?
As a REALTOR with Prudential California Realty I’m asked this question more than I can count because I’m involved in San Diego Real Estate. I, like the public at large, have to really read carefully into what the media publishes, says and presents. San Diego real estate is a hot topic of conversation at most places I go and I think it will continue to be for some time to come.
I was reading an article that states that home sales are down compared to last year. As I read along I got to see why the public can be confused by such statements. If you just read the article’s headline you’d only be half right. After reading the entire article and clicking on some of the cities used to compile the data for this specific article I was able to decipher the most important thing all of us in San Diego really care about and that is our local market. Read the rest of this entry »
Jump on the San Diego Train!
We’re taking a break from just real estate today to talk about exciting San 
Diego stuff!
We all know that everything is intertwined, the economy does well, more people have money to spend, more restaurants flourish, more homes are sold, you get the picture…
Well, California was given the opportunity in the last elections to vote on a high speed rail, and the vote was YES. A recent survey shows that Californians support the state’s effort to build eight hundred miles of steel track linking Sacrament to San Diego and they want it to be completed as quickly as possible.
But even more exciting?
Top 7 Hottest Things to Do in San Diego This Week!
There is no time like today to take advantage of these long summer days before we roll the clocks back and the days get shorter. Get out there and have fun San Diegans!
Here are the San Diego Real Estate Cafe Crew’s top picks of fun things to do. Don’t see something you like? Email us at sandiegorealestatecafe@gmail.com there is just a ton to do in America’s Finest City!
1. Sunday August 15th – Cake and Sugar Art
Head to Town and Country Resort to check out hundreds of cakes and sugar art displays of cake decorators at their Cake Shack. Event lasts all day from 10 am to 5 pm. Beware Sweet Tooths!
2. Monday August 16th – Humphrey’s By the Bay
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