Lisa Hayashi's Blog

It was recently announced that if you're a buyer interested in "HomePath property" Fannie Mae will help you with up to 3.5% in closing cost assistance. The guidelines are: The initial offer must be submitted on or after April 11, 2011. The sale must close on or before June 30, 2011, to be eligibl...

Where are prices going for us? Where have they been? What do we do going forward? Looking at real-time statistics by Altos Research, the city of San Diego’s supply of homes has been climbing, at a 3.89% increase just in the last month. This much is to be expected since it is the seasonal time whe...

There are currently 42 active listings in 4s Ranch, where the listing with the highest days on the market belongs to an attached property that sold after 414 days on the market and it was priced at $347,000. Obviously, it was a short sale, but the market in this area is still moving regardless. O...

Are you thinking of selling in Mira Mesa? This area of San Diego, California has been through a great many changes in the real estate market in the last few years, and yet here we are in February of 2011, nearly 5 years after the San Diego market reached some peaks and then its valleys. So, there...

Just like our clients, we as a company, have done what our clients did; Century 21 Award San Diego has moved to a new location. Our corporate office has recently changed offices from their previous location over to the Hazard Center! As our economy begins to recover, our company is also continuin...

What is a walkscore? Well, you will notice in listings now, that there is a walkscore indicated in the detailed section called a "walkscore". It is used to measure the walkability of any address. The higher the score and closer it is to a 100, the easier it is for someone to walk in the vicinity,...

Anyone who has a “Facebook” account has probably given up their personal information to vendors who control the applications we use, interacting with friends on Facebook. If you’ve played any game or have been invited to take any survey about your friends, you have given up the following informat...

There are currently 129 active detached home listings in Mira Mesa, where the listing with the lowest price is in a range between $265,000 to $275,000. It’s a 2 bedroom, 1 bath and has been on the market for 172 days so far and yes, it is a short sale. The highest priced home in this area is als...

Here’s the inherent reason why purchasing a home this past year has been such a challenge for many buyers. Believe it or not, it wasn’t because they didn’t want to buy. It had more to do with the way the banks had to conform to the underwriting guidelines set forth by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. ...

There are currently 30 active listings in Carmel Mountain, where the listing with the highest days on the market belongs to an attached home that has been for sale 272 days so far and is priced in a range from $299,888 – $324,888. It happens to be a distressed sale in a gated community with speci...