a question for sdrealtor and SD Realtor on “6726 Lonicera 92011”

[DRA]

I have noticed your familiarty with the area and your attention to details sdr and in my experince it is rare.

DRA

[svelte]

[quote=sdrealtor] I wont get into too much but the death knell would be a pool in an east facing yard. That yard is cold and dark most of the day. [/quote]

Kind of the inverse logic of why we won’t buy a home with a west-facing back yard.

We’ve noticed that a west-facing back yard means the back yard and rooms facing the back yard get way too hot in the late afternoon and evening, which is when we spend a majority of our at-home hours in those areas. Homes with west-facing backyards invariably have heavy window coverings or awnings because the owners are having issues with too much light.

East-facing back yards mean that the sun hits them in the morning, when we are out and about and don’t really care what temp that side of the house is. By the time we get home, the area is comfortable and we can relax, BBQ and unwind.

I hadn’t thought about the pool aspect though…an east facing pool might be a different beast.

[svelte]

[quote=sdrealtor] I wont get into too much but the death knell would be a pool in an east facing yard. That yard is cold and dark most of the day. [/quote]

Kind of the inverse logic of why we won’t buy a home with a west-facing back yard.

We’ve noticed that a west-facing back yard means the back yard and rooms facing the back yard get way too hot in the late afternoon and evening, which is when we spend a majority of our at-home hours in those areas. Homes with west-facing backyards invariably have heavy window coverings or awnings because the owners are having issues with too much light.

East-facing back yards mean that the sun hits them in the morning, when we are out and about and don’t really care what temp that side of the house is. By the time we get home, the area is comfortable and we can relax, BBQ and unwind.

I hadn’t thought about the pool aspect though…an east facing pool might be a different beast.

[svelte]

[quote=sdrealtor] I wont get into too much but the death knell would be a pool in an east facing yard. That yard is cold and dark most of the day. [/quote]

Kind of the inverse logic of why we won’t buy a home with a west-facing back yard.

We’ve noticed that a west-facing back yard means the back yard and rooms facing the back yard get way too hot in the late afternoon and evening, which is when we spend a majority of our at-home hours in those areas. Homes with west-facing backyards invariably have heavy window coverings or awnings because the owners are having issues with too much light.

East-facing back yards mean that the sun hits them in the morning, when we are out and about and don’t really care what temp that side of the house is. By the time we get home, the area is comfortable and we can relax, BBQ and unwind.

I hadn’t thought about the pool aspect though…an east facing pool might be a different beast.

[svelte]

[quote=sdrealtor] I wont get into too much but the death knell would be a pool in an east facing yard. That yard is cold and dark most of the day. [/quote]

Kind of the inverse logic of why we won’t buy a home with a west-facing back yard.

We’ve noticed that a west-facing back yard means the back yard and rooms facing the back yard get way too hot in the late afternoon and evening, which is when we spend a majority of our at-home hours in those areas. Homes with west-facing backyards invariably have heavy window coverings or awnings because the owners are having issues with too much light.

East-facing back yards mean that the sun hits them in the morning, when we are out and about and don’t really care what temp that side of the house is. By the time we get home, the area is comfortable and we can relax, BBQ and unwind.

I hadn’t thought about the pool aspect though…an east facing pool might be a different beast.

[svelte]

[quote=sdrealtor] I wont get into too much but the death knell would be a pool in an east facing yard. That yard is cold and dark most of the day. [/quote]

Kind of the inverse logic of why we won’t buy a home with a west-facing back yard.

We’ve noticed that a west-facing back yard means the back yard and rooms facing the back yard get way too hot in the late afternoon and evening, which is when we spend a majority of our at-home hours in those areas. Homes with west-facing backyards invariably have heavy window coverings or awnings because the owners are having issues with too much light.

East-facing back yards mean that the sun hits them in the morning, when we are out and about and don’t really care what temp that side of the house is. By the time we get home, the area is comfortable and we can relax, BBQ and unwind.

I hadn’t thought about the pool aspect though…an east facing pool might be a different beast.

[teatsonabull]

sdr…why are you such a jerk to SD R?? Your anonymity has already been compromised (for those who care, sdr’s true identity can be easily discovered again) so what’s in it for you to take pot shots at welcome contributors to this site?

[teatsonabull]

sdr…why are you such a jerk to SD R?? Your anonymity has already been compromised (for those who care, sdr’s true identity can be easily discovered again) so what’s in it for you to take pot shots at welcome contributors to this site?

[teatsonabull]

sdr…why are you such a jerk to SD R?? Your anonymity has already been compromised (for those who care, sdr’s true identity can be easily discovered again) so what’s in it for you to take pot shots at welcome contributors to this site?

[teatsonabull]

sdr…why are you such a jerk to SD R?? Your anonymity has already been compromised (for those who care, sdr’s true identity can be easily discovered again) so what’s in it for you to take pot shots at welcome contributors to this site?

[teatsonabull]

sdr…why are you such a jerk to SD R?? Your anonymity has already been compromised (for those who care, sdr’s true identity can be easily discovered again) so what’s in it for you to take pot shots at welcome contributors to this site?

[SD Realtor]

“Thanks for the feedback SD Realtor. I like the area a lot but I think I would wait a while to buy a house in this area at a better price. sdr thinks the bottom for a house like this is around 640K. What do you think?”

Hi DRA –

I think that the bottom for Aviara in general is in the 10-20% range overall over the next 2-3 years in the absence of total socialization of housing or interest rates at 3% (or something crazy like that). The bottom in my opinion is getting fuzzier and fuzzier due to all the misdirection by the government. I always feared the level of intervention but I can say with all honesty that I did not comprehend the level of tenacity that the government would display. I think we are going to have a market with more inconsistent behavior as we move forward, more then we have seen in the past depreciation cycles. To me we still have the two beasts of unemployment and foreclosures to cope with. One of the ramifications of this next trillion that the government is throwing in the toilet will be to keep rates low. This will not only help new homebuyers but it will also make it easier for those who are bought in the past few years with 5/1 ARMs to refinance. So I can definitely see a choppy market coming. The real acid test will be when things start to pick up and rates start to run up again, OR if someone like China blows us out and dumps treasuries. This will create a situation that I think, will be a bigger blow to home prices then anything. Look, if we are in a 8-10% interest environment I can see prices for desireable homes REALLY getting slammed. I don’t know when that will happen or if that will happen but the odds seem to be growing.

[SD Realtor]

“Thanks for the feedback SD Realtor. I like the area a lot but I think I would wait a while to buy a house in this area at a better price. sdr thinks the bottom for a house like this is around 640K. What do you think?”

Hi DRA –

I think that the bottom for Aviara in general is in the 10-20% range overall over the next 2-3 years in the absence of total socialization of housing or interest rates at 3% (or something crazy like that). The bottom in my opinion is getting fuzzier and fuzzier due to all the misdirection by the government. I always feared the level of intervention but I can say with all honesty that I did not comprehend the level of tenacity that the government would display. I think we are going to have a market with more inconsistent behavior as we move forward, more then we have seen in the past depreciation cycles. To me we still have the two beasts of unemployment and foreclosures to cope with. One of the ramifications of this next trillion that the government is throwing in the toilet will be to keep rates low. This will not only help new homebuyers but it will also make it easier for those who are bought in the past few years with 5/1 ARMs to refinance. So I can definitely see a choppy market coming. The real acid test will be when things start to pick up and rates start to run up again, OR if someone like China blows us out and dumps treasuries. This will create a situation that I think, will be a bigger blow to home prices then anything. Look, if we are in a 8-10% interest environment I can see prices for desireable homes REALLY getting slammed. I don’t know when that will happen or if that will happen but the odds seem to be growing.

[SD Realtor]

“Thanks for the feedback SD Realtor. I like the area a lot but I think I would wait a while to buy a house in this area at a better price. sdr thinks the bottom for a house like this is around 640K. What do you think?”

Hi DRA –

I think that the bottom for Aviara in general is in the 10-20% range overall over the next 2-3 years in the absence of total socialization of housing or interest rates at 3% (or something crazy like that). The bottom in my opinion is getting fuzzier and fuzzier due to all the misdirection by the government. I always feared the level of intervention but I can say with all honesty that I did not comprehend the level of tenacity that the government would display. I think we are going to have a market with more inconsistent behavior as we move forward, more then we have seen in the past depreciation cycles. To me we still have the two beasts of unemployment and foreclosures to cope with. One of the ramifications of this next trillion that the government is throwing in the toilet will be to keep rates low. This will not only help new homebuyers but it will also make it easier for those who are bought in the past few years with 5/1 ARMs to refinance. So I can definitely see a choppy market coming. The real acid test will be when things start to pick up and rates start to run up again, OR if someone like China blows us out and dumps treasuries. This will create a situation that I think, will be a bigger blow to home prices then anything. Look, if we are in a 8-10% interest environment I can see prices for desireable homes REALLY getting slammed. I don’t know when that will happen or if that will happen but the odds seem to be growing.

[SD Realtor]

“Thanks for the feedback SD Realtor. I like the area a lot but I think I would wait a while to buy a house in this area at a better price. sdr thinks the bottom for a house like this is around 640K. What do you think?”

Hi DRA –

I think that the bottom for Aviara in general is in the 10-20% range overall over the next 2-3 years in the absence of total socialization of housing or interest rates at 3% (or something crazy like that). The bottom in my opinion is getting fuzzier and fuzzier due to all the misdirection by the government. I always feared the level of intervention but I can say with all honesty that I did not comprehend the level of tenacity that the government would display. I think we are going to have a market with more inconsistent behavior as we move forward, more then we have seen in the past depreciation cycles. To me we still have the two beasts of unemployment and foreclosures to cope with. One of the ramifications of this next trillion that the government is throwing in the toilet will be to keep rates low. This will not only help new homebuyers but it will also make it easier for those who are bought in the past few years with 5/1 ARMs to refinance. So I can definitely see a choppy market coming. The real acid test will be when things start to pick up and rates start to run up again, OR if someone like China blows us out and dumps treasuries. This will create a situation that I think, will be a bigger blow to home prices then anything. Look, if we are in a 8-10% interest environment I can see prices for desireable homes REALLY getting slammed. I don’t know when that will happen or if that will happen but the odds seem to be growing.

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