[quote=Essbee]
I have never been to Hacienda Heights and know nothing about it. However, the original poster stated that his friend’s parents bought a house for $700K and that it is now worth $900K. AFAIK, there is nothing that expensive in Clairemont Mesa (SD). Since this is true, how is this even a relevant comparison? Homes in Hacienda Heights ($700-900K) are nicer than homes in Clairemont SD ($500-600K). Yes, one would hope so![/quote]
Just to correct this. There were quite a few homes that sold for over $900k in Clairemont (92117) in the past year. A quick redfin search shows this.
Most of the higher priced homes had nice views of the bay or ocean… but those views usually came with freeway and train noise. Here’s one that sold for over a million with no ocean view. Others have obstructed views but still sold for a lot.
Clairemont is starting to become a tear-down community – because of the convenient location people are buying, tearing down, and rebuilding showpiece houses. Not everywhere – but on the canyon lots and some of the bay/ocean view lots.
My step-mom sold her place in Clairemont last year… a 1960 era 1500sf house – bay view… but not fixed up at all, small usable portion of the lot (due to hillside), small house, small dated kitchen… she got almost 700k for it.
