The History of San Diego (written in the 1970s, makes for an interesting read)

Real Estate and Economic Links, Not All The News is Bad:

04/05/09 - California: Signs of Life in Real Estate (Cnn/Money)

04/05/09 - NYC: CO-OP fees through the roof (a co-op fee is similar to an HOA fee). Our HOA fee wouldn't go up like the co-op fee, as our HOA feee isn't tied to property taxes being raised

04/04/09 - Nationwide: Signs of Life in Real Estate (Business Week)

03/19/09 - Mortgage Rates Lower Again (AP & Reuters)

03/17/09 - Housing Data Has Glint of Stability (UT)

03/17/09 - Nationwide Housing Starts Post Gain (AP)

03/12/09 - Stock Market Rally (AP)

03/12/09 - DOW Above 9000 by year end 2009? (CNBC)

03/11/09 - JPMorgage Sees Hint of Recovery (CNN/Money)

03/11/09 - Mortgage Applications Jump 11% (CNN/Money)

03/07/09 - Signs Of Life In Real Estate (Business Week)

03/05/09 - Nationwide: Jobless Claims Down (AP)

02/25/09 - 67% (of 140,000 people) believe economy will turn around in 2009/2010) (Cnn Poll)

02/24/09 - Price Plunge Slows in San Diego (UT)

02/19/09 - New Shopping to walk to from The Grande, Electra, Park Place and others coming Summer 2010 (UT)

02/12/09 - Foreclosures Ease (CNN/Money)

02/12/09 - Mortgage Rates Slide (CNN/Money)

02/04/09 - Mortgage Applications Rise (CNN/Money)

02/04/09 - Vote: What do you want to see downtown?

02/03/09 - Nationwide Home Pendings Rise (AP)

02/03/09 - Stocks Rebound on Home Sales Figures (AP)

01/29/09 - Nationwide San Diego No.2 Most Desirable City To Live In (CNN)

01/23/09 - Nationwide Fraud at Your Front Door (CNBC Video)

01/19/09 - Downtown San Diego in Highest SD Apprecation by (UT)

01/09/09 - SD Economy To Improve 2nd Half of the Year by Roger Showley (UT)

01/09/09 - Video: Depression or Recession? Cnn/Money

01/08/09 - Stocks Higher After Mortgage Deal by Madlen Read and Tim Paradis (AP)

01/08/09 - Lawmakers Allow Bankruptcy Judges Alter Loans by Alan Zibel (AP)

01/07/09 - Lane Field (in front of parts of The Grande and Electra) Gets Approval

01/07/09 - Ten 2009 Prognostications by Business Wire (2008's 10 Prognostications)

01/01/09 - Downtown Summary by Alan Nevin

12/31/08 - Mortgage Rates Drop To Another Low by Reuters

12/27/08 - Se, This Was To Be The Diegan (condo-Hotel) by Jeanette Steele and Helen Gao (UT)

12/26/08 - Downtown Talk by Lori Weisberg (UT)

12/26/08 - Burned Down Goodyear Finally Will Be Torn Down by Jeff Ristine (UT)

12/19/08 - Downtown Library Update by Ronald W. Powell (UT)

12/17/08 - Rate Commentary and Graphy by AP

12/14/08 - Spring 2009 Turn Around? by Reuters

12/03/08 - Mortgage Applications Double! by CNN/Money

12/03/08 - San Diego #2 Best Places To Work by Roger Showley (UT)

11/26/08 - Mortgage Rates Plummet by Les Christie (CNN)

Q3 2008 Housing Prices (Previously Q1 2008 Housing Prices (Q1 2008 just out (Oct 20))(Previously Q4 2007 Top Housing Markets) (Previously Q3 2007 Top Housing Markets) (Previously Q1 2007 Top Housing Markets), (Previously Q3 2006 Top Housing Markets), (Previously Q2 2006 Top Housing Markets), (Previously Q1 2006 Top Housing Markets)

11/17/08 - Lane Field (in front Electra, The Grande) Stike Out by UT

10/24/08 - Mortgage Rates Drop by Reuters

10/08/08 - New Yorkers: You still have time to purchase your 2nd home in downtown San Diego before the Winter season (Severe Winter Forecast for East Coast)(Reuters)

10/08/08 - Davis Requests Study for Different Navy Site by Jeanette Steele (UT)

10/08/08 - Bayfront Interactive Map (UT)

10/06/08 - North Embarcadero First Phase OK'd by Jeanette Steele (UT)

10/05/08 - Downtown Talk by Alan Nevin

10/05/08 - Commentary on Pacific Gateway (in front of Electra, Bayside, some Grande unit) by SD Metro

10/02/08 - News on Cosmopolitan Square by Mike Freeman (UT)

10/01/08 - Horton Plaza Makeover by Jeanette Steele (UT)

09/10/08 - CCDC Archive on UT

09/09/08 - San Diego May Benefit from Mortgage Takeover by E. Pierce (UT)

09/05/08 - San Diego  "Most Undervalued" in State? by Roger Showley (UT)

08/25/08 - Worst Over For Housing? by Anne D'innocenzio (AP)

08/25/08 - West Home Sales Rise by Alex Veiga (AP)

08/21/08 - Mortgage Rates Lower by CNN/Money

Q1 2008 Top Housing Markets (Previously Q4 2007 Top Housing Markets) (Previously Q3 2007 Top Housing Markets) (Previously Q1 2007 Top Housing Markets), (Previously Q3 2006 Top Housing Markets), (Previously Q2 2006 Top Housing Markets), (Previously Q1 2006 Top Housing Markets)

07/05/08 - Video: Obama/McCain on the Housing Crisis (AP)

06/27/08 -Opponets to Navy Broadway Complex Win Partial Victory (UT)

06/13/08 - Reminder: Do Not Leave Candles Burning Unattended (UT)

05/20/08 - Housing Numbers Improve by Roger Showley (UT)

05/08/08 - Mortgage Rates Slightly Lower by M. Crutsinger (AP)

05/08/08 - Top Ten Markets (Predicted) To Drop (San Diego not on the list) by CNN/Money

05/07/08 - Mortgage Applications Rise by CNBC

05/06/08 - Housing Crisis Over (Not sure how long the link will work) by Cyril Moulle-Berteaux (WSJ)

05/05/08 - Karl Case, of the often quoted "Case-Shiller Index" Says We Are Probably At The Bottom (of prices) by Marketplace.org

05/02/08 - Master Plan at Lindbergh Approved by Steve Schmidt (UT)

05/01/08 - Manchester Praises Ruling on Broadway Complex (UT)

04/28/08 - Fed Poised For Another Rate Cut by Jeannine Aversa (AP)

04/27/08 - Article On Children's Musueum by Jeanette Steele (UT)

04/16/08 - Mortgage Applications Rise by CNN/Money

04/10/08 - Mortgage Talk (Play Video) by CNBC

04/10/08 - (AUDIO) Homes Closer To Downtown Weathering Slump Better by MarketWatch

04/09/08 - WAMU Closing All of it's Stand Alone Loan Offices by Emmet Pierce (UT)

04/08/08 - Average Manhattan Apartment is $1.6 Million (Downtown San Diego Average Price less than 50% of that price L.B.) by Catherine Clifford (CNN/Money)

04/08/08 - Greenspan: Market May Stabilize end of 2008 by Scott Lanman and Lily Nonomiya (Bloomberg)

04/08/08 - Greenspan Defends The FED by CNBC and Reuters

04/08/08 - Event For Homeowners Counseling by Emmet Pierce (UT)

04/08/08 - Remember Greenspan? by Colin Barr (Fortune)

04/07/08 - WAMU To get $5Billion by Thomson Financial

04/04/08 - Rendering of what the Old Police Headquarters should look like (across from Park Place)

04/03/08 - Jefferson Law Campus Merit Approved (across from Park Blvd E, Park KBlvd W, M2i, Fahrenheit) (2nd paragraph)

04/03/08 - Little Italy Write-up by Mia Taylor (UT)

03/20/08 - San Diego Population Talk by Lori Weisberg (UT)

03/19/08 - $200B Added To Mortgage Pipeline by Chris Isidore (Cnn/Money)

03/19/08 - Rate Talk by David Goldman (CnnMoney)

03/19/08 - Remember Cosmopolitan Square? by Mike Freeman (UT)

03/19/08 - Foreclosures Slow in San Diego by Emmett Pierce (UT)

03/18/08 - FED Cuts Rates 3/4 by Martin Crutsinger (AP)

03/14/08 - Executive For Navy Broadway Complex Resignes (UT)

03/13/08 - "There Is No Playbook For This" - How Bailout Hurts The Economy by Colin Barr (Fortune)

03/13/08 - Article on Tweet Street Park by Jeanette Steele (UT)

03/11/08 - Fed Pumps $200B Into Markets by Tami Lubby (Cnn/Money)

03/07/08 - High Cost Mortgages Cheaper by Les Christie (Cnn/Money)

03/06/08 - New Loan Limits Raised and Take Effect Today by Emmet Pierce (UT)

03/06/08 - Some Cortez Hill Concerns by Jeanette Steel (UT)

03/03/08 - Nationwide: Best Time To Buy A  Home In Four Years by Cnn/Money

02/27/08 - Appeal Rejected For Navy Broadway Complex (UT)

02/25/08 - Opinion: Why Housing is Near Bottom (Motley Fool)

02/21/08 - Fixed Rates Rise, Adj. Rates Fall by Cnn/Money

02/18/08 - Jumbo Mortgage Deals by Jon Birger (Fortune)

Q4 2007 Top Housing Markets (Previously Q3 2007 Top Housing Markets) (Previously Q1 2007 Top Housing Markets), (Previously Q3 2006 Top Housing Markets), (Previously Q2 2006 Top Housing Markets), (Previously Q1 2006 Top Housing Markets)

02/12/08 - Ped Bridge Over Harbor Drive Gets Second Look by Jeanette Steele (UT)

02/11/08 - Any Billionaires Out There Want To Help Save The California Theatre (can be purchased in foreclosure) by (UT)

02/06/08 - Mortgage Applications Higher by (CnnMoney)

02/06/08 - Fed Official: We'll Dodge a Recession by (CnnMoney)

02/05/08 - 100 Top Foreclosure Zipcodes by Les Christie (CnnMoney)

01/24/08 - Jobless Claims at Four Month Low by (CnnMoney)

01/24/08 - Mortgage Rates Lowest since 2004 by (CnnMoney)

01/24/08 - Pain Relief for ARM Flare-Ups by (CnnMoney)

01/24/08 - Stimulus Deal? by (Cnn/Money)

01/24/08 - $700K The New Jumbo Rate Cut-Off? by Andrew Taylor (AP)

01/23/08 - Mortgage Applications Up 8.3% (CnnMoney)

01/22/08 - Fed Rate Cut Video by Poppy Harlow (Cnn/Money)

01/22/08 - Fed Surprise 3/4 Rate Cut by Andrew Taylor (AP)

01/17/08 - More on El Cortez Condos by Kelly Bennett (VOSD)

01/16/08 - Mortgage Applications Up 28% by (CnnMoney)

01/15/08 - Wall Street to Fed: Cut Rates Now by Paul R. La Monica (CnnMoney)

01/14/08 - El Cortez Condos by Kelly Bennett (VOSD)

01/12/08 - Cruiseline Regulations Changes/Redtape/Politics by Penni Crabtree (UT)

01/11/08 - Mortgage Rates Drop Below 6% from (UT)

01/11/08 - BofA Will Purchase Countrywide by Leva M. Augstums (AP)

01/11/08 - San Diego Median Home Prices by Roger Showley (UT)

01/10/08 - BofA May Purchase Countrywide from (AP)

01/10/08 - Fed Poised To Reduced Rates from (AP)

01/09/08 - Update on Lane Field (in front of The Grande and part of Electra) by Maureen Magee (UT)

01/09/08 - Rendering of Lane Field Hotels mentioned above and below

01/08/08 - Update on Lane Field (in front of The Grande and part of Electra) by (UT)

12/21/07 - Bayfront Update by Evan McLaughlin (VOSD)

12/21/07 - Top 10 Worst Hit Markets (not San Diego) by Les Christie (CnnMoney)

12/11/07 - Downtown Library Article by Jeanette Steele (UT)

12/10/07 - FED To Reduce Rates Tomorrow? by Jennine Aversa (AP)

12/10/07 - NAR Revises 08 Outlook For Housing by Alan Zibel (AP)

12/05/07 - Mortgage Applications On The Rise by CnnMoney

12/05/07 - Bush To Freeze Subprime Rates by CnnMoney

12/05/07 - Stocks Soar by Joe Bel Bruno (AP)

12/05/07 - Clinton Calls for Subprime Rate Freeze by CnnMoney

12/05/07 - The Unequal Housing Market by Gary London (SDMetro)

12/04/07 - CNN Video: Mortgage Intervention

12/03/07 - Mortgage Relief Plan by Patrick Rucker/John Poirier (Reuters)

12/02/07 - Ten Housing Markets with Worst Outlook (by Future's Traders..speculating San Diego will drop by 16% (As will all links, I'm keeping this for the record, let's check back next near, as I believe they predicted a similar decline last year and that hasn't happened)(in downtown, which is actually up over last year))

12/02/07 - Where New Home Sales Are Selling The Worst (BusinessWeek)

11/30/07 - Bush Planning Subprime Bailout by Alan Zibel (AP)

11/30/07 - Last of the Red Hot Markets (CNN/Money)

11/29/07 - Mortgage Rates at 2 Year Low (CNN/Money)

11/28/07 - San Diego Housing by Roger Showley (UT)

Q3 2007 Top Housing Markets (Previously Q1 2007 Top Housing Markets), (Previously Q3 2006 Top Housing Markets), (Previously Q2 2006 Top Housing Markets), (Previously Q1 2006 Top Housing Markets)

11/21/07 - Mortgage Rates Continue Decline (CNN/Money)

10/01/07 - Luxury in Vancouver, San Fran., NY at $1500/s.f., Is that in Store For Downtown San Diego's Future?

09/24/07 - Another FED Rate Cut in October? by Cheryl Juckes (Reuters)

09/24/07 - Affordable Project Across Street Fr Vantage Pointe by Jeanette Steele (UT)

09/01/07 - Downtown's Shrinking Inventory by Alan Nevin

08/24/07 - The Challenges of Creating A New San Diego General Plan by  SDDT

08/24/07 - Nationwide: Homes Sales Rise (by 22% West Coast) by Jeannine Aversa (AP)

08/22/07 - More Parks fo Downtown San Diego by SDDT

08/22/07 - BofA Invests $2 Billion in Countrywide

08/21/07 - Foreclosed On? You may still have to pay the IRS (but you can fight it and likely win if you file for bankruptcy) by Geraldine Fabrikant (NYT)

08/19/07 - Fewer Condos in Downtown San Diego by Jeanett Steele (UT)

08/17/07 - Feds Cut Rate by .50% by Martin Crutsinger (AP)

08/17/07 - Break For CA Buyers? by Emmet Pierce (UT)

08/05/07 - Some Downtown Parties by Roger Showley (UT)

08/03/07 - Luxury Condo at Balboa Park On Hold by Roger Showley (UT)

08/02/07 - Navy Broadway Plan Appealed by (UT)

08/02/07 - Mortgage Rates Ease by Jeannine Aversa (AP)

08/01/07 - New Little Italy High-Rise? (if so it will block some La Vita Views) by Craig Gustafson (UT)

07/31/07 - Video of Park Around County Admin Building by Full Focus

07/27/07 - 1200 Downtown Units Out of the Pipeline? by SDDT

07/26/07 - Navy Broadway Plan Approved by CCDC by Jeanette Steele (UT)

07/21/07 - Navy Broadway Plan (Rendering with buildings shown) OK'd by Jeanette Steele (UT)

07/18/07 - These Days: Local Real Estate

07/18/07 - San Diego Economy To Fare Better by SDDT

07/17/07 - This is pretty much the story on housing in San Diego by L. Weisberg and E. Pierce (UT)

07/13/07 - Buffet: A Signal The Bottom Here or Near? by CNN/Money

07/13/07 - Shady Dealings Downtown by T. Mannes and A. Armendariz (UT)

07/11/07 - Mortgages Up by CNN/Money

07/09/07 - 42-Stories To Be Built at 7th/Market, between Alta and The Mark

07/09/07 - $210 Million Sale of Office Tower Downtown by SDDT via Yahoo

07/08/07 - Trouble For Diegan Condos? (UT)

07/07/07 - San Diego Agent Sentenced to 1 Year by Dana Littlefield (UT)

07/07/07 - Designer will Tone Down Tower by Jeanette Steele (UT)

06/24/07 - Update on Old Eminent Domain Story by Jeannette Steele (UT)

06/13/07 - San Diego County Sales Stats by SDDT

06/10/07 - Rates Confront Would-Be Buyers by Alex Veiga (AP)

06/04/07 - Bernanke Expects Rebound To Economy by Jeannne Aversa (AP)

06/03/07 - Article on Downtown Luxury

06/03/07 - Subprime Interviews by Emmet Pierce (UT)

06/03/07 - Sales in San Diego near 1992 Levels by CBS

06/03/07 - Children's Park Short $400K by Jeanette Steele (UT)

05/29/07 - North Embarcadero Visionary Plan Update by SDDT

05/24/07 - Q106-Q107 Sales & Prices Higher for New Homes by SDDT

05/24/07 - Commerce Dept. Economic News by Martin Crutsinger (AP)

05/22/07 - Countrywide's Comeback by Ellen Florian Kratz (Fortune)

05/20/07 - Life In Little Italy by Eric Noland (MediaNews)

05/20/07 - Lots of Opinions Regarding Real Estate by David Steitfeld (LA Times)

Q1 2007 Top Housing Markets (Previously Q3 2006 Top Housing Markets), (Previously Q2 2006 Top Housing Markets), (Previously Q1 2006 Top Housing Markets)

05/19/07 - San Diego Builders Hire More Workers by Dean Calbreath (UT)

05/18/07 - Affordable Housing Development by SDDT

05/17/07 - Senior Community Center Hopes To Move To Smart Corner by Jeanette Steele (UT)

05/17/07 - Lot Next To Grande South To Be 34-Story Office Tower (To Begin in mid-2008) (SDBJ)

05/17/07 - Hotel/Condo in Columbia District To Be Tallest Building in 2011 (SDDT)

05/17/07 - Bayfront Design Gets Poor Marks by Jeanette Steele (UT)

05/17/07 - Bernanke Vows To Target Mortgage Abuses by Martin Crutsinger (AP)

05/16/07 - Decision Makes Discuss Bayfront (SDDT)

05/16/07 - San Diego Foreclosure Rate In Shadow of Other CA Areas (SDDT)

05/08/07 - Bank Of America "No-Fee Mortgages" by CNN/Money

05/01/07 - Vacation Home Frenzy by Roger Showley (UT)

05/01/07 - San Diego Housing May Have Hit Bottom by Dean Calbreath (UT)

04/30/07 - San Diego in Top Ten Counties Nationwide with Millionaires by CNN/Money

04/26/07 - WAMU Has A New Loan Product by CNN/Money

04/21/07 - Five Renovation Alternatives by Money Magazine

04/19/07 - Rents Rise by Mike Freeman (UT)

04/18/07 - How To Quiet The Noisy Early Morning Train Engineer(s) (not seriously, this is just my humor)(AP)

04/16/07 - Money/Fiserv Forecast For 100 Top Markets

04/12/07 - Sales Slide, Prices Rise by Roger Showley (UT)

04/03/07 - Cost Soars For Quiet Zone, Bridge by Jeanette Steele (UT)

04/05/07 - Article on Noise and Soundproofing by Nicole Sours Larsen

04/03/07 - Civil Rights Groups Call For 6 Month Halt To Foreclosures by Alan Zibel (AP)

04/03/07 - Architects Discuss Downtown: "Better Than What's Being Built In New York"

04/03/07 - Dow Rises 1.03% by Madlen Read (AP)

04/03/07 - Stocks Rise on Housing News by Madlen Read (AP)

04/03/07 - Little Italy's Art Walk Coming Up Soon

04/03/07 - Article on Doug Wilson (Parkloft, The Mark) by Mike Freeman (UT)

03/29/07 - Video of what is being built right in front of Electra, and blocking many of their west views, and some Grande Views (Sorry Grande and Electra, but protected views are rare)

03/29/07 - Bayfront Article by Jeanette Steele (UT)

03/28/07 - East Village Story by Jeanette Steele (UT)

03/27/07 - Foreclosures Drop in San Diego, Up in CA by Roger Showley (UT)

03/26/07 - Sales Down, Except on West Coast, Up by 24% by Patrick Rucker (Reuters)

03/26/07 - Downtown Redevelopment Monies by Jeanette Steele (UT)

03/25/07 - Keeping The Dream Alive by Emmiet Pierce (UT)

03/17/07 - Bayfront Article by Elizabeth Fitzsimons (UT)

03/07/07 - Mortgage Rates at Lowest by Reuters

03/01/07 - Greenspan Clarifies Remarks (AP)

02/27/07 - (Non-Real Estate) U.S. Joins World Tumble (AP)

02/27/07 - (Non-Real Estate) World Markets Fall After Chinese Stocks Plunge (AP)

02/26/07 - (Non-Real Estate) Greenspan Still Influential (AP)

02/23/07 - The Real Estate Puzzle by Kipplinger

02/15/07 - Tower Near El Cortez Gets Initial Approval by Jeanette Steele (UT)

02/14/07 - Bayfront: Lane Field (in front of The Grande) Approved

02/09/07 - Bayfront Opinion by Evan McLaughlin (Voice)

02/07/07 - Story (with video) on the troubles at El Cortez Hotel (KPBS)

02/04/07 - County Development Changes Course by Roger Showley (UT)

01/30/07 - Housing Downturn May Have Bottomed Out by SDDT

01/31/07 - Another Bayfront Article by Dani Dodge (UT)

01/31/07 - Mortgage Applications Rise by Reuters via USA Today

01/30/07 - Apartment and Condo Talk by SDDT

01/26/07 - Bayfront Opinions by Steve Peace and Ron Roberts (via UT)

01/26/07 - December New Home Sales Strong by Reuters via USA Today

01/20/07 - Article Mentions Some of the Plans for the Bayfront Area by Dani Dodge (UT)

01/19/07 - Possible Prestigious Neighbor to the Grande South and Prominent Improvement to our Skyline by Mike Freeman (UT)

01/17/07 - Article on Little Italy by Eric Noland (AP)

01/15/07 - Median Price Down YOY by Roger Showley (UT)

01/10/07 - Mortgage Applications On The Rise by Reuters

01/10/07 - Bayfront Article by Dani Dodge (UT)

01/09/07 - Bayfront Article by Evan McLaughlin (VOSD)

01/05/07 - Bayfront Article by Evan McLaughlin (VOSD)

Articles from 2006

12/27/06 - New Home Sales Rebound in November by Martin Crutsinger (AP)

12/20/06 - PMI Now Deductable by Les Christie (USA)

12/20/06 - Bayfront Article by Dani Dodge (UT)

12/20/06 - Top 10 Markets To Fall (San Diego not on the list) by Fortune

12/18/06 - Worst of Housing Slump Over by Jeannine Aversa (AP)

12/18/06 - Predictions for 2007 by SDDT

12/15/06 - Bayfront Article by Dani Dodge (UT)

12/14/06 - Douglas Wilson (Developer of Parkloft and The Mark): Father of the Year 2006 by Sam Hodgson (SDDT)

12/14/06 - Dismissal of Sky Is Falling Outlook by San Diego Downtown Nightlife Article by Kitty Bean Yancey (USA)

12/14/06 - San Diego Downtown Nightlife Article by Kitty Bean Yancey (USA)

12/14/06 - First Time Homebuyers Looking Again by Ruth Simon (Wall Street J.)

12/14/06 - Homeowners Optimistic by Eduardo Kaplan (Dow Jones)

12/12/06 - Prices Stable as Sales Decline by SDDT

12/12/06 - Rents Higher, Vacancy Down by Emmet Pierce (UT)

12/09/06 - Tweet Street Park on Cortez Hill by Dani Dodge (UT)

12/08/06 - Mortgage Rates Drop by Noelle Knox (USA Today)

12/08/06 - Mortgage Rates Drop by AP via UT

12/04/06 - Bayfront Article by Pat Broderick (SDBJ)

12/04/06 - Short Article About East Village/Ballpark by Pat Broderick (SDBJ)

12/02/06 - Bayfront Article by Mike Freeman (UT)

11/30/06 - Mortgage Rates Keep Falling by Reuters via USA Today

11/29/06 - Greenspan: Worst Is Over For Housing by Vinnee Tong (AP)

11/28/06 - Nationwide: Sales Higher, Prices Lower by AP via USA Today

11/26/06 - El Cortez "Condoversy"Heats Up by Dani Dodge (UT) also see article 10/14/06

11/26/06 - Time Running Out To Appeal Property Tax by Carl Larsen (UT)

Q3 2006 Top Housing Markets (Previously Q2 2006 Top Housing Markets), (Previously Q1 2006 Top Housing Markets)

11/22/06 - Bosa Donates $1.5 Million To Monarch School

11/20/06 - Nationwide: Most (& Least) Affordable Citys by CNN/Money

11/16/06 - Mortgage Rates Fall to March Levels by CNN/Money

11/15/06 - Mortgage Applications Up (Nationwide) by Reuters

11/14/06 - Slide In Prices Slows, Inventories Diminish by Roger Showley (UT)

11/13/06 - Real Estate Downtred To Be Short-Lived by Pat Broderick (SDBJ)

11/11/06 - Exclusivity at Downtown Nightclubs by Jennifer Davies (UT)

11/10/06 - Nearly Half Realtors Have Less Than Four Years Experience (not me) by CNN/Money

11/09/06 - Mortgage Applications See Big Rise by CNN/Money

11/09/06 - Bayfront Article by Dani Dodge (UT)

11/07/06 - San Diego Economic and Housing Article by SDDT

Joe Fiorelli's Pricing Power Index

11/03/06 - No Night Train Noise Starting January? 2007 by SD Downtown News

11/03/06 - Hopes For FED Rate Cut Die by CNN/Money

10/30/06 - Talk of Lane Field and Bosa's Land South of The Grande South (first paragraph) by SD Metropolitan

10/30/06 - Talk of Bosa's Newest Plans (newer than Bayside) (3rd paragraph) by SD Metropolitan

10/26/06 - Top 10 Foreclosure Markets (San Diego isn't one of them) by CNN/Money

10/26/06 - Top 10 Where NOT to Buy (San Diego isn't one of them) by CNN/Money

10/26/06 - Top 5 Bubble Proof Markets (San Diego isn't one of them, but if L.A. and San Francisco are on the list, that may bode well for San Diego) by CNN/Money

10/26/06 - Mondrian Mentioned (next to Vantage Pointe) by SDDT

10/26/06 - Condo Talk Mentions Icon by SDDT

10/26/06 - Bayfront Article by Dani Dodge (UT)

10/26/06 - Bayfront Article by Evan McLaughlin (VOSD.ORG)

10/26/06 - Downtown Park Article by Mike Freeman (UT)

10/22/06 - Lessons To Learn by Noelle Knox (USA)

10/22/06 - Economist See Fed Rate Cut in 2007 by USA Today also see article 9/20/06

10/21/06 - Albertsons Opens In East Village by Dani Dodge (UT)

10/20/06 - CA adds 17300 Jobs September by Alex Veiga (AP)

10/20/06 - Bayfront Article by Dani Dodge (UT)

10/19/06 - Rents Rising as Sales Slow by Roger Showley (UT)

10/17/06 - Slowdown May Bring Buyers by SDDT

10/17/06 - Luxury Condos (mentions The Mark) by Nellie Day (Globe St.)

10/14/06 - El Cortez Residents Sue by Dani Dodge (UT) also...

8/24/06 - Trouble At El Cortez? by Don Bauder (SD Reader)

10/14/06 - Good Link To Helping Avoid Fraud by David Hasemyer (UT)

10/13/06 - County Luxury Market Still Thrives by Pat Broderick (SDBJ)

10/12/06 - Guard Against Mortgage Fraud by Gerri Willis (CNN)

10/12/06 - Constructive Criticism of San Diego Waterfront by SDDT

10/05/06 - Bayfront Article by Evan McLaughlin (VOSD.ORG)

10/05/06 - Mortgage Applications Jump (Reuters)

10/05/06 - Mortgage Rates Continue To Fall by Martin Crutsinger (AP)

10/04/06 - Bayfront Article by Mike Freeman (UT)

10/04/06 - Fall in Prices Predicted by Mike Freeman (UT)

10/03/06 - Decade's Hottest Housing Markets by Market Watch

10/02/06 - Rendering of Tweet Park on Cortez Hill

10/02/06 - Downtown Developers Are In A Positive Mood

10/02/06 - Reflecting On An Urban Miracle by Alan Nevin

9/28/06 - Mortgage Rates Lowest in 6 months (AP)

9/28/06 - Quiet Zone Making Some Progress (2nd paragraph) (UT)

9/28/06 - Graphic from Bayfront Article by Mike Freeman (UT)

9/28/06 - Bayfront Article by Mike Freeman (UT)

9/27/06 - Sales Reverse with 5 Month High by Martin Crutsinger (AP)

9/26/06 - Bayfront Article by Mike Freeman (UT)

9/21/06 - Mortgage Rates at 6 Month Low by Martin Crutsinger (AP)

9/21/06 - Bayfront Plan Article by Mike Freeman (UT)

9/20/06 - Mortgage Applications Rise by CNN/Money

9/20/06 - FED Expected To Cut Rate 1% Q2-2007 by New Ratings

9/20/06 - FED Did Not Raise Rates Today by Yahoo!

9/20/06 - San Diego Moves Up Two Places, 4th Safest Big City (UT)

9/20/06 - Bayfront Plan Article by Mike Freeman (UT)

9/18/06 - Bayfront Plan Article by Ann Jarmusch (UT)

9/13/06 - FED Does Not See Housing Bubble by George Avalos (CCT)

9/13/06 - Housing Not Facing Bust, Just Normalcy by Patrick Rucker (Reuters)

9/13/06 - Mortgage Applications Rise by Reuters

9/13/06 - Critique of Waterfront Plan by Dani Dodge (UT)

9/01/06 - Million Dollar Homes Still Sell Well by Alan Nevin (SD Met)

9/01/06 - Touting Cortez Hill by Marty Graham (SD Met)

8/24/06 - Trouble At El Cortez? by Don Bauder (SD Reader)

8/29/06 - Thousands of Parking Planned Downtown by SDDT

8/29/06 - Advanced Equities at Broadway 655 by SDDT

Q2 2006 Top Housing Markets (Previously Q1 2006 Top Housing Markets)

8/29/06 - Is The Fed Really Done? by Paul La Mnica (CNN)

8/29/06 - Household Income Rises by Les Christie (CNN)

8/29/06 - Fed Frets Over Raising Rates by Jeannine Aversa (AP)

8/29/06 - U.S. Housing Appreciation Slows by Reuters

8/25/06 - Real Estate Weekly by MarketWatch

8/25/06 - Mortgage Rates Dip 5th Straight Week (AP)

8/24/06 - Talk To Your Lender Before Foreclosure by Noelle Know (USA Today)

8/24/06 - Trouble At El Cortez? by Don Bauder (SD Reader)

8/23/06 - Nationwide: Sales Drop to 2004 Levels by Jeannine Aversa (AP)

8/22/06 - Article on Diamond View Tower by Mike Freeman (UT)

8/22/06 - Talk Of The Nation: Where is the Housing Market Headed? (Audio)

8/22/06 - Toll Brothers Down 19% (AP via USA Today)

8/18/06 - Mortgage Rates Drop Again by (AP)

8/15/06 - 28 States See Declines in Sales by Martin Crutsinger (AP)

8/12/06 - San Diego Sales Down by Roger Showley (UT)

8/11/06 - Mortgage Rates Dip Three Weeks In A Row

8/11/06 - Seaport Village Bayfront Project Approved by Terry Rodgers (UT)

7/20/06 - Forbes: Most Overpriced Places (San Diego Didn't Make The List)

7/20/06 - San Diego Amends Affordable Housing Law by Lori Weisberg (UT)

7/20/06 - San Diego Concerns Fannie Mae by Emmet Pierce (UT)

7/19/06 - Price and Sales Slow in San Diego by Roger Showley (UT)

7/17/06 - San Diego Condo Fever Cools by Jim Christie (REUTERS)

7/17/06 - Money: Best Places To Live, San Diego #5

7/15/06 - Navy/Broadway complex info at www.navybroadway.com

7/15/06 - Condo Reversions by Noelle Knox (USA)

7/14/06 - Mortgage Rates Take A Break by USA Today

07/14/06 - S.D. Council To Discuss Navy Complex by Dani Dodge (UT)

07/13/06 - Median Year to Year Decline by Lori Weisberg and Emmet Pierce (UT)

07/12/06 - Anchoring The Navy's Space by Gary Shaw (SD Metropolitan)

07/12/06 - County Housing Market Continues To Soften by Lori Weisberg and Emmet Pierce (UT)

07/10/06 - Nationwide: Housing Slowing But Strong by CNN/Money

07/09/06 - More Broadway Navy Complex Talk by Dani Dodge (UT)

07/08/06 - Review of Navy Complex Delayed by Dani Dodge (UT)

07/07/06 - Developer Turns To Auction by Erik Pisor (SDDT)

07/07/06 - Citymark in Las Vegas: Juhl by Jennifer Shubinksi (IBLV)

07/05/06 - $75 Million Ivy Hotel in Downtown San Diego (SDDT)

06/28/06 - Hot Housing Markets Cooling by Amy Hoak (MarketWatch)

06/27/06 - Size and Quality of Construction Increases by Erik Pisor (SDDT)

06/27/06 - San Diego Has Riskiest Housing Market by Diana Samuels (SDDT)

06/27/06 - San Diego's Tech Force Ranks Second In State by Mike Freeman (UT)

06/27/06 - City of San Diego Tries To Settle Housing Suit by Lori Weisberg (UT)

06/27/06 - National: Sales of Existing Homes Fall in May (But Small Gains In West) by Martin Crutsinger (AP)

06/26/06 - San Diego Market Appears To Be Stabilizing, So Are Foreclosures by Erik Pisor (SDDT)

06/26/06 - Video: Real Estate Talk and Downtown Talk from May 24, 2006

06/26/06 - National: New Homes Post Unexpected Rise by Martin Crutsinger (AP)

06/20/06 - Southern California Still Slowing by Gary Gentile (AP)

06/20/06 - National: Construction Posts Gain In May by Martin Crutsinger (AP)

06/19/06 - National: Late Payments Drop Sharply by Jeannine Aversa (AP)

06/19/06 - Foreclosures: Having A Hard Time Finding Good Deals

06/15/06 - Key Home Market Losing Steam by Annette Haddad (LA Times)

06/14/06 - San Diego Prices Fall (Fox)

06/14/06 - San Diego Raises Bar For Condo Conversions by Lori Weisberg (UT)

06/12/06 - Nationwide: Price Drooping, Buyers Waiting, by Ellen Simon (AP)

06/09/06 - Harvard: Dismissing Likelihood of Sharp Price Declines by Emmete Pierce (UT)

06/08/06 - How Strong Is Your Housing Markety by BusinessWeek Online

06/08/06 - Manchester Trims Bayfront (NBC) Vision by Mike Freeman (UT)

06/06/06 - Harvard: Only 4% of Households Will See Higher Mortgage Rates by Peter Coy (BW)

06/07/06 - NBC Opinion by Peter Q. Davis (VOSD)

Previous NBC and Related Articles:

06/02/06 - Navy Broadway Complex Loses Carrier Johnson by Mike Freeman (UT)

05/25/06 - Navy Broadway Complex (New Plan Compared To Original Proposal) by (UT)

05/25/06 - San Diego Bayfront Revisions by Mike Freemand (UT)

04/04/06 - Proposed 40-Story Hotel (In Front of The Grande S) and 24-Story Office Tower (In front of Electra)

02/05/06 - Opposition Grows for Navy's Broadway Plan

Related to above: 12/30/05 - What Is Potentially Going Up In From Of Electra (Image). Highest building is 400 feet, About The Size of The Grande. Electra is planned at 475 Feet High

Previous General Articles:

06/06/06 - Bernanke Startles Markets by Sue Kirchhoff (USA Today)

06/05/06 - Bernanke: Economy In "Transition" by NPR

06/05/06 - San Diego Rents Going Higher by Emmet Pierce (UT)

06/05/06 - Las Vegas Housing Not Hot by Ron Scherer (USA Today)

06/03/06 - San Diego Bond Sale First Since 2004 by Jeanette Steele (UT)

06/02/06 - San Diego Rents Going Higher (or Not?) by Will Carless (VOSD)

06/02/06 - Housing Boom Is Over by USA Today

06/02/06 - Navy Broadway Complex Loses Carrier Johnson by Mike Freeman (UT)

06/01/06 - Nationwide Home Prices Cooling by Reuters

06/01/06 - A Lot of Data From OFHEO (Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight)

05/31/06 - Construction Suspended On Some Buildings by Erik Pisor (SDDT)

05/31/06 - More Office Space In Downtown? by Thor Biberman (SDDT)

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05/31/06 - San Diego Fights To Reverse Affordable Housing Decision by Lori Weisberg (UT)

05/30/06 - Record Sales at Hard Rock Hotel/Condo by PR/Newswire

05/30/06 - Is The Housing Bubble An Inflated Idea? by John Wasik (Bloomberg)

05/30/06 - Rents Rising Fast by Noelle Knox (USA Today)

05/26/06 - San Diego Real Estate Firm Expects Sales To Drop 10% in 2006 by Erik Pisor (SDDT)

05/26/06 - Top 10 Lists: Fastest Growth, Slowest, Biggest Gainer, Slowest, Highest Homes Prices, Lowest, by CNN/Money/Fiserv

05/26/06 - Downtown Quiet Zone Postponed 1 Year by Will Carless (VOSD)

05/26/06 - What To make Of All The Real Estate Trend News by Carol Llyod (SFGate)

05/25/06 - San Diego Median Price Hits $601,000, Sales Down by (SDDT)

05/25/06 - Navy Broadway Complex (New Plan Compared To Original Proposal) by (UT)

05/25/06 - San Diego Bayfront Revisions by Mike Freemand (UT)

05/25/06 - Nationwide Sales Slow in April by (AP)

05/25/06 - San Diego Judge Voids Affordable Housing Law by Lori Weisberg (UT)

05/25/06 - San Diego Judge Voids Affordable Housing Law by Thor Biberman (Daily Transcript)

05/17/06 - CNN/FISERV/MOODY Forecast San Diego To Increase .90% 2006-2007 by Tara Kalwarski (Money Mag.)

05/23/06 - Bernanke Reqrets Comments by Jeannine Aversa (AP)

05/23/06 - Fannie Mae Fined $400 Million by Elliott Blair Smith (USA Today)

05/22/06 - The Growl Of A Housing Bear by Sonja Ryst (Business Week)

05/22/06 - N.A.R.: Housing Takes A Deep Breath (Business Week)

05/22/06 - New Index Offers Window Into Housing Market

05/21/06 - Union Trib: Developers Trying To Have Affordable Housing Changed

05/19/06 - Kiplinger Magazine: What Bubble?

05/19/06 - USA Today: Boomers Bet On Real Estate

05/19/06 - Revised Downtown Community Plan Faces Lawsuits

05/18/06 - CNN/Money: Bernanke Sees Cooling Housing Market

05/18/06 - Union Trib: 30 Year Mortgage at 4 Year High

05/17/06 - London's Real Esate Boomlet

05/17/06 - L.A. Times: Signs of a Slowdown in So-Cal

05/15/06 - Video: UCLA Anderson: Boom or Bust from April 03, 2006

05/15/06 - Video: Hotel San Diego Implosion from April 15, 2006

05/15/06 - Video: Talk of the Hotel San Diego Implosion from May 05, 2006 (Forward to 22.50 minutes)(Implosion not included)

Q1 2006 Top Housing Markets

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05/11/06 - Investors Still Buying Downtown San Diego Office Towers

05/11/06 - San Diego Home Prices Remain Level, Sales Lag

05/11/06 - Analysis Shows Boom in Hispanics Home Buying

05/11/06 - San Diego At Full Capacity by 2030

05/10/06 - Interesting Article on Developer Reserved/Sold Units

05/09/06 - 50 Year Mortgages

05/09/06 - Buyer's Market Emerging in the U.S.

05/05/06 - CNN/Money: Real Estate Dead Zone

05/05/06 - Rental Residents: Harvard Study

05/04/06 - No Price Appreciation Until 2011? (I doubt it)

05/03/06 - Intergulf Halts Plans for Citypoint Project

05/01/06 - CNN/Money: Price Forecasts

05/01/06 - San Diego Shows Signs of Slowing

04/27/06 - Mortgage Rates Higher

04/26/06 - Sales Leap 13.8%, Prices Down 2.2%

04/26/06 - San Diego County Building Output Lowest In 10 Years

04/26/06 - CNN/Money: Nationwide: Sales Soar

04/25/06 - San Diego Median Price Slightly Higher

04/25/06 - Foreclosures On The Rise

04/19/06 - Downtown San Diego Living Gets High Marks

04/18/06 - San Diego Seminar: Economic Outlook 2006

04/16/06 - Is There A Bubble?

04/14/06 - Jonathan Segal Story from Phily

04/05/06 - Nationwide: Pending Homes Leveling Out

04/05/06 - Second Homes Comprise 40% of the Market

04/05/06 - How Strong Is Your Market?

04/05/06 - Mortgage Demand Higher

04/04/06 - Graphic of What is Proposed In Front of Electra

04/04/06 - Proposed 40-Story Hotel (In Front of The Grande S) and 24-Story Office Tower (In front of Electra)

04/04/06 - San Diego City Council Vote Hits Housing Aid

04/02/06 - Downtown Builders Add Creativity

04/02/06 - Union Tribune Downtown San Diego Article

04/02/06 - Australia Investing Heavily In United States

03/31/06 - Buyer, And Seller, Beware

03/31/06 - Implosion at Hotel San Diego 4/15/06

03/29/06 - Mortgage Rates Rise

03/29/06 - Black Eyed Peas and Hardrock Condos / Hotel

03/28/06 - Downtown Redevelopment Plan Moving Forward

03/28/06 - San Diego Council Against Reconsidering Downtown Parking

03/28/06 - Fed Raises Rates, Hints More To Come Also How The Fed Sets Rates

03/28/06 - Audio Link: NPR.ORG's Your Money (Morning Edition) Rising Interest Rates Pose Problem For Some

03/28/06 - The email I Received Today from Association of Realtors: Loan Fraud Aleart

03/28/06 - California Housing Starts Jump

03/27/06 - From San Diego to Idaho

03/26/06 - Fed: Rates Expected To Be Raised

03/24/06 - Downtown San Diego: Broadway Lofts (Notes: I could be wrong, but with these lofts I do not believe the building includes parking. Also, Watt Commercial (Watt Genton) is the builder of Acqua Vista

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03/27/06 - Video: Full Focus from February 02, 2006. Talks about Children's Museum (scroll to the 10 minutes 45 seconds section)

03/24/06 - Nationwide: New Homes Sales Plummet

03/23/06 - Nationwide: Existing Home Sales Jump

03/22/06 - Mortgage Talk

03/21/06 - Stock Market To Fall?

03/20/06 - If The Population Is Leaving San Diego and California, Perhaps They Are Moving To These Counties

03/20/06 - Bernanke: US Growth Solid, Even If Housing Slows

03/18/06 - Speculators Relocating To Hotter Spots

03/15/06 - San Diego Prices Rise, Sales Keep Cooling

03/15/06 - Nationwide: Housing Starts Down, But Not As Much As Predicted

03/15/06 - Mortgage Rates Edge Down

03/13/06 - 299 Markets: Overvalued or Undervalued

03/13/06 - EBay: Perils of Online Real Estate

03/13/06 - Nationwide: Realtors See Slower 2006

03/10/06 - Bush's Economist "No Major Housing Problems"

03/09/06 - Mortgage Rates Higher

03/08/06 - L.A. Times: Homeowners Expect Prices To Keep Rising

03/08/06 - N.A.R. Believe San Diego Not On Bubble

03/07/06 - Downtown: Fire Station No. 4 (Across from Park Loft)

03/06/06 - Nationwide: Housing Cooling Off

03/03/06 - San Diego Population Thinning Out

03/01/06 - Nationwide: Prices Rise Nearly 13% Fourth Quarter

03/01/06 - Downtown Community Plan Approved and Audio Version From KPBS

03/01/06 - Mortgage Applications Fall

02/28/06 - San Diego Sales Down 20.2% in January

02/28/06 - Nationwide: Realtors Say Slowest Pace in Two Years

02/28/06 - Nationwide: Existing Homes Sales Fall in January

02/27/06 - Video: Full Focus from February 01, 2006. Talks with Rob Quiqley on the new $185 Million Downtown Library, and Pros/Cons of Library. Also Talk about Low Income Housing at Ballpark Village

02/27/06 - Nationwide: New Homes Sales Fall in January

02/25/06 - Downtown San Diego: Bring On The Parks!

02/24/06 - San Diego Tax Sales and 02/25/06 - Follow Up on Results

02/24/06 - Mortgage Rates Dip

02/23/06 - San Diego Condo Conversions by Full Focus

02/23/06 - Downtown San Diego Market Stalls

02/23/06 - Downtown Community Plan Hits $80 Million Road Bump

02/23/06 - San Diego Not Immune To Downturn in 2006

02/23/06 - San Diego Consumer Prices Up

02/21/06 - Lenders: Some Layoffs

02/21/06 - Downtown: Fire Station To Be Built Pacific Hwy, One Block From New Condos Breeza (Will That Hurt Sales?) What do you think? Share your thoughts on my Blog

02/20/06 - Downtown San Diego (Park Loft for the most part) Noise Complainers

02/17/06 - San Diego Still Rising, Just More Slowly

02/17/06 - 40 Year Mortgages and 50 Year Mortgages

02/17/06 - UCLA Anderson Forecast Was Wrong (Again), Prices Aren't Falling, But Rather To Remain Flat

02/17/06 - California Home Sales at 4 Year Low

02/16/06 - Pete Wilson Talks About Downtown San Diego

02/16/06 - National: Housing Construction Surges, Highest Level in 30 Years

02/16/06 - Mortgage Rates Higher

02/15/06 - Nationwide: Metro Home Prices Soar To Record

Q4 2005 Top Housing Markets

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02/15/06 - Bernanke: Hawkish On Economy

02/15/06 - Bernanke: Rates May Have To Rise

02/15/06 - Bernanke: Econmy Back On Track

02/14/06 - More Women Buying Homes Sans Men

02/14/06 - County Home Prices Gains Slowly

02/09/06 - Downtown San Diego: Ballpark Village (Low-Income, One Block From Element Condominiums)

02/09/06 - San Diego: Office Buildings Booming In County

02/08/06 - San Diego County Sales Figures/Top Builders for 2005

02/08/06 - San Diego Retail Vacancy At Historic Lows

02/08/06 - Greenspan: Economy Better Than He Previously Thought

02/08/06 - Greenspan: Another Article

02/08/06 - Non-Economic: Vancouver Pano 1978/Pano 2003

02/08/06 - Commercial Building Brings $50M

02/08/06 - Mortgage Rates Creep Higher

02/07/06 - Nationwide: Slowing Housing Market 2006

02/06/06 - Affordable Housing Downtown

02/06/06 - Downtown: Children's Museum Back In Play

02/05/06 - Opposition Grows for Navy's Broadway Plan

Related to above: 12/30/05 - What Is Potentially Going Up In From Of Electra (Image). Highest building is 400 feet, About The Size of The Grande. Electra is planned at 475 Feet High

02/03/06 - Downtown San Diego: A Lot of Disposable Income

02/03/06 - San Diego: Record Million Dollar Home Sales

02/02/06 - San Diego: Soft Landing (Demonstrats Underlying Strength)

02/02/06 - San Diego Reader: San Diego Housing

02/01/06 - Downtown Living

02/01/06 - San Diego Economy Expected to Outperform State and Nation

01/31/06 - Bernanke Will Face An Economy With Issues

01/31/06 - Bernanke's Biggest Challenge: Interest Rates

01/31/06 - Downtown San Diego: Story About Bosa

01/31/06 - Bubble Seminar: Housing Boom or Bubble (Feb 16th, $50)

01/30/06 - Downtown San Diego: Financing For Cosmopolitan Square

01/28/06 - Housing: Mixed Bag, Analyst Quoted San Diego Likely To Remain Stable

01/27/06 - Money/CNN: Surprise: December Sales Top Estimates

01/27/06 - 10 Minute Video: Full Focus from Sept. 28,2005. Talks with USD Center for Real Estate, who believes "Cool Down", No Bubble. Fast Forward to the 8:08 minute mark to get to the real estate talk. Their Forecast: 3 to 6 month "Dip", Long-Term Prices Rise

01/27/06 - $348 Million Hilton Downtown San Diego To Include 4.3 Acre Park, $2 Million In Public Art

01/26/06 - San Diego Named in Top 5 Places For Foreign Investment

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Old News: A few links from about one year ago, stating we were in a housing bubble then. My point being, don't necessarily believe the bubble talk. Take all the positive, and negative (news) into consideration, then go with your instinct.

07/02/2002 - Housing Bubble, San Diego 2nd from Top

01/10/2005 - Housing Bubble Is Real

01/22/2005 - Yes There Is Housing Bubble

01/25/2005 - The Housing Bubble

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01/26/06 - Downtown San Diego Community Plan Update (Also See Link at Top of This Column)

01/26/06 - Mortgage Talk

01/26/06 - Mortgage Rates Higher

01/26/06 - San Diego: Affordable Townhomes Hard To Sell

01/26/06 - National: REMAX Chairman 2006 Predictions

01/25/06 - San Diego: Average Price Heading Towards $1,000,000

01/25/06 - San Diego: Price Up, Sales Down

01/25/06 - National: Sales Drop in December 2005

01/23/06 - San Diego PMI Group Market Risk Index

01/21/06 - 25 Minute Ballpark Village Video

01/20/06 - San Diego: Took a Breather in 2005

01/19/06 - Mortgage Rates Dip, Lowest Since October

01/19/06 - Bubble Talk

01/18/06 - Mortgage Applications Increase

01/17/06 - San Diego Tops List Facing Declines

01/17/06 - San Diego: Housing Prices Begin To Cool Off

01/16/06 - CNN/Money Price Predictions

01/16/06 - Housing Bubble To Suffer Slow Leak (not San Diego Specific)

01/12/06 - New York Times Realtor Article

01/12/06 - Mortgage Rates Dip

01/12/06 - San Diego Affordability Rate at 8%

01/12/06 - National: Speculators' Inventory Has Economists Worried

01/11/06 - Mortgage Rates Dip, Applications Rise

01/11/06 - National: Speculators Article

01/11/06 - National Housing Market To Normalize in 2006

01/09/06 - No Major Relief Seen For San Diego

01/08/06 - Don't Buy The Bubble Talk (12/29)

01/05/06 - National: Pending Homes Decline

01/04/06 - Manhattan Real Estate Hits Wall (San Diego mentioned)

01/03/06 - Most Overvalued Housing Markets

01/03/06 - Fed Sees End of Rate Hikes

01/03/06 - NY Times: How Much House Can Your Salary Buy?

01/02/06 - San Diego Bayfront Top Stories of 2005

01/01/06 - San Diego Had Strong Run, Now What?

Articles from 2005

12/30/05 - Building Heights (Image)

12/30/05 - What Is Potentially Going Up In From Of Electra (Image). Highest building is 400 feet, About The Size of The Grande. Electra is planned at 475 Feet High

12/30/05 - Navy Broadway Complex, between Pacific Hwy and Harbor Dr.

12/30/05 - Federal Development San Diego Waterfront

12/29/05 - Mortgage Rates Dip Slightly

12/29/05 - Nationwide: Sales Lowests in 8 Months

12/27/05 - San Diego Inventory Increases, Market Stabilizes

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12/23/05 - Nationwide: Wealthy Not Concerned About Pricing

12/23/05 - Nationwide: 12 Year Plunge

12/22/05 - San Diego Sales Down, Price Up

12/15/05 - No Bubble In San Diego County

12/15/05 - Mortgage Rates Dip Slightly

12/15/05 - San Diego: Economy Slowing

12/15/05 - San Diego: Bursting of Bubble Not In View

12/15/05 - San Diego County: Sales Slow, Prices Up

12/12/05 - National: Historically Stong Sales Expected in 2006

12/08/05 - National: More Housing Markets Called Overvalued

12/08/05 - Mortgage Rates Increase

12/05/05 - Downtown Community Plan On Hold

12/01/05 - Downtown Library Price Increases by 24%

12/01/05 - Mortgage Rates Lower For Second Week

12/01/05 - National: Home Prices Up 12%

11/30/05 - Mortgage Applications Drop Despite Lower Rates

11/30/05 - National: Economy Grows 4.3%

11/29/05 - National: Sales Soar To Record Level

11/28/05 - San Diego Luxury Housing Hits High

11/28/05 - National: Sales Dip, Prices Still Rise

11/23/05 - Slowing Appreciation May Help Buyers

11/22/05 - San Diego Top Spot For Investment Dollars

11/17/05 - Mortgage Rates Rise Slightly

11/17/05 - Nationale: Correction Seen for 2006

11/17/05 - National: Becoming A Buyer's Market

Q3 2005 Top Housing Markets

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Q2 2004 Top Housing Markets

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11/15/05 - Nationwide: Major Slowdown?

11/15/05 - Nationwide: Housing Cooling

11/10/05 - HAI Unchanged in San Diego

11/10/05 - Merc: Another Way To Invest in Real Estate

11/09/05 - Loan Applications Higher

11/04/05 - San Diego Condo Conversions Piling Up

11/04/05 - San Diego Ranks As Top Investment Market

11/03/05 - Mortgage Rates Up, ARMS' Higher

11/01/05 - Blocks close to Union Square to be developed

11/01/05 - San Diego 2006 Economic Forecast 2006

10/27/05 - Mortgage Rates Higher

10/26/05 - Bubble Talk

10/25/05 - San Diego's Median Home Price Still Rising

10/25/05 - Nationwide: Home Sales Strong

10/24/05 - Bush Picks Ben Bernanke To Replace Greenspan

10/22/05 - Bubble: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?

10/22/05 - Mortgage Rates Continue Rise

10/19/05 - San Diego Office Buildings Flip For Quick Profit

10/18/05 - San Diego Sales Cooling, Pricing Not Likely To Decline

10/18/05 - San Diego Seen as Nation's 2nd Most Likely To Decline

10/13/05 - 40% of Properties Have No Mortgage

10/13/05 - San Diego Home Prices Rising, Rates of Increase Dips

10/13/05 - Mortgage Rates Rise for 5th Consecutive Week

10/12/05 - Builders Vow To Save Home Loan Break

10/06/05 - Nationwide: Home Sales Likely To Stay Steady Despite Rising Rates

10/06/05 - San Diego Mayoral Question: Affordable Housing?

10/06/05 - San Diego Affordability Down at 9%

10/06/05 - CA Affordability Down to 14%

10/05/05 - Ballpark Village Deal Rejected

10/05/05 - Mortgage Rates Higher

10/04/05 - Mortgage Fraud Booms

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Q2 2005 Top Housing Markets

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9/29/05 - Mortgage Rates Higher

9/27/05 - New lunch time Little Italy Shuttle

9/27/05 - Nationwide: Sales Plunge

9/26/05 - Median Price in San Diego Unchanged

9/26/05 - Ballpark Village Backlash

9/25/05 - Council Urged to Reject Ballpark Village Master Plan

9/26/05 - Nationwide: Sales at Second Highest Level in 26 years

9/25/05 - Downtown Library Facing Hurdles

9/25/05 - Downtown Developers Aiming for Under 40 Crowd

9/25/05 - San Diego Housing Article

9/23/05 - Downtown San Diego, Old Police HQ Renovation

9/22/05 - Downtown San Diego, Preserving Broadway

9/21/05 - Mortgage Rates Higher

9/19/05 - No San Diego Bubble (but yes, maybe in Downtown San Diego?)

9/16/05 - CA Delinquency Rate at Historic Lows

9/14/05 - San Diego Market Time Increasing

9/14/05 - San Diego Housing Slowdown

9/14/05 - Alan Nevin: Housing Stable

9/13/05 - Katrina May Boost Home Demand

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9/10/05 - Downtown Improvement Plan, Deadline for Comments on Monday

9/09/05 - Wallstreet Journal: 1/3 Use Creative Mortgages

9/08/05 - More News on Navy Lot in Front of Electra (and others), and Talk of Lane Field in Front of The Grande

9/08/05 - San Diego Continues To Be One Of The Least Affordable in CA

9/08/05 - Mortgage Rates Flat

9/08/05 - Mortgage Applications Rise

9/06/05 - Port of SD Approves Buffer Between Industrial/Residential Uses

9/06/05 - FED May Pause Rate Hikes

9/01/05 - U.S. Home Prices Up 13.1%

8/31/05 - Mortgage Rates Down .5%

8/30/05 - San Diego Retail Market Continues To Expand

8/27/05 - Greenspan: Housing Market Will Cool

8/24/05 - July Sales Down 5.9% in San Diego

8/24/05 - Looks Like Navy Lot in front of Electra May Be Developed

8/24/05 - Free, and Not-So-Free, Credit Reports

8/24/05 - Mortgage Rates Steady

8/24/05 - Nationwide: New Home Sales Rise, Prices Down

8/23/05 - Wall Street Journal: Bubble-Metrics

8/23/05 - San Diego Mag: Boom, Bubble, or Burst?

8/23/05 - Nationwide Sales Down, Prices Still Higher

8/22/05 - 40 Year Mortgage Options

8/19/05 - Interesting Article: Cuckoo For Condos

8/19/05 - Housing Slowdown Will Hit San Diego

8/18/05 - Debate Heats Up as Real Estate Cools

8/18/05 - Wall Street Journal: How Will Boom End?

8/18/05 - Rates Dip For First Time Since June

8/18/05 - Twenty Percent Spend Half Pay on Mortgages

8/17/05 - Fifty-Three Metro Areas Considered Overvalued

8/16/05 - Appreciation Slows to 5.1%

8/15/05 - Nationwide: Home Prices Continue To Sell Higher

Q2 2005 Top Housing Markets

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Q4 2004 Top Housing Markets

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8/14/05 - Rising Rates Not Felt, San Diego Mentioned

8/12/05 - Resales Level Off, But At A Very High Level

8/11/05 - Only Nine Percent of San Diegans Can Afford Median Priced Home

8/10/05 - Mortgages Higher Than One Year Ago

8/09/05 - Loan Talk

8/09/05 - Bubble Talk

8/09/05 - National: Housing Prices Outpace Salaries

8/08/05 - Eyes On San Diego Housing Market

8/05/05 - California Housing Requirements Raising Concerns

8/02/05 - San Diego Average Passes $800,000

8/02/05 - Interesting Article on Construction Costs/Pre-Construction Sales (Trump Tower)

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8/01/05 - Downtown Housing Resale

7/31/05 - Old Police Headquarters & Park Project

7/29/05 - Economic Index in San Diego Steady in June

7/28/05 - Mortgage Rates Rise 4th Straight Week

7/27/05 - When Will Mortgage Rates Rise?

7/27/05 - Downtown SD: CCDC Seeks Public Comment

7/27/05 - New Home Sales Soar To Record Level In June

7/27/05 - Risky Housing Markets Becoming Riskier

7/27/05 - San Diego Median Price, Sales Up

7/25/05 - Should You Cash Out?

7/25/05 - San Diego: Housing Makes Many Consider Move

7/25/05 - CA: Median Price Up 16%

7/25/05 - No Cooling In Housing Market Yet

7/25/05 - Nationwide: Sales Set Another Record

7/24/05 - 13 Riskiest Housing Markets

7/22/05 - Top Ten Most Overpriced Places in U.S.

7/21/05 - Mortgage Rates Rise

7/20/05 - European Housing Sizzles

7/20/05 - Cashing Out May Freeze You Out

7/20/05 - San Diego Not Included on "Treacherous Housing Markets" List

7/19/05 - Little Italy Laundry Threatened With Eminent Domain

7/19/05 - Spreading Residential Use Of Waterfront Worries Some

7/19/05 - Mortgage Rates Rise

7/15/05 - Housing Gets Less Affordable

7/12/05 - Residential Demand Driving Retail Surge Downtown

7/11/05 - Global Real Estate News

7/10/05 - San Diego Real Estate, Signs Of Slowing

7/10/05 - San Diego Bubble Talk

7/07/05 - San Diego: Why The Bubble Mostly Doesn't Matter

7/07/05 - Rates Rise Around The Country

7/07/05 - San Diego Housing Affordability Declines

7/07/05 - Soaring Number of Rentals Go Condo

7/06/05 - Real Estate Investing Profitable But Risky

7/06/05 - Housing Market May Be Cooling

7/05/05 - Ten Things To Know About Homeowners Insurance

6/30/05 - 30yr Mortgage Lowest Level in More Than Year

6/29/05 - San Diego County Leading Indicators Decline

6/29/05 - National: Bubble Talk

6/24/05 - Higher Oil Prices May Help Housing

6/24/05 - NPR (audio): Speculating on the Housing Market (from 6/17)

6/24/05 - Nationwide: New Home Sales Up, Prices Dip

6/24/05 - San Diego Prices Break More Records

6/24/05 - New Home Sales Climb

6/23/05 - San Diego N.Embarcadero Update

6/21/05 - US Housing Bubble May Pop

6/21/05 - Housing Market At Risk (My note: The Anderson Forecast has been saying this for several years now)

6/20/05 - Still Climbing in San Diego, But Rate Slowing

6/18/05 - New Home Activity Still Near Record

6/18/05 - Rates Rise for First Time in Five Weeks

Q1 2005 Top Housing Markets

Q4 2004 Top Housing Markets

Q3 2004 Top Housing Markets

Q2 2004 Top Housing Markets

6/17/05 - So. Cal Home Prices Rising at Slower Pace

6/17/05 - Economist Boosts 2005 Home Sales Target

6/16/05 - New Home Construction Climbs

5/27/05 - Fed Says Housing Prices High (Really?)

5/26/05 - Mortgage Rates Head Lower

5/25/05 - Housing Records Raising Bubble Fears

5/25/05 - California Luxury Homes Values Gain

5/24/05 - San Diego Housing Continues Climb

5/24/05 - National: Home Sales at Records High

5/22/05 - National: Home Prices in Metro Areas Soar

5/21/05 - National: Interesting Article on Pre-Construction Sales

5/20/05 - National: First Quarter Home Prices

5/19/05 - CNN/Money Article on San Diego

5/18/05 - CA Home Prices Remain Hot

5/15/05 - Florida: 48,000 New Condos by 2007, 80% Investors

5/15/05 - National: The Slowdown That Wasn't

5/15/05 - Housing Graphic from USA Today

Q1 2005 Top Housing Markets

Q4 2004 Top Housing Markets

Q3 2004 Top Housing Markets

Q2 2004 Top Housing Markets

5/15/05 - National: Home Prices Rallied Q1 2005

5/13/05 - National: 100 Major Markets

5/13/05 - County Housing Decelerates

5/12/05 - Mortgage Rates Higher

5/12/05 - Stability Returning to Resales

5/11/05 - Port Opposes Ballpark Village

5/09/05 - More Bubble Fears?

5/09/05 - Buyers Worry About Housing

5/08/05 - County Affordability Drops to 10%

5/05/05 - Rates Continue Decline

5/02/05 - Will FED Raise Rates Tomorrow?

4/29/05 - Condo Resales Increasing

4/27/05 - Mortgage Apps Rise

4/25/05 - Continued Housing Strength Seen

4/22/05 - New Home Market Still Vigorous

4/21/05 - Analysts Not Worried By Housing Starts Figure

4/20/05 - Economist: Will The Walls Come Down?

4/19/05 - Nationwide: Housing Starts Down 17.6%

4/17/05 - Union Tribune Article on Investors/Speculators

4/17/05 - CA Job Growth Tops National Rate

4/16/05 - Affordable Housing Solutions Suggested (Downtown)

4/15/05 - CA Homes Sales Hot in March 2005

4/15/05 - San Diego Unemployment Rate 1.4% Lower Than Rest of CA

4/15/05 - Half of New CA Jobs are in San Diego County

4/15/05 - San Diego Office Market Continues Strong

4/15/05 - County Appreciation Rate Slows
(Softening Prices are Better Than a Bursting Bubble)

4/14/05 - Fed's Words Drop Mortgage Rates

4/07/05 - Housing Affordability at 11%

4/07/05 - 30-Year Mortgage Falls Below 6%

4/07/05 - National Housing Bubble Unlikely

4/07/05 - Ballpark District Article

4/06/05 - More Buyers Paying $1Million+

4/03/05 - Experts Debate Bubble

4/03/05 - CA Condo Sales Show Impressive Strength

3/31/05 - Realtor, Builder Comments on Housing Prices

3/31/05 - Various Downtown Articles

3/30/05 - San Diego Could See Decline in Prices

3/28/05 - Downtown San Diego Housing Boom

3/28/05 - Rents Flattening, Vacancies Rising

3/28/05 - This Book Might Be Worth $20.00

3/28/05 - Growth of Home Prices May Slow

3/27/05 - Putting Stock in Property

Q4 2004 Top Housing Markets

Q3 2004 Top Housing Markets

Q2 2004 Top Housing Markets

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3/24/05 - National Survey of Real Estate Investors

3/24/05 - California Median Price Increased in February

3/24/05 - Economic News Eases Inflation Fears on Wall Street

3/24/05 - Home Builders Remain Confident

3/24/05 - Leading Index Increased in February

3/24/05 - Downtown Library Gets Contribution

3/22/05 - Fed Press Releases

3/22/05 - Federal Reserve Raises Rates

3/18/05 - Rental Indicators Improving, Condos Still Strong

3/18/05 - Mortgage Rates Edge Higher

3/17/05 - Tips to Get Through the Sizzling Market

3/16/05 - San Diego Housing Prices Slip

3/15/05 - BusinessWeek's Luxury Housing Affordability Index

3/15/05 - The Fed's Take on Real Estate

3/15/05 - San Diego County Median Price Charts

3/15/05 - So.Cal "Indicators of Market Distress Are Still Absent"

3/15/05 - Drop In Housing Boom Expected

3/15/05 - Recession by 2006?

3/14/05 - East Coast: Another Opinion About Bubbles

3/14/05 - San Diego Home Prices Still Increasing

3/10/05 - Greenspan's Latest Speech

3/10/05 - San Diego Housing Affordability Still Declining

3/10/05 - Mortgage Rates Level Off

3/10/05 - Article on Lane Field (In front of The Grande)

3/05/05 - Upcoming Real Estate Risk Analysis Seminar

3/04/05 - California: No Crash, But No Surge Either

3/04/05 - National: Investors 23%, 2nd Home 13%

3/04/05 - Mortgage Rates Shoot Higher

2/27/05 - Military Base Closings: Real Estate

2/26/05 - San Diego Housing Goals by 2010

2/25/05 - San Diego 23.9% Increase Over Last Year

2/25/05 - Sales Hold Steady in January 2005

2/20/05 - Economists Differ on Overvalued Market

2/19/05 - San Diego Rated #2 Commercial Market

2/18/05 - Greenspan Article About Bubbles

2/18/05 - Mortgage Rates Edge Higher

2/15/05 - San Diego Still Shows Strong Surge

2/15/05 - San Diego Economy for 2005 Forecast to be Steady

2/15/05 - Q4 2004 Top Housing Markets

12/01/04 - Q3 2004 Top Housing Markets

Q2 2004 Top Housing Markets

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2/15/05 - San Diego Economy Records Small Gain

2/15/05 - Nationwide: Hot Housing Markets

2/14/05 - Condo Conversion and Downtown Condo Talk

2/14/05 - Nationwide: Are You Living in a Bubble?

2/11/05 - Condo Sales Weigh on Home Prices

2/10/05 - San Diego One of the Least Affordable in State

2/10/05 - Downtown Library Gets $80 Million Boost

2/10/05 - Condo Sales Break Annual Record

2/10/05 - Nationwide: Study Finds Risk of "Bubblettes"

2/10/05 - Housing "Cooling To A Simmer"

2/10/05 - National Prediction: Housing to Post Near Record Levels in 2005

2/06/05 - Article on Housing Investors and Speculators

2/04/05 - 30 Year Fixed Rates Down

2/04/05 - 2005 Housing Market Forecast

2/03/05 - Economic Confidence Rises, but 56% Feel There is a Housing Bubble

2/02/05 - Million Dollar Sales Rise in California

2/02/05 - San Diego's Strong Economic Performance

2/02/05 - Fed Raises Rates

1/28/05 - California Housing Market Article

1/27/05 - Mortgage Rates in 2005 to Slow Sales, Not Puncture Prices

1/26/05 - Downtown a Top Subject at Conference

1/25/05 - San Diego Median Prices Still Rising

1/25/05 - December Home Sales Down, But No Sign of Downturn

1/24/05 - Mortgage Rates Fall for 3rd Week in a Row

1/24/05 - Factors That Have Kept Housing Prices Rising

1/20/05 - 2005 to Mirror 2004's Strong Housing Market

1/19/05 - Housing Starts Post Largest Gain in 7 Years

1/16/05 - Downtown San Diego Library News

1/16/05 - Nationwide: Real Estate Investment Over Stock Investment

1/15/05 - San Diego Real Estate Market Expected To Be Strong

1/15/05 - California Job Growth Down in December

1/14/05 - San Diego Among Top Rental Spots (#2)

1/14/05 - Real Assets Create Real Riches

1/14/05 - Q4 New Home Sales Drop, But 2004 Still Record High

1/14/05 - Resales Down, Median Price Still Rising

1/14/05 - Affordability Down From A Year Ago

1/13/05 - Nationwide: Historically Strong Housing Expected in 2005

1/11/05 - Nationwide: 2005 Home Prices Still Headed Higher

1/11/05 - Nationwide: Forecast for 2005

1/10/05 - East Village Possibly Split into Four Neighborhoods

1/08/05 - 2005 Forecast (20th paragraph mentions Downtown)

1/08/05 - Downtown Commercial to Prosper (Good for Downtown Condos)

1/08/05 - San Diego Housing and Economy for 2005

1/05/05 - Downtown High-Rise Purchased for $48 Million

1/02/05 - Some Areas Decline In Price

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Articles from 2004

12/29/04 - Reuters, Nationwide: Existing Sales Rise in November

12/29/04 - AP, Nationwide: Sales Hit Record High In November

12/29/04 - AP, Nationwide: Interest Rate Talk for 2004 and 2005

12/28/04 - USA, Nationwide: Housing Demand To Remain Strong

12/26/04 - UT, Ballpark District News

12/19/04 - Boom Year For Downtown Housing

12/17/04 - Standard and Poor: (San Diego) Low Probability of Decrease

12/17/04 - 2004 Cost vs. Value (Remodeling) Report

12/17/04 - UT, San Diego Prices Won't Wilt

12/16/04 - California Prices Record Highs in November

12/15/04 - R.I.P. Wayne Buss (East Village Pioneer)

12/15/04 - San Diego County Prices In Pullback (some areas)

12/13/04 - Nationwide: Housing Demand Soars

12/09/04 - Housing a Touch More Affordable

12/09/04 - Mortgage Rates Fall Sharply

12/08/04 - Downtown Developer Fees Raised

12/07/04 - CFOs Bullish on 2005 Economy

12/07/04 - Housing Market to End Year on Strong Note

12/07/04 - Money Magazine Article on Housing

12/05/04 - Statewide: Six-Figure Salary Needed

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12/04/04 - San Diego Area Economic Forum

12/03/04 - Downtown Quiet Zone

12/02/04 - Luxury Home Values Soar 22%

12/01/04 - New Downtown Hilton Approved

12/01/04 - Office Building Approved Near Ballpark

12/01/04 - Q3 Top Housing Markets

12/01/04 - Nationwide: Stumped By The Housing Market?

12/01/04 - Your Free Credit Report

11/29/04 - CCDC Adds Condo Project to Roster

11/27/04 - San Diego in Top 10 Safest Cities

11/24/04 - Nationwide: Mortgage Rates Inch Downward

11/24/04 - Nationwide: New Home Sales Surprises Street

11/23/04 - Nationwide: Sales Dip in October

11/21/04 - Article on Smart Corner

11/19/04 - Mortgage Rates Little Changed

11/18/04 - CA Housing Market Still Booming

11/17/04 - Downtown Community Plan

11/15/04 - Nationwide: Pattern of Strong Gains Continues

11/12/04 - Nationwide: Most Expensive Housing Markets

11/12/04 - Median Price Up $102,000 from a Year Ago

10/28/04 - Homebuyers Favor Walkable Neighborhoods, Shorter Commutes

10/28/04 - Growing Demand for Housing Near Transit

10/25/04 - Existing Home Sales Surge

10/21/04 - Mortgage Rates Continue to Fall

10/13/04 - Housing Prices Cooling (Slightly)

9/27/04 - Fastest Acceleration in Sales in almost 4 years

9/23/04 - Rates hit 5-month low

9/15/04 - Housing Still Setting Records

9/14/04 - "San Diego is the Jewel of California

San Diego's Job Growth Outpaces the State, and the Nation

9/08/04 - Greenspan Says The Economy is Regaining Traction

Plans for the port area in front of Park Place (Old Police Station)

Monthly Leading Economic Indicators (9/04)

Pricey Areas...Looking at Downtown (mid-way down)

Housing Market May Be Cooling

A Condo Supply Blip (09/04)

Yellow Flag on Housing, but "No Bubble"

Sept. 02: Mortgage Rates at 5 Month Low

2nd Quarter Top Housing Markets

New Parks For Downtown?

Economic Indicators Rise, Slowly (8/24/04)

Home Sales Fall, but Still Strong (8/24/04)
(This is regarding nationwide)

Aug. 19,2004: Affordability Index at 10%

Mortgage Rates Fall Again
(even though the Fed raised rates last week)

Housing Markets Still Hot (8/18/04)
(This is regarding nationwide)

Path to Prosperity Study in San Diego

"The Mark" ground breaking

Mortgage Rates Fall to 4 Month Low
Even Though FED Raised Rates Yesterday

Housing Forecast Upgraded/Improving Economy

Some of the money going into The Ballpark District

The State of San Diego Real Estate

Article on what makes Downtown Appealing

Median Home Price $580,670

Home Prices Still Rising

Volume up 35% over last year

Higher interest rates won't hurt housing

Consumer confidence still on the Rise

Downtown towers sold for $274,000,000

Record Expected in 2004 for Home Sales

Rental Market Rebounding 5/19/04

Median Prices 5/20/04

Insight in the the future of housing prices

San Diego: Biomedical Research Hub

San Diego: America's Most Livable City

4th Quarter Top Housing Markets

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Fed Report Positive on Residential Real Estate

Bubbles Does A Happy Dance

Home Prices Gain (02/12/04)

California Housing Crisis 2004

Housing to remain feverish in 04(note: buy now)

Slightly misquoted SDScene from November 2003

Just found: Article from last year I was quoted in

Quoted re: Homebuyer Program Downtown

2004 Economy to be the best in 20 years!

Articles from 2003

Housing: Book of Facts

Only 16% Affordability Rate: December 2003

Milken Institute: Best Performing Cities: San Diego #5

Housing Construction Hits 17yr High in October

 

Want to Live in CA? San Diego is Priced Lower Than Most Cities

Nov. 2003 - Third Quarter Top Housing Markets

Oct. 21, 2003 Prices "Cooling Off", But Still Good at 12.7% Increases

Sept. 21, 2003 "Downtown's Upturn"

July 16, 2003 "High Prices, High Demand Persist"...

June 5, 2003 "San Diego has done better than much of California and the Nation..."

June 3, 2003 "One of the hottest housing markets"

"The Condo Glut Illusion"

San Diego was #2 in housing markets nationwide

San Diego is #1 as per California CEO Magazine

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