Create a free digital slideshow This Downtown San Diego Condo in M2i located in the East Village/Ballpark District is a contemporary and elegant West facing loft like unit on the top floor and is renting for $2,750/month. From the entrance of #717 you are struck by both the contemporary and simplistic design style of a  Continue…

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Check out the graph above…this shows the total number of conforming/extended conforming/jumbo loans that was out there in the first quarter of 2011 in Downtown San Diego. The conforming loans totally lead the way with 111 loans out of a total of 135 condos & lofts sold during this time. To read and compare other  Continue…

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Is this cool or what? We Downtown San Diego Condo and Loft home owners, business owners and residents are given the opportunity to be apart of the design concepts for the new public open space at Horton Plaza. Come on down to the Gaslamp District and discuss the initial concepts at the open house on  Continue…

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You know…for being a real estate specialist and a Downtown San Diego Condo home owner…I got so used to the “developer market” the last couple years here in Downtown San Diego. As the developer sales at The Mark , The Legend and Park Terrace in the East Village/Ballpark District, Atria in the Marina District and  Continue…

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As a Downtown San Diego Condo home owner and a San Diego Real Estate Specialist I have during the years seen basically empty lots turn into high-rises and areas considered not so nice turn into the new hip place to be. The last couple of years have been pretty slow when we look at new  Continue…

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Nestled up to downtown San Diego is our beautiful San Diego Bay and when you own downtown San Diego real estate, enjoying this bay is right outside your front door. Hornblower Cruises offer a variety of bay cruises throughout the year and the one that sounds most interesting to me is the Full Moon Dinner  Continue…

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What does a city need? The San Diego Museum of Art located in Balboa Park in Downtown San Diego will be dedicating 14 weeks to this question. Based on the responses to the exhibition Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & crafts Movement…contemporary artists, musicians, poets and speakers will be discussing the multiple answers on  Continue…

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Are you looking for something fun to do with your dad for Father’s Day Weekend? Or are you a downtown San Diego resident who loves to try new restaraunts? If you answered yes to either of these, Taste of Gaslamp is the event for you. For $30 a ticket, you are given a walking map,  Continue…

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One of the most interesting facts about Downtown San Diego real estate is the quarterly number showing how many condos & lofts were sold in a specific price range in Downtown San Diego during a specific time frame. As we are geeks for the analytic…we do keep track of every transaction that occurs in Downtown.  Continue…

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It’s no secret that we have a tremendous military presence in downtown San Diego and surrounding areas in the county. There is a great deal of pride and respect for these men and women who protect our safety and that of our country. So when an initiative such as Blue Star Museums is created to  Continue…

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lNieIytoBM As a downtown San Diego condo and loft home owner I always look around for ways to help & contribute to make our Downtown more green and environmental friendly. I came across an article the other day about the Green Business Challenge. The Port of San Diego and San Diego Gas & Electric  Continue…

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As a Downtown San Diego condo and loft home owner it is always interesting to know more about the current real estate market. You know…just to be able to stay on top of things. So, I wanted to show you this graph so that you can get a better understanding about the average monthly sales  Continue…

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fdHyXhN4rg As an owner of a downtown San Diego loft, sitting out on my balcony wrapped in a blanket with a cup of jo in hand is my idea of participating in the Rock N Roll Marathon. This SOLD OUT (that’s right, SOLD OUT) event draws in thousands of runners who, along the route,  Continue…

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w392ZszVro As an owner of a downtown San Diego loft or condo, you know that humans are not the only inhabitants of our buildings just by your time spent in the elevators. Downtown San Diegans LOVE their dogs and becuase of this undying devotion you need to get yourself, and your hound, out of  Continue…

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Want to have a place to dip your toes into water while strolling along the Embarcadero in Downtown San Diego? Well…you might not have to wait too long. Plans for two parks located on each side of the County Administration Building on Harbor Drive in the Columbia District in Downtown San Diego has been approved  Continue…

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As I am sure you already know…the resale market is taking over in Downtown San Diego. Going from a total Developer sale market to the pure resale market is something we have never seen before. The graph above is showing us Condos & Lofts sold by the 7 different neighborhoods in Downtown during the 1st  Continue…

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Its quite funny looking back to the year of 2002 where I see myself standing on A Street on the border of the Little Italy District and the Columbia District in Downtown San Diego saying to my clients; there will be at least 10 towers built right here that will outline the skyline of Downtown  Continue…

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Living in downtown San Diego promotes a lifestyle of reveling in the outdoors and Humphrey’s Concerts By the Bay is a perfect twist on that concept. Live music in an outdoor venue on a warm summer night? Sign me up! These dreamy evenings run May through October in this 1,400 seat theater on the bay.  Continue…

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So as you can see in the graph above…financing lead the way with a total of 135 purchases of condos & lofts in Downtown San Diego out of the 256 that was sold in the first quarter of 2011. Not too far behind were 121 cash deals…which is pretty amazing. It seems as if there  Continue…

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It’s that time of year again, downtown San Diego residents! Taste of Little Italy is back and if you haven’t heard of it as an owner of a downtown San Diego loft or condo, it is now time to crawl out from under that rock and see what it is all about! Here’s a visual  Continue…

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