Stephen MacLeod's Blog

Welcome back,  Home prices appear to be stabilizing even though the sale of existing homes dropped compared to last quarter and the same quarter this time last year. On the home front the key metrics below will provide some insight into the Carmel Mountain Ranch single family home, and condo/town...

Carlsbad Real Estate Market Snapshot  (November-2010) Greetings, The mortgage interest continue to hover below 4.3%. The key metrics below will provide some insight into the Carlsbad single family home, condo/townhome market and a link to the most recent inventory of duplexes, triplexes and fourp...

Cardiff by The Sea Real Estate Market Snapshot (November-2010) Welcome to the November Cardiff by The Sea real estate statistical review. Locally, the key metrics below will provide some insight into the Cardiff by The Sea single family home, condo/townhome market and a link to the most recent in...

4S Ranch Real Estate Market Snapshot (November-2010)  Greetings,  The Fed will be purchasing $600 billion in long term Treasury securities from now till well into next year to help stimulate the economy.  As of today mortgage interest rates are at an astonishing 4.125%. On the home front the key ...

San Marcos real estate market snapshot. The foreign investment market is picking up again. Lower home prices and interest rates have made the United States an attractive place for foreign investors to park their money and Canada is one of the largest contributors. If you are considering selling y...

Vista home sale market. Welcome back, The new FHA Mortgage Insurance Premium (MIP) fee changes take effect October 4th 2010. Up front MIP will decrease from 2.25% to 1% and annual MIP will increase from .50/.55 to .85/.90 for terms greater than 15 years. Locally, the key metrics below will provid...

Scripps Ranch real estate market Statistics. In August housing starts increased 10.5% month over month to 598,000 annual rate, well ahead of the expected 550,000 number.  Building permits, which reflect builder sentiment for the future, only grew a more modest 1.8% month over month to a slightly ...

Rancho Penasquitos Ca. real estate market review. Homes are now more affordable then they have been in years and with mortgage interest rates being at all time low make monthly payments more palatable to work into the family budget. On the local front, the key metrics below will provide some insi...

Rancho Bernardo California real estate home statistics. 30 Year fixed rate mortgages averaged 4.37 percent with an average .7 point for the week ending September 23, 2010, unchanged from last week when it averaged 4.37 percent. Last year at this time, the 30 year fixed rate averaged 5.04 percent....

Poway home and townhouse sales market report. Recent data gathered by staistical reporting agencies show that one in ten CA. homeowners is 60 days late on their mortgage and approximately 2,500,000 CA. homeowners are upside down, owe more on their home than it's worth The Federal Housing Administ...