San Marcos High School Ranks High
November 13, 2011 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
California has just released the most recent academic data and our own San Marcos High School (San Marcos Knights) ranked 7th out of 65 San Diego County high schools. Listed below are the top 15 schools. Not that San Marcos High Shcool ranks high, ahead of Poway High School, Rancho Bernardo High School, and La [...]
[Read more...]Buy San Diego Homes Now – Why Wait?
August 24, 2011 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
Varadero Single Level Invest in San Diego North County Real EstateIt seems that every time we’re talking about San Diego North County homes, the conversation immediately goes to the financial aspects of buying a North County home. How’s the market? Should I wait to try and get a “better buy”? Where are prices headed? Where [...]
[Read more...]Writing a Real Estate Purchase Offer
June 10, 2011 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
Make Your Offer a Win – Win Once you have looked at Carlsbad homes for sale and found the Carlsbad home of your dreams, writing the offer becomes very important. You don’t want to pay too much, but you want to be successful in buying that Carlsbad real estate. It is time to set contact [...]
[Read more...]Housing Affordability Index – Why Buy Now?
May 3, 2011 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
The Housing Affordability Index reached a record high of 192.3 for February, 2011. Two contributing factors to the Index are the price adjustments homes have experienced in recent years combined with the unusually low mortgage rates make this an outstanding opportunity for North County home buyers who can qualify. Before the housing bubble burst in [...]
[Read more...]Benefits of an FHA Loan
April 20, 2011 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
What are the main benefits of an FHA loan or mortgage? See answers under photo. You can get a loan approval to buy a Carlsbad home or other San Diego real estate with a loan of up to $697,500. San Diego buyers only have to put 3.5% as a downpayment. The Carlsbad real estate seller [...]
[Read more...]Carbon Monoxide Detectors
April 10, 2011 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
Safety Tips from San Diego North County Home Inspections Read the following safety tips and put them in practice. They may save your life or the life of someone you love. Have your gas water heaters and gas furnaces serviced and inspected annually, a poor running appliance will not burn efficiently and as a byproduct [...]
[Read more...]Optimistic about the San Diego Real Estate Market
April 6, 2011 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
As you may already know, we commissioned Prudential’s Global Market Research Group to survey consumers between the ages of 25-64 who are in the market to buy a home. Our Prudential 2011 survey found that Americans are significantly more optimistic about real estate today than a year ago and, despite economic volatility, their belief [...]
[Read more...]Search Like a Pro
April 5, 2011 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
Make sure you don’t miss the advanced search tools available for free on my main website, www.HomeInfoSanDiego.com. For instance, you can search for properties by Area, Map, Zip Code, or MLS Number. If you see a property that you like, click on its thumbnail picture or hit the View Details button to see additional photographs [...]
[Read more...]Pickford Escrow – Gary’s Winning Team
April 3, 2011 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
An escrow company acts as a neutral third party in the North County real estate transaction. As such, they are bound by law to notify both buyer and seller if the instructions given to them are not mutually consistant or if they cannot be carried out. Pickford Escrow holds legal documentation and funds on behalf of [...]
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