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4th of July Celebrations
29 July 08 01:49 PM | 92101urbanliving | with no comments
In San Diego there is never a lack of events on the 4th of July. Fireworks line the Harbor and bay and numerous other San Diego spots. What are you doing? Not sure yet? Here’s a list of San Diego 4th of July events close to downtown. North County...
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Free your Mind
27 June 08 01:47 PM | 92101urbanliving | with no comments
Living in the city is a blast. There is never a dull moment between Padre Games, nightlife and the constant movement that an urban life provides. Between work and city play many of us city-dwellers may find it necessary for some R-and-R. Yoga is a great...
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Higher Gas Prices Mean More Urban Development
26 June 08 01:45 PM | 92101urbanliving | with no comments
I thought that it would be appropriate to write a blog on gas prices and urban development as the price of oil jumped today to an unbelievable $140 a barrel. Many experts predict that gas prices will continue to rise throughout the rest of the year. If...
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Doggie Surfing Competition
26 June 08 12:38 PM | 92101urbanliving | 3 comment(s)
This weekend is the 3rd Annual Loews Coronado Bay Resort Surf Dog Competition. Spend this weekend at the beach while helping raise money for a good cause. Saturday, June 28th See Spot surf during the Loews Dog Surfing Competition – the nation’s...
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Italian Planner looks to San Diego for Smart Growth ideas
23 June 08 01:44 PM | 92101urbanliving | with no comments
I recently read an interesting article in the Union Tribune titled Italian planner marvels at San Diego’s smart-growth tenets . It was fascinating hearing a European’s point of view on San Diego’s city planning and development. It is...
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FHA Financing Just Got a Little Easier for Bank Owned property Buyers
18 June 08 01:37 PM | 92101urbanliving | with no comments
Many of you have called and written info@92101urbanliving.com with questions about the low 3% down FHA financing that is currently available. In the past, FHA financing criteria have excluded bank owned properties for 90 days as well as certain communities...
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Location Location Location?
06 June 08 01:31 PM | 92101urbanliving | with no comments
San Diego County is filled with such diversity. There are over 90 sub communities that make up the Real Estate Residential Market. Each individual sub market performs based on its specific price points and location. I guess it should stop surprising me...
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How expensive are we compared to other destination cities?
06 June 08 01:29 PM | 92101urbanliving | with no comments
I n an article in Yahoo Finance today, it discusses the cost per square foot of the top ten most expensive cities in the world. Guess who is not in the top ten? San Diego. Coming in at the number 1 spot is London, at a whopping $6,191 per sq ft. A $1...
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Live Green…Live In Cities
05 June 08 01:28 PM | 92101urbanliving | with no comments
In this month’s issue of Wired Magazine, there was a very interesting editorial that I thought I should share. It is titled “Inconvenient Truths: Get Ready to Rethink What it Means to be Green” . In the article, we are challenged to...
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Foodie Blog: The Corner
03 June 08 01:27 PM | 92101urbanliving | with no comments
To take an exerpt from Common’s hit, “the Corner”… “ The Corner was our Rock of Gibraltar, our Stonehenge, Our Taj Mahal, our monument, our testimonial to freedom, to peace, to love, down on the Corner” … the...
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Builders looking to infill
29 May 08 01:23 PM | 92101urbanliving | with no comments
So with the state of the market comes the downsizing of a lot of developers. Within this comes the fact that a lot of the developers that were here in the past aren’t going to come back when the market corrects again. Today’s paper has an...
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Housing Crisis Over??
28 May 08 01:21 PM | 92101urbanliving | with no comments
The Title of the Wall Street Journal Article is “The Housing Crisis is Over”. Could this actually be? A well respected national publication is suggesting that there is actually something positive on the horizon for Home Sales in the United...
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The Future of the Downtown condominium Market
02 May 08 01:18 PM | 92101urbanliving | with no comments
We know no other condominium projects that will break ground in the next year. As high-rise projects require two years to complete, we do not anticipate the completion of any new high-rise projects until atleast 2011 or possibly 2012. There are two factors...
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Inventory Of New condominium Units for Sale: 2008-2001
02 May 08 01:17 PM | 92101urbanliving | with no comments
As noted above, there are only four condominium projects under construction downtown: Vantage Pointe in the East Village and Bayside, Breeza and Sapphire at the Embarcedero. Those projects will be completed in 2009. After that there will be no delivery...
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Inventory of New Units
02 May 08 01:15 PM | 92101urbanliving | with no comments
Currently, if you were to look at the toatl availability of unsold unit downtown that are in buildings that are either completed or under construction, the total would be 1,696 units. Of that total, 694, or 40% are units in the buildings that are under...
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