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30
Sep

California Home Sales

California Pending Home Sales

California Home Sales August 2014

Keep in mind, that pending home sales are forward-looking indicators of future home sales activity, and as such, provide a good basis for calling the future direction of the real estate market.

Here in California, pending home sales fell for the fifth straight month in the latest report for August.  Read more »

29
Sep

San Diego Little Known Facts

San Diego Little Known Facts

Even though I’ve been living in San Diego for quite a long time, it seems there are always new facts to learn about our fine city.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Historically home to the Kumeyaay people, San Diego was the first site visited by Europeans on what is now the West Coast of the United States. Upon landing in San Diego Bay in 1542, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo claimed the entire area for Spain, forming the basis for the settlement of Alta California 200 years later. Read more »

24
Sep

San Diego real estate – New Home Sales

 June 2014 new home sales

New home sale for June 2014 drop. This could be a red flag for the direction of the housing market.

Is it possible the drop in June new home sales could be an advance indicator for the entire real estate market? Is now the time to consider investing in real estate? Read more »

5
Sep

Cowles Mountain Hiking Trails

Cowles Mountain San Diego

Cowles Mountain is the highest point in the City of San Diego and one of the most popular hiking trails.

San Diego Aerial Photography – Cowles Mountain hiking trails

Phantom 2 Vision Plus is used to produce this aerial video.

This mountain is named after George A. Cowles, an early ranching pioneer in San Diego County. Its 1,593-foot summit is the highest point in the city of San Diego. The main trail to the summit is a popular hiking destination taking hundreds of people per day to a 360-degree panorama of San Diego County. The hike to the top is 1.5 miles long and an elevation change of about 950 feet .

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, also while in flight. Read more »