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2009 

Most of San Diego county had its sales tax rate increased to 8.75% at the end of March of this year.This change has made everything taxable more expensive in San Diego county. Most people will noticeslowly if they eat out a lot, but if you happen to be planning to buy any big ticket items, you mi...
05/25/2009
Some years ago, I went to a furniture auction at a store that was "going out of business".  While I waited to bid on the dresser that I wanted, I watched all the other bidders go through their thought buying processes. There were many different items on sale - but one thing was for sure, at the e...
05/23/2009
A recent change to our MLS system has made it a requirement for all properties in some kind of "contingent" status be designated that way, instead of sitting in active status.That would explain the over 10,000 listings that are no longer in active status in the last couple of weeks. Here is how t...
05/22/2009
Another month has gone by, and another thousand listings have vanished from our current inventory of homes in the MLS.  If we keep this up, inventory WILL be in a shortfall a year from now as previously predicted. What much of the population doesn't realize yet, is that a good percentage of homes...
05/07/2009
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