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The national economy should expand 4 percent over the next two years, while interest rates should rise modestly, helping to sustain a robust housing market, according to an economic forecast [...]

John Laing Homes' San Diego Division has announced that its newest neighborhood, Woodley's Glen, will be coming soon to the award-winning master-planned community of San Elijo Hills in San Marcos. [...]

Imagine a place where small town values, unspoiled surroundings and jade green fairways come together to create a refreshing living environment that golf enthusiasts can appreciate. Whether driving a long [...]

Pardee Homes was one of nine builders nationally to win top honors in the EnergyValue Housing Awards (EVHA), which recognize companies that achieve success while respecting the environment. EVHA honors [...]

San Diego is encouraging developers and communities to make themselves examples of future development. San Diego's planning department is accepting applications for pilot villages, which will be the kind of [...]

The San Diego Interfaith Housing Foundation received $11 million in tax credits from the California Tax Credit Allocation Committtee for a $17.2 million, 96-unit afforable housing project for senior citizens [...]

Key amenities and services--including a world-class clubhouse and fire station already under construction--are expected to be cornerstones of CIELO, the 1,740-acre hillside village of Rancho Santa Fe. Social, recreational, business [...]

For a new home community, almost as important as making sure the windows don't leak and the doors fit their frames is a 'good marketing plan.' Builders like RWR Homes, [...]

Red Capital Group, headquartered in Cincinnati, arranged the financing for Mariposa Apartments developed by an affiliate of Solana Beach-based Chelsea Investment Corp. in Carlsbad. Provident Community Development Co, LLC and [...]

Affordable Housing Push: San Diego elected city officials should stop talking about creating affordable housing, and actually make decisions that would help create it, according to the San Diego Regional [...]

A partnership of Texas and Maryland companies took over 4.629 Marine Corps housing units, including several thousand at Camp Pendleton, on Oct.1. The Department of the Navy has privatized the [...]

Like many people living in San Diego, teachers earn wages much higher than the poverty level, but much lower than the income needed to afford a median-priced home. 'We live [...]

Let The Sales Begin: In one day Del Mar-based Davidson Communities sold all 13 houses in the first phase of sales at its 71-home project in Santaluz. Model homes in [...]

In Between: Newport Beach-based William Lyons Homes is selling its last two houses in The Orchards in Hidden Trails, an Escondido new home development. Prices at The Orchards range from [...]

Half The Price: In San Marcos, prices start in the low $400,000s for Glen Park, a new 82-home development by the San Diego division-of Los Angeles-based KB Home. The one- [...]

Downtown Stats: According to a Centre City Development Corp. report on the Downtown Residential Marketing Alliance, 25 percent of all attached home sales in Southern California are in Downtown San [...]

Proposition 65 lawsuits are giving headaches to some San Diego apartment owners. The measure, which passed in 1986, was intended to notify customers when they were exposed to carcinogens and [...]

Bosa Development has reservations for 100 of the 221 condominiums in its second tower at the Grande at Santa Fe Place, where official sales began over the weekend. The Vancouver, [...]

Apartment Update: According to Phoenix-based brokerage Hendricks & Partners, San Diego County's apartment market weakened in the second quarter, even though the area's average rent increased. Vacancy rose to 5.8 [...]

Final Builder: According to San Diego-based master developer Newland Communities, Trimark Pacific Homes of Westlake Village is the last of four builders recruited for Woods Valley, a master-planned golf community [...]

First For Brookfield: Canadian homebuilder Brookfield Homes, which keeps its U.S. headquarters in Del Mar, is building model homes at Cedar Rose. The 156-home subdivision is Brookfield's first project in [...]

Dominy + Associates Architects designed Market Square Manor, a 200-unit apartment complex for low-income senior citizens at 525 14th St. in Downtown San Diego. The grand opening is Sept. 24. [...]

Barratt American is narrowing down the architects for a 400-unit housing development on 10.59 acres in the College area of San Diego. Urban development is nothing new for the Carlsbad-based [...]

SALES Property: 10052 Mesa Ridge Court, San Diego Seller: CT Realty Corp. Selling agents: Randy LaChance of Volt Commercial Brokerage represented the seller. Barry Mahlberg of Burnham Real Estate Services [...]

A new realty company has been formed to sell custom home sites and luxury estate homes at CIELO, the hillside village in Rancho Santa Fe. Real estate executive Gary Driver, [...]

A chic urban loft in East Village with views of downtown San Diego and Petco Park is a far cry from the rambling 4,500-square-foot single-family house they left in Houston [...]

Showcasing its commitment to offer San Diegans a choice of living styles, Greystone Homes is unveiling three urban-style models Saturday, August 2 at The Esplanade at Spectrum. According to the [...]

SAM Awards: The Sales and Marketing Council of the Building Industry Association of San Diego County is calling for entries in its annual SAM -- sales, advertising, and merchandising -- [...]

May Resales Up: In May, 3,316 existing homes were sold in San Diego County, compared to 3,278 resales in the same month of 2002, according to Multiple Listing Service statistics [...]

It seems only fitting that the height of the renaissance of San Diego's Marina District would be set off by the completion of the second tower of the Renaissance luxury [...]

With planning for the county's backcountry in its fifth year, builders and realtors are keeping a close eye of the number of homes that can be built in the future. [...]

Carlsbad-based Barratt American and Dallas-based CLB Partners broke ground on Seahaus La Jolla, a 138-unit condominium development slated for the 4.2-acre site of two 195 Os era hotels, the La [...]

Luxury home values increased during the first quarter, according to the Prestige Home Index compiled by First Republic Bank in San Francisco. The index tracks homes valued at $1 million [...]

Chula Vista officials recently watched as three partners broke ground on a $21 million affordable apartment project in its southwest redevelopment area. Main Plaza Housing-Avalon LLC, Alpha Development Inc., and [...]

The Ranch at Santa Monica, a successful luxury community situated adjacent to Rancho Santa Fe, Fairbanks Ranch and Santaluz, was recognized among the 'Best in the West.' at the 2003 [...]

For the second year, 10 Baker & McKenzie offices in North America teamed up with Habitat for Humanity International to build homes for families in need of adequate housing. The [...]

Homebuilders are reporting sell-outs in Santaluz, a 3,800-acre, high-end master-planned community east of Fairbanks Ranch. In its first 16 months of sales, 353 homes were sold in Santaluz. Bradenton, Fla.-based [...]

John Laing Homes is currently celebrating its grand opening for Waters End in Carlsbad and offering tours of the six model homes in this community. The opening gives homebuyers the [...]

The housing boom in Southern California has encountered a problem. As homes continue to be built at rapid pace, the demand for wood continues to exceed supply. Many of today's [...]

Lighting is the most powerful medium for both homeowners and designers. Lighting can dramatically impact a space and create a specific mood, feel or look. A professionally designed lighting plan [...]

Three new neighborhoods are gearing up for sales in 45 Ranch, a 2,900-acre master-planned community near Rancho Bernardo. Fieldstone Communities, headquartered in Newport Beach, is building a project called Cambridge, [...]

Los Angeles-based KB Home has opened six model homes at Valente and Cardona, two new single-family housing neighborhoods in Oceanside. Houses are priced from the mid-$300,000s and high [...]

Sales Begin: McMillin Homes, headquartered in National City, has started selling homes in Fairhaven priced from the high $400,000s. The 121-home project is McMillin's second in Rolling Hills Ranch, a [...]

Carlsbad-based homebuilder Barratt American plans to open model homes for Aurora Hills, a 58-home community in Escondido, this month. Barratt will build three- to five-bedroom houses priced from the high [...]

Kevin deFreitas developed an interest in buildings from a very early age, growing up in a house designed by Russell Forrester, a prominent local architect. Now, his firm is a [...]