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[quote=jpinpb]Case-Shiller says we’re at 2002 pricing. I think they’re overpaying, but sdr probably thinks they’re moving on w/their life. But if it goes down to 2002 levels, then it should be in the 450k range. [/quote]
Not in CV, we are not at 2002 level -overall. Maybe 2003-2004.
[quote=jpinpb]Personally, I’d like to have the extra 150k.
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Me too!

Here is a website with some of the 2008 sales in CV listed by development/complex name.
http://www.cv-home.com/Nav.aspx/Page=%2fPageManager%2fDefault.aspx%2fPageID%3d949646

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[quote=jpinpb]Again, I don’t think La Plage or Winwood have HOAs. If I had a choice, I’d consider those over the ones w/HOAs b/c eventually, hopefully, the Mello Roos will be satisfied or close to it and then you’ll have to MR on the older places, whereas the condos will have HOAs forever, w/likely special assessments down the road. [/quote]

That is a good point, jpinpb. very good. According to that website, indeed La Plage and Windwood don’t have HOAs. Among the two, I’d probably take La Plage being newer and larger, and next to a playground, only IF the particular unit doesn’t back into 56…

[quote=jpinpb]If you want new, though, I think the places along the 56 corridor built during the bubble will be coming down to what the twinhomes are selling for today, which is in the 600-700k or so range now and if I were looking in that area, I’d rather have a new place for that price. Older homes inevitably need maintenance and can get costly.[/quote]

I’ll keep that in mind of course. We like newer, low/no maintenance because we are not handy and don’t have the time/energy to fix up a place much.

Thanks!

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[quote=jpinpb]Again, I don’t think La Plage or Winwood have HOAs. If I had a choice, I’d consider those over the ones w/HOAs b/c eventually, hopefully, the Mello Roos will be satisfied or close to it and then you’ll have to MR on the older places, whereas the condos will have HOAs forever, w/likely special assessments down the road. [/quote]

That is a good point, jpinpb. very good. According to that website, indeed La Plage and Windwood don’t have HOAs. Among the two, I’d probably take La Plage being newer and larger, and next to a playground, only IF the particular unit doesn’t back into 56…

[quote=jpinpb]If you want new, though, I think the places along the 56 corridor built during the bubble will be coming down to what the twinhomes are selling for today, which is in the 600-700k or so range now and if I were looking in that area, I’d rather have a new place for that price. Older homes inevitably need maintenance and can get costly.[/quote]

I’ll keep that in mind of course. We like newer, low/no maintenance because we are not handy and don’t have the time/energy to fix up a place much.

Thanks!

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[quote=jpinpb]Again, I don’t think La Plage or Winwood have HOAs. If I had a choice, I’d consider those over the ones w/HOAs b/c eventually, hopefully, the Mello Roos will be satisfied or close to it and then you’ll have to MR on the older places, whereas the condos will have HOAs forever, w/likely special assessments down the road. [/quote]

That is a good point, jpinpb. very good. According to that website, indeed La Plage and Windwood don’t have HOAs. Among the two, I’d probably take La Plage being newer and larger, and next to a playground, only IF the particular unit doesn’t back into 56…

[quote=jpinpb]If you want new, though, I think the places along the 56 corridor built during the bubble will be coming down to what the twinhomes are selling for today, which is in the 600-700k or so range now and if I were looking in that area, I’d rather have a new place for that price. Older homes inevitably need maintenance and can get costly.[/quote]

I’ll keep that in mind of course. We like newer, low/no maintenance because we are not handy and don’t have the time/energy to fix up a place much.

Thanks!

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[quote=jpinpb]Again, I don’t think La Plage or Winwood have HOAs. If I had a choice, I’d consider those over the ones w/HOAs b/c eventually, hopefully, the Mello Roos will be satisfied or close to it and then you’ll have to MR on the older places, whereas the condos will have HOAs forever, w/likely special assessments down the road. [/quote]

That is a good point, jpinpb. very good. According to that website, indeed La Plage and Windwood don’t have HOAs. Among the two, I’d probably take La Plage being newer and larger, and next to a playground, only IF the particular unit doesn’t back into 56…

[quote=jpinpb]If you want new, though, I think the places along the 56 corridor built during the bubble will be coming down to what the twinhomes are selling for today, which is in the 600-700k or so range now and if I were looking in that area, I’d rather have a new place for that price. Older homes inevitably need maintenance and can get costly.[/quote]

I’ll keep that in mind of course. We like newer, low/no maintenance because we are not handy and don’t have the time/energy to fix up a place much.

Thanks!

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[quote=jpinpb]Again, I don’t think La Plage or Winwood have HOAs. If I had a choice, I’d consider those over the ones w/HOAs b/c eventually, hopefully, the Mello Roos will be satisfied or close to it and then you’ll have to MR on the older places, whereas the condos will have HOAs forever, w/likely special assessments down the road. [/quote]

That is a good point, jpinpb. very good. According to that website, indeed La Plage and Windwood don’t have HOAs. Among the two, I’d probably take La Plage being newer and larger, and next to a playground, only IF the particular unit doesn’t back into 56…

[quote=jpinpb]If you want new, though, I think the places along the 56 corridor built during the bubble will be coming down to what the twinhomes are selling for today, which is in the 600-700k or so range now and if I were looking in that area, I’d rather have a new place for that price. Older homes inevitably need maintenance and can get costly.[/quote]

I’ll keep that in mind of course. We like newer, low/no maintenance because we are not handy and don’t have the time/energy to fix up a place much.

Thanks!

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[quote=flu]The mall thing is great if you don’t have kids. Once you have a family and kids, you probably won’t be taking that stroll over to the mall as much as you think.[/quote]

Oh? I thought that is where (with kids)we’ll do the grocery shopping, eat at Red Robin or Oggi’s, shop in Barnes & Noble, play in the playground near B&N, paint ceramics with the kids at Ceramicafe, go with the kids at JW Tumbles indoor kid gym….There is also a daycare (kindercare?) there. Even though we don’t live in the area a couple times we went in the weekend there and make a combined trip with shopping at the more ‘gourmet’ store there.

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[quote=flu]The mall thing is great if you don’t have kids. Once you have a family and kids, you probably won’t be taking that stroll over to the mall as much as you think.[/quote]

Oh? I thought that is where (with kids)we’ll do the grocery shopping, eat at Red Robin or Oggi’s, shop in Barnes & Noble, play in the playground near B&N, paint ceramics with the kids at Ceramicafe, go with the kids at JW Tumbles indoor kid gym….There is also a daycare (kindercare?) there. Even though we don’t live in the area a couple times we went in the weekend there and make a combined trip with shopping at the more ‘gourmet’ store there.

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[quote=flu]The mall thing is great if you don’t have kids. Once you have a family and kids, you probably won’t be taking that stroll over to the mall as much as you think.[/quote]

Oh? I thought that is where (with kids)we’ll do the grocery shopping, eat at Red Robin or Oggi’s, shop in Barnes & Noble, play in the playground near B&N, paint ceramics with the kids at Ceramicafe, go with the kids at JW Tumbles indoor kid gym….There is also a daycare (kindercare?) there. Even though we don’t live in the area a couple times we went in the weekend there and make a combined trip with shopping at the more ‘gourmet’ store there.

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[quote=flu]The mall thing is great if you don’t have kids. Once you have a family and kids, you probably won’t be taking that stroll over to the mall as much as you think.[/quote]

Oh? I thought that is where (with kids)we’ll do the grocery shopping, eat at Red Robin or Oggi’s, shop in Barnes & Noble, play in the playground near B&N, paint ceramics with the kids at Ceramicafe, go with the kids at JW Tumbles indoor kid gym….There is also a daycare (kindercare?) there. Even though we don’t live in the area a couple times we went in the weekend there and make a combined trip with shopping at the more ‘gourmet’ store there.

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[quote=flu]The mall thing is great if you don’t have kids. Once you have a family and kids, you probably won’t be taking that stroll over to the mall as much as you think.[/quote]

Oh? I thought that is where (with kids)we’ll do the grocery shopping, eat at Red Robin or Oggi’s, shop in Barnes & Noble, play in the playground near B&N, paint ceramics with the kids at Ceramicafe, go with the kids at JW Tumbles indoor kid gym….There is also a daycare (kindercare?) there. Even though we don’t live in the area a couple times we went in the weekend there and make a combined trip with shopping at the more ‘gourmet’ store there.

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Website with CV condos and homes!
http://www.cv-home.com/Nav.aspx/Page=%2fPageManager%2fDefault.aspx%2fPageID%3d949646
I just found it! It seems pretty useful at least to know where some complexes are. awesome.
[quote=jpinpb]I don’t think the twinhomes, La Plage/Winwood, have HOAs and if there’s any Mello Roos left, it’s low. If the twnhm is priced low enough (lower than now) Winwood is not bad[/quote]
If that website data is right, Windwood doesn’t have MRs, neither does Coral Cove or East Bluff, being older. La Plage & Canyon Ridege have a not so bad MR of ~1000-1200 a year. Pelagos & Montemar MRs are ~700-800/yr.
But yeah, HOAs of $200-300….

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Website with CV condos and homes!
http://www.cv-home.com/Nav.aspx/Page=%2fPageManager%2fDefault.aspx%2fPageID%3d949646
I just found it! It seems pretty useful at least to know where some complexes are. awesome.
[quote=jpinpb]I don’t think the twinhomes, La Plage/Winwood, have HOAs and if there’s any Mello Roos left, it’s low. If the twnhm is priced low enough (lower than now) Winwood is not bad[/quote]
If that website data is right, Windwood doesn’t have MRs, neither does Coral Cove or East Bluff, being older. La Plage & Canyon Ridege have a not so bad MR of ~1000-1200 a year. Pelagos & Montemar MRs are ~700-800/yr.
But yeah, HOAs of $200-300….

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Website with CV condos and homes!
http://www.cv-home.com/Nav.aspx/Page=%2fPageManager%2fDefault.aspx%2fPageID%3d949646
I just found it! It seems pretty useful at least to know where some complexes are. awesome.
[quote=jpinpb]I don’t think the twinhomes, La Plage/Winwood, have HOAs and if there’s any Mello Roos left, it’s low. If the twnhm is priced low enough (lower than now) Winwood is not bad[/quote]
If that website data is right, Windwood doesn’t have MRs, neither does Coral Cove or East Bluff, being older. La Plage & Canyon Ridege have a not so bad MR of ~1000-1200 a year. Pelagos & Montemar MRs are ~700-800/yr.
But yeah, HOAs of $200-300….

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Website with CV condos and homes!
http://www.cv-home.com/Nav.aspx/Page=%2fPageManager%2fDefault.aspx%2fPageID%3d949646
I just found it! It seems pretty useful at least to know where some complexes are. awesome.
[quote=jpinpb]I don’t think the twinhomes, La Plage/Winwood, have HOAs and if there’s any Mello Roos left, it’s low. If the twnhm is priced low enough (lower than now) Winwood is not bad[/quote]
If that website data is right, Windwood doesn’t have MRs, neither does Coral Cove or East Bluff, being older. La Plage & Canyon Ridege have a not so bad MR of ~1000-1200 a year. Pelagos & Montemar MRs are ~700-800/yr.
But yeah, HOAs of $200-300….

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