We got our house in 2010 for $450k, our max limit. At the time, there were a bunch of fixer uppers for $330k and under and we gave up on those. Ours was new construction, rebuild so everything was new. We got lucky. It was us or a $430k cash offer. It’s not like we got our house dirt cheap, but we did put $90k down and were able to refinance for 3.5%. I know a lot of people choose to live up in north county for schools and such (clairemont is not known for its schools, we choices into UTC). We looked at del sur and didn’t like the high HOAs and basically no yard and neighbors staring into our windows. I will never get used to that. If you do decide to live in clairemont, stay away from Clairemont Mesa Blvd at least by 2 blocks! 🙂 good luck with your search.
