I went through the MLS and looked at sales that went into escrow in early to mid 2004 to find sales that would have been impossible to replicate after that. Alga Hills in Carlsbad, Mar Brisa in Carlsbad, Rancho Carillo in Carlsbad. Harbor Pointe in Carlsbad. La Costa Valley in Carlsbad. San Elijo Hills in San Marcos. Encinitas Ranch in Encinitas. These are just a few of many. Prices peaked and held steady until late Summer/early Fall 2005 and then started coming down. Sure there were some exceptions and prices may have gone up another 1 to 3% some places. But if you had a place to sell in Spring 2004 and had the nerve to put an obscene price on it…you could get just about anything!