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October 19, 2007 at 12:18 PM #10671October 19, 2007 at 12:46 PM #90175
Bugs
ParticipantI’d avoid renting anything up by the back gate of Camp Pendleton. Sure, those subdivisions are all nice and new but there’s a lot of gang activity in the older neighborhoods right across the street. Last year an Oceanside Police Officer was murdered in that neighborhood by a wanna-be gangsta. You are who you shop with.
The Rancho Del Oro area over by Mira Costa College is really convenient in terms of access, and there’s lots of reasonable sized homes over there. Another reasonable area is the Fire Mountain area north of the Wal-Mart center and south of Oceanside Blvd, east of I-5. If you’re commuting you don’t want to have to spend 20 minutes just to get to the train station.
October 19, 2007 at 12:46 PM #90186ParticipantI’d avoid renting anything up by the back gate of Camp Pendleton. Sure, those subdivisions are all nice and new but there’s a lot of gang activity in the older neighborhoods right across the street. Last year an Oceanside Police Officer was murdered in that neighborhood by a wanna-be gangsta. You are who you shop with.
The Rancho Del Oro area over by Mira Costa College is really convenient in terms of access, and there’s lots of reasonable sized homes over there. Another reasonable area is the Fire Mountain area north of the Wal-Mart center and south of Oceanside Blvd, east of I-5. If you’re commuting you don’t want to have to spend 20 minutes just to get to the train station.
October 19, 2007 at 1:12 PM #90185arenter
ParticipantThanks Bugs. We looked at Rancho Del Oro and while some of the homes are nice, they still felt kind of old and outdated. Are there any newer division there? Alternatively, we love San Clemente (just getting rid of that 20-minute drive past Pendleton would cut my commute to a sane level), but housing prices don’t seem to be going down at all. What do you think are the prospects there?
October 19, 2007 at 1:12 PM #90196ParticipantThanks Bugs. We looked at Rancho Del Oro and while some of the homes are nice, they still felt kind of old and outdated. Are there any newer division there? Alternatively, we love San Clemente (just getting rid of that 20-minute drive past Pendleton would cut my commute to a sane level), but housing prices don’t seem to be going down at all. What do you think are the prospects there?
October 19, 2007 at 3:17 PM #90215ParticipantIf you’d call a 1990s home dated then your options are going to be bit limited. I fear the stability factor is also going to be limited with a newer home – the reason they’re renting it out is because they couldn’t flip it.
Anyways, SC is in the O.C. and it is that much closer to those employment centers. You’re probably not going to see as much price movement there as you will in N. SD County. The whole reason the outlying areas are most affected by deteriorating economic conditions is because they are less desirable due to their greater distance from employment.
October 19, 2007 at 3:17 PM #90226ParticipantIf you’d call a 1990s home dated then your options are going to be bit limited. I fear the stability factor is also going to be limited with a newer home – the reason they’re renting it out is because they couldn’t flip it.
Anyways, SC is in the O.C. and it is that much closer to those employment centers. You’re probably not going to see as much price movement there as you will in N. SD County. The whole reason the outlying areas are most affected by deteriorating economic conditions is because they are less desirable due to their greater distance from employment.
October 19, 2007 at 4:43 PM #90239SD Realtor
ParticipantI would suggest that you check out Ivey Glenn. It is not to far from Rancho Del Oro but you may find it a little bit more to your liking. I had listings in both Ivey Glenn and Rancho Del Oro this past summer and while the Rancho Del Oro got better activity, the Ivey Glenn subdivision seemed a bit more desireable to me personally. Also you may want to check out Emerald Estates.. **Disclosure I do have an active listing there** There are a few other homes for sale there as well. The homes are a bit newer there but to be honest if I would compare that to Ivey Glenn I think I like Ivey Glenn better. It is in a better location as it is right next to all of the schools.
Note in ALL of these subdivisions there is pretty strong depreciation. Also to echo other sentiment I would steer clear of Arrowood and other back gate subdivisions.
SD Realtor
October 19, 2007 at 4:43 PM #90250ParticipantI would suggest that you check out Ivey Glenn. It is not to far from Rancho Del Oro but you may find it a little bit more to your liking. I had listings in both Ivey Glenn and Rancho Del Oro this past summer and while the Rancho Del Oro got better activity, the Ivey Glenn subdivision seemed a bit more desireable to me personally. Also you may want to check out Emerald Estates.. **Disclosure I do have an active listing there** There are a few other homes for sale there as well. The homes are a bit newer there but to be honest if I would compare that to Ivey Glenn I think I like Ivey Glenn better. It is in a better location as it is right next to all of the schools.
Note in ALL of these subdivisions there is pretty strong depreciation. Also to echo other sentiment I would steer clear of Arrowood and other back gate subdivisions.
SD Realtor
October 19, 2007 at 9:39 PM #90288Bloat
ParticipantMight consider the Shadowridge area of Vista where I’m located. IMO Shadowridge is the only part of Vista worth looking at & beats O’side. Good Elementary (Lake) & Middle School (Madison), marginal High School (RBV). Borders with more expensive Carlsbad. Also, for commuters, two new streets have just opened up to the freeway, one near the Carlsbad Amtrak. No Mello Roos and very low HOA. San Marcos has nice areas too, but with Mello Roos and maybe too far for your liking. San Clem is very nice, but with some rough spots and much more $$$.
October 19, 2007 at 9:39 PM #90278ParticipantMight consider the Shadowridge area of Vista where I’m located. IMO Shadowridge is the only part of Vista worth looking at & beats O’side. Good Elementary (Lake) & Middle School (Madison), marginal High School (RBV). Borders with more expensive Carlsbad. Also, for commuters, two new streets have just opened up to the freeway, one near the Carlsbad Amtrak. No Mello Roos and very low HOA. San Marcos has nice areas too, but with Mello Roos and maybe too far for your liking. San Clem is very nice, but with some rough spots and much more $$$.
October 20, 2007 at 12:49 PM #90330VoZangre
ParticipantDo the Zippety Doo…
if the preferable zips could be listed I reckon I’d be mos’ obliged to y’all…
Voz
October 20, 2007 at 12:49 PM #90339ParticipantDo the Zippety Doo…
if the preferable zips could be listed I reckon I’d be mos’ obliged to y’all…
Voz
October 20, 2007 at 2:40 PM #90336ParticipantThanks all! And yes, zip codes would be very nice indeed. I will definitely check out the areas you suggested. SD Realtor, do you know anything about this Cardona area? I’ve seen some really nice houses there, but I’m not too sure about the area (being near the swapmeet and “supposed” shopping center that’s going up there). We’re renting a house just behind this division and the quality is not very good at all (Bad design, bad plumbing, so glad we didn’t buy!). The two divisions are right next to each other so I’m not sure if they were put up by the same builders or not.
October 20, 2007 at 2:40 PM #90345ParticipantThanks all! And yes, zip codes would be very nice indeed. I will definitely check out the areas you suggested. SD Realtor, do you know anything about this Cardona area? I’ve seen some really nice houses there, but I’m not too sure about the area (being near the swapmeet and “supposed” shopping center that’s going up there). We’re renting a house just behind this division and the quality is not very good at all (Bad design, bad plumbing, so glad we didn’t buy!). The two divisions are right next to each other so I’m not sure if they were put up by the same builders or not.
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