• Point Loma or Clairemont? What Your Budget Actually Buys in San Diego Right Now,Shirin Kheshti

    Point Loma or Clairemont? What Your Budget Actually Buys in San Diego Right Now

    Every week I get a version of the same question: "what does my budget actually get me?" It is a fair question, and it deserves a real answer instead of a vague one. So instead of talking in ranges, here is what three specific budgets buy in Point Loma versus Clairemont right now, side by side. At $9

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  • Why Families Priced Out of the Coast Are Buying in Clairemont,Shirin Kheshti

    Why Families Priced Out of the Coast Are Buying in Clairemont

    According to a recent KPBS report on California Association of Realtors data, only 17 percent of San Diego County households can afford the county's median-priced home, which requires a minimum annual income of roughly $268,000. I bring that number up because it explains something I am seeing consta

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  • Bay Park vs. Bay Ho: Which One Actually Fits Your Family,Shirin Kheshti

    Bay Park vs. Bay Ho: Which One Actually Fits Your Family

    Bay Park and Bay Ho get lumped together constantly, and I understand why. They sit next to each other in central San Diego, both within easy reach of Mission Bay, and both come up in the same conversation once a family decides Clairemont is not quite the fit. But the two neighborhoods are not interc

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