San Diego Real Estate Market Analysis – 2nd Quarter 2014
San Diego County Residential Real Estate Market Analysis
©2014 By Mark A. Melikian California Certified Residential Appraiser appraisals@san.rr.com P.O. Box 3051 Del Mar, California 92014 858-793-9339
The following is a market data summary of detached and attached properties as reported by the San Diego County MLS system. The data includes all zip codes in San Diego County. * All 2014 data in figures 1 through 4 will be projected based on market data taken from January through June as reported by the San Diego County MLS system. All projections discussed in this analysis will be updated throughout the year in subsequent quarterly reports.
Market Overview: The data provided analyzes residential real estate sales beginning in the year 2000, which is used as the base year. The number of sold listings in San Diego County peaked in 2003 at 42,746 units and decreased through 2008 to 23,972 units. *The 2014 projection shows the total number of units sold for the year will be 32,248 (see figure 1).
Aerial Drones used in real estate sales
 Real estate drones
*** Until the FAA issues final regulations on drone usage, the commercial use of them is in question.
So, it’s best to just use them just for your personal hobby interests. We are NOT offering any aerial photography services at this time.
. A major real estate brokerage firm just came out with an opinion that real estate agent should hold off using aerial drone footage in marketing their properties until the FAA issues final regulations on drone usage. These new regulations are supposed to be out in about a year. Meanwhile, aerial drone photography for personal or hobby use is okay. Supposedly the FAA issuing these rules to promote safety. But, why is there no regulation for personal use? Is personal use of aerial drones somehow safer than commercial use? Read more 
San Diego Aerial Photography – Spring Valley swap meet
San Diego Aerial Photography
DJI Phantom 2 Vision Plus is used to produce this aerial video.
The Spring Valley swap meet is one of the largest in San Diego California. This is the swap meet occurs every Saturday and Sunday. It attracts a huge amount of people and offers many new and used items for sale, including produce and fresh flowers.
This quadcopter helicopter uses GPS to make operating it very easy. Read more
San Diego Real Estate Aerial Photography
San Diego real estate aerial photography
The video below shows actual aerial video taken around San Diego California using the DJI Phantom two Vision+ quadcopter.
Aerial photography is a great way to show a home’s exterior from an aerial viewpoint but it’s surroundings on the property and within the neighborhood.
In addition, aerial photography when combined with and interior video tour is in many ways the best way to to convey to prospective buyers the total features and benefits of owning the property. Read more
San Diego State University Aerial Photography
 SDSU Aerial Photography
Using a DJI Phantom 2 Vision Plus on the campus of San Diego State University. This quadcopter helicopter uses GPS to make operating it very easy. They call this “Your flying Camera”.
It takes great HD video as well as still photos. Plus, you can change the angle of the camera in flight, as well as go from video to stills.
You can use an I-phone or I-pod to see what the camera is filming and to set up the perfect shot. Read more
San Diego July 4th. Fireworks
San Diego July 4th. Fireworks
San Diego 2014 Independence Day Celebrations
Aerial Photography – San Diego Commercial Property
This video is a good example of San Diego aerial photography be used to market a commercial property.
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Video marketing can be used very effectively, not only for residential real estate, but also for commercial and income properties.
Aerial photography is really a hybrid of two separate technologies, aviation and photography. Aerial real estate photography is a powerful tool for marketing all types of real estate. Due to the fact that Aerial real estate photography is still in its infancy, it has a much greater marketing significance because it’s perceived novelty holds potential buyers attention much longer than the normal real estate tour or the typical real estate photo slideshow. Read more