• San Diego Closing Costs: What Buyers and Sellers Actually Pay,Shirin Kheshti

    San Diego Closing Costs: What Buyers and Sellers Actually Pay

    The question comes up almost every escrow, usually right after the Closing Disclosure lands. A buyer has budgeted for the down payment and maybe the inspection, and then a page of fees shows up that adds thousands more before they get the keys. A seller has the sale price in their head, minus the mo

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  • 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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