ybc if you work in Carmel Valley then there is A TON of housing available in the entire I56 corridor. All of this housing will be of the cookie cutter variety. They are all nice homes, however they don’t carry the charm or original design of other parts of town. Still though, the Carmel Valley is smack in the middle of exceptional school districts so if you have kids you are in a great spot. My belief is that Carmel Valley will be hit pretty hard by the upcoming depreciation cycle due to the vast amount of housing in that area. You will just need to exercise patience. Even with that depreciation you may find it a bit on the expensive side. So there are other areas to the east that are not to far a commute for you. Scripps Ranch is nice and has an older and a newer component. Older Scripps has some nice homes with a bit more style, newer Scripps has the standard developments by all of the big builders, these are nice places as well. Further to the north is Rancho Penasquitos which is a little lower priced then Scripps. East of Penasquitos and North of Scripps is Poway which has a very good mix of both older and newer properties. You can find a very large mix of pricing in Poway. In Poway, Scripps, and Penasquitos you will be further east which would mandate air conditioning in the summer but they are nice places to live and not far from Carmel Valley. Scripps has good schools and Poway and Rancho Penasquitos are part of the Poway school district which is good as well. South of Carmel Valley is University City which has an older stock of homes but is less pricey then Carmel Valley and south of that is Clairemont which is less pricey then University City. North of Carmel Valley is Del Mar and Solana Beach. Nice places but pricey and they have good schools as well.