RatherOpinionated: You’re new to the forum so you’re not aware that I lived in SD for over 30 years. I saw the “perfect storm” forming in the real estate market in SoCal and sold my home and left the state in the spring of 2005. I bought a home in Greenville, South Carolina which has the lowest percentage of foreclosures of any market in the entire country. This area (along with many, many other areas of the country) did not get caught up in the frenzy of idiocy that took place in CA with housing prices and you can buy one hell of a nice home for $225-$250k and if you jump to the $325-$350 range, you can live exceptionally well. If prices fall enough, I’ll probably move back to San Diego but if they don’t, it’s no skin off my ass since I’m retired and set for life. However, my youngest son insists on staying in San Diego and makes $75k a year and can’t afford a decent SFR. To me, this is ludicrous because he can easily get employed here, make approximately the same amount of money and afford a nice home.
Thus, my interest in the housing market in SoCal.
