New Area Code Coming to San Diego?
The growing population of San Diego's North County is causing the California Public Utilities Commission to consider changing to a new area code. The current area code of 760 is likely to change to 442 for Northern San Diego residents. Read More

Resident Company Coming to La Jolla Playhouse
In an unprecendented move, the La Jolla Playhouse has recently announced that it will open its door to its first ever resident theatre company. The honor, of being the first, goes to the Mo'olelo Performing Arts Company and the opportunity will allow them to rehearse rent free. Read More

Tiger is Coming to La Jolla
La Jolla California will host the final round of the U.S. Open on June 14th. This will be the first time ever that the U.S. Open is scheduled to air during primetime. Read More

Run from Del Mar to La Jolla
Attention La Jolla residents. On April 27th (7:30 AM) come and enjoy the La Jolla Half Marathon. This run is just over thirteen miles of stunning Southern California coastline. Read More

Del Mar Real Estate Report March 2008
10 condos sold in Del Mar last month. The average sales price for a condo was nearly $2 million and the median price was a bit over $1.5 million. On the other side, 31 new listings to the Del Mar real estate market were added at an average listing price of $2,369,480 and a median listing price of $1,950,000. Read More

University City Condos
Last month there were 13 University City condos sold at an average price of $363,692. Listings continued to remain strong at 34 added to the market. The average listing price was a little higher than the selling price at almost $380,000. Where else could you buy a condo for $200,000 plus and have it be less than 600 sqft? This is still quite a deal in San Diego and especially not in University City. With its ideal location and quick access to La Jolla, Del Mar and Carmel Valley, University City is a great place to purchase a home or condo. Read More

University City Homes
University City homes sold for last month totaled 6 and averaged almost %650,000, for a total of $3.8 million dollars worth of real estate sold. Remaining somewhat balanced, there were only 14 new listing added to the University City real estate market. Read More

Pacific Beach Homes Sales Update
Pacific Beach home sales for March 2008 totaled 10 sales averaging nearly $900,000 per home sold. Listing were up with 38 total, at an average of $934,194. Read More

Four Homes Sold in Coronado in March
Last month, only 4 homes sold in Coronado. Not too good for the Coronado real estate market. The average sold price was over $1.5 million and the median sold price was over $1.6 million for a total of more than $6 million of real estate sold in the month of March. Read More

La Jolla Meeting Helps to Remain in Forefront
La Jolla: On April 16th the California Dept. of Toxic Substances Control held a workshop, open to the public. The workshop was held on the Green Chemistry Initiative at the Univ. of California San Diego. Read More

From Downtown San Diego to Coronado
If you are a San Diego resident and have ever wanted to cross the Coronado Bay Bridge on foot, now is your chance. On May 18th, at 8 in the morning, the Bay Bridge Run / Walk 2008 will begin and it will be the only time in 2008 that anyone is allowed to walk over the bridge. In addition, every person who enters will receive a ticket to a San Diego Padres game. Read More

Median Price for a Home in La Jolla Up from Last Year
The median price for a home is on the rise in some areas in San Diego County. Encinitas homes, Ocean Beach homes and as many expected, La Jolla homes, all showed an increase in the median price. Read More

Can You Say Affordable Housing in San Diego?
A San Diego based company that specializes in affordable housing has just purchased the Bay Vista Methodist Apartments. The company goes by the name, The Amerland Grp and they will be putting up more than 8 million dollars to help renovate the property. Read More

San Diego Housing Prices May be on the Rise
A real estate article came out on Yahoo yesterday stating that over the second half of the year home prices may start to rise in San Diego. This is also what many experts have been predicting. Areas such as La Jolla, Del Mar, Rancho Santa Fe and Coronado are already doing well, but the signs are now indicating that the rest of San Diego County may be headed for the same type of recovery. Read More

Downtown San Diego Condo Owners in Need of New Park
Downtown San Diego condo owners may soon have their very own dog park. As of now, there is not one in the area and it is causing quite an uproar from dog owners in downtown. Currently, some dog owning residents have taken over the public play area at the ballpark in downtown, by letting their dogs run free, leash free. Read More

Attention La Jolla & San Diego Golfers
Golf is moving into the New Age in La Jolla. As of now, golfers can book their tee times online. The Estancia La Jolla Hotel has joined forces with San Diego Golf to allow La Jolla residents and vacationers alike to book their tee time on the internet in real time. Read More

La Jolla Homes Sales in April
So far in April, there have already been 9 homes sold in La Jolla. Last month, as reported in an earlier article, 17 homes sold for the entire month. In April, nothing has sold under a million dollars and the highest selling price, so far, is $5.5 million. Read More

Name a Sea Critter in UC San Diego
Just outside of La Jolla, California is the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. Scripps is home to one of the most vast collections of ocean critters, which can not only tell us about evolution, but also can give insight to our own future. Read More

La Jolla Condo Sales Report for March 2008
There was quite an abundance of condos added to the La Jolla real estate market during the month of March. A total of 53 new listings averaging over $880,000 for a listing price. Condo sales in La Jolla were much less, with only 17 sold for the month. Read More

San Diego Crew Classic Update
Those of you living in San Diego who decided to make it out to the San Diego Crew Classic saw Washington win both of the featured races in the men's and women's division. Sunday was the first time Washington has participated in the San Diego Crew Classic in three years. Read More

La Jolla Homes Sales for March 2008
There was a total of more than $65 million worth of La Jolla real estate sold in the month of March 2008. 17 homes sold at an average price of not quite $4 million. The median selling price was $2.4 million. On the other end, there were 66 new listings in March, with an average listing price of $3.2 million. Read More

Lighting the way to Coronado
The search is on. San Diego is officially looking for the ideal artist to illuminate the Coronado Bridge. The idea is to light the landmark at night for not only those who live in Coronado, but also the endless stream of people that enter Coronado from downtown San Diego. Read More

Comparison of La Jolla Condo Sales in March
Condo sales in La Jolla were down this March compared to the last four years. The highest amount of condos in escrow happened in 2005 with 22 condos, which resulted in 22 condo sales. The average price for a condo sold in the month of March for 2005 was $843,500 and over $18 million in total sales. Read More

Comparison of La Jolla Homes Sales in March
Here's a little history of home sales in La Jolla for the month of March, going back to the year 2005. The number of pending transactions in 2005 was 41 homes, 2006 there were 32 homes, 2007 there were 19 homes and this year matched last years number. For both 2005 & 2006 the average price for a home in escrow in La Jolla was over $2.6 million and the average price for the last two years has been quite consistent at over $2.2 million. Read More

San Diego Crew Classic
One of the great things about moving to San Diego is the amount of things to do. Not only are the residents very physically active, they are also very active socially. On April 5th & 6th, the 35th annual San Diego Crew Classic is coming to town. Read More

San Diego Residents, Welcome the Dallas Cowboys
Football season always seems so far away, but there is already talk about the opening day of preseason. The San Diego Chargers will play host to the Dallas Cowboys to begin the 2008 season. Read More

Downtown San Diego Condo Sales Update
The scales are quite lopsided in Downtown San Diego with listings dominating in the first month of the new year. There were a staggering 222 condos new to the Downtown San Diego real estate market, totaling over 170 million dollars worth of listings. The average listing price was not quite $780,000 and the median lising price was $585,000. On the other side of the scale, 51 condos in downtown San Diego sold with an average price of appproximately $700,000. Read More