Coast To Crest Trail: Recreation For hikers, joggers, bicyclists, even horses!
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Coast to Crest trail, You can start at Jimmy Durante drive.
Linking Dal Mar To Julian
From Sea to the Rivers source, Coast to Crest Trail is a 55 Miles corridor thats connecting Del Mar with the Volcan mountain, the San Dieguito River’s source near Julian.
The trail highlights the San Dieguito River watershed, an area of land containing creeks, streams and other waterways that flow into the River. The River covers 346 square miles, and ends up at the Pacific Ocean.
The Goal has been to restore the healthy habitat that once graced the area such as freshwater and salt water marshes, native
grasslands, riparian, woodland and coastal scrubs. This restoration Project considers the planting of native plants for a functioning ecosystem.
I’ve seen fish jumping and Octopus hiding and Blue Heron, it’s quite a nature walk!
I have a degree in Real Estate Experience! Let me show you around.
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Would You Love A Great Excuse To Dine Out? Well here it is!
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The 2nd Annual
Great AMERICAN Dine-Out!
September 20-26, 2009
Fabulous local restaurants in Oceanside, Vista, Carlsbad, Encinitas, Escondido, San Marcos, Carmel Valley, Rancho Bernardo, Del Mar, and Poway as well as many others throughout San Diego County will donate a portion of their sales for the week to support Share Our Strength®.
Go to http://strength.org click on Great American Dine Out to Find A Restaurant
Childhood Hunger is a reality for children in America. By the end of the year, more than 12 million children in America will worry about having the food they need.
The Solution and How We Can Help
Share Our Strength® is the leading national organization working to make sure that no kid grows up hungry in America. By raising funds through programs like Share Our Strength’s The Great American Dine Out, Share Our Strength weaves together a net of community food programs to catch children at risk of hunger and ensure they have nutritious food where they live, work and play.
Share Our Strength’s Great American Dine Out helps raise critical funds for organizations in communities across America. Share Our Strength grants the money raised during the Great American Dine Out to community programs across the country that provide help to children at risk of hunger in America.
At Windermere Exclusive Properties, we love helping people find their perfect home in our beautiful communities. So while out showing properties this week, let’s grab a bite to eat and help a hungry child!
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San Diego Homes Under $200,000? – Get the Facts
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Are there really homes in San Diego for under $200,000? Yes there are…over 2,700 of them! And they are located throughout the county.
In fact there are a number of “affordable” homes that under $300,000 (5,800) and an additional 4,400 between $300,000 and $500,000. Listed below are the number of homes available (single family residences detached and attached homes only) in different price ranges as of Friday, 10/24/2008.
Below $200,000
San Diego County: 2,709 Listings
562—Metro Area
226—North County Coastal
603—North County Inland/No East
536—East County
Below $300,000 ($200,000-$299,000)
San Diego County: 3,095 Listings
625—Metro Area
322—North County Coastal
821—North County Inland/No East
453—East County
Below $400,000 ($300,000-$399,000)
480—Metro Area
326—North County Coastal
761—North County Inland/No East
490—East County
Below $500,000 ($400,000-$499,000)
298—Metro Area
229—North County Coastal
555—North County Inland/No East
201—East County
Below$600,000 ($500,000-$599,000)
San Diego County: 1,189 Listings
225—Metro Area
224—North County Coastal
402—North County Inland/No East
115—East County
It may be the perfect time to get into your first home or to buy that investment propety you have always talked about doing. Because of the foreclosures and short sales, prices are down and interest rates are very low.
Contact me for more detailed information on a particular area in San Diego County.
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Short Sales in San Diego County – Get the Facts
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What are short sales? What is happening with the short sale market? Are they selling? Where are they? Here is the Statistics Report for the activity in the last 90 days on all homes, except for manufactured, in San Diego County. Statistics supplied courtesy of Sandicor.
San Diego County Short Sales
To summarize:
- There are currently 6,445 Active Listings. This is a little misleading because most short sales are kept in the active status, even after the seller has accepted an offer, until there is an formal acceptance by the lender(s).
- There are currently 1,778 short sales in the pending status, which means in escrow.
- There have been 4,109 that have closed escrow in the last 90 days.
What are they? Short sales are homes that are for sale and the seller’s loan(s) are more than what the property can sell for. They put it on the market in the hopes that the bank will take less than what they owe. This used to be a process that could take up to 6 months before the lender assigned a negotiator and many went into foreclosure before they ever had a chance to get it approved.
Most banks now have systems in place and as the report shows, they are closing successfully. In fact, most of the time there are multiple offers…you will note that the sales price to listing price is now 97% and average days on the market are down to 99.
Where are they? I did a search for some regions and note the following:
North County Coastal = Carmel Valley, Del Mar, Solana Beach, Encinitas, Carlsbad & Oceanside
- 738 Actives 200 Pending 186 Solds
North County Inland= Scripps Ranch, Rancho Bernardo/Penasquitos, Mira Mesa, Poway & Ramona
- 537 Actives 205 Pending 185 Solds
Metro Areas = Downtown, Hillcrest, North Park, Mission Valley, Clairemont, Tierrasanta & University City
- 1,096 Actives 329 Pending 283 Solds
South Bay = Bonita, Chula Vista & National City
- 1,727 Actives 339 Pending 159 Solds – by far the highest area
If you have stayed away from short sales, you might want to reconsider…many are selling before they become foreclosed on.
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Overcoming The Biggest Fear of All
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Months ago a friend of mine sent me an email about Anderson Coopers’ 60 minutes. The subject was Women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and how their sufferings are used as weapons of war.
Inspired, I joined a group of women in our community who wanted to help Women for Women International. Since it’s creation , Women for Women International has empowered more than 153,000 women survivors of war to move toward economic self-sufficiency with our year-long program of direct aid, rights education, job skills training and small business development. Since 1993, Women for Women International has mobilized more than 125,000 women and men in 105 countries worldwide to reach out and support women survivors of war – one woman at a time.
To help, our group organized a Fund Raising event: TASTE OF HUMANITY!!I was honored to be invited as the speaker of the event, which took place took place on May 22, 2008 in Del Mar Powerhouse, Del Mar, California.
While it is said that Public Speaking is the number one fear in the minds of most people, I was so passionate about this worldwide issue that my fear vanished. After learning about the horrors these women endured, I wanted to speak, I wanted to help, I wanted to inspire other to help.
I invite you watch my speech which lasts only for five minutes.
If you wish to sponsor a woman, kindly visit www.WomenforWomen.org. Or contact me, Shapar for more information.
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