San Diego Tierrasanta Area Median House Prices thru July 2012

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Greetings All, 

The latest in San Diego SOLD house prices through July, 2012.

For HOUSES, in the 18 different zip codes which I track, the median sold prices look like:  

·       Compared to 1 mo ago, 78% of zips either went up in market value or stayed essentially the same (within +/-4% median market value) over values of the prior month. The average 1 mo change over all 18 zip codes was +7%.  Most reliable and notable of the increases was South Park / Golden Hill with a 74% increase on 21 houses sold and Kensington / Normal Heights had a 66% increase on 12 houses sold.

·       Compared to 2 mos ago, the market value of 83% are still either at a higher value or stayed essentially the same (within +/-4%) over the median values of 2 months prior. The average 2 mo change over all 18 zip codes was +6%.  Here we have our leader being Kensington / Normal Heights with a 69% increase and Ocean Beach with an 24% increase. Also, over both of the past 2 mos straight, 72% of zips have shown an increase or stayed essentially the same in market value.

·      Compared to 1 year ago, we have 78% with a median market value either higher or essentially the same (within +/-4%).  The average 1 yr change over all 18 zip codes was +6%.  In this 1 yr category, with a 78% increase over market values of 1 yr ago, is Kensington / Normal Heights while South Park / Golden Hill had a 61% increase.

 

Summary:   The below charts give you an excellent overview of San Diego home prices by comparing the percentages of my zip codes that increased and also the overall average change for all zips:

% OF TRACKED ZIPS THAT INCREASED OR HELD STEADY
COMPARED  TO:	CONDOS	HOUSES
1 MO AGO	77%	78%
2 MO AGO	77%	83%
1 YR AGO	85%	78%

Keep in mind that my 13 zip codes for condos and 18 zip codes for houses, are only a portion of the entire San Diego picture. It is the norm for any one particular zip code to have a positive increase in market values for 1, 2, or 3 months and then in other months to see a decrease in market values. This is particularly common with changes in the season such as during the winter holiday season.

Bottomline - while prices may go up & down within any given year-long period, what we are really looking for is a general increase from year to year so that within that year, the rise of the "up" months is higher and thus outweighs the dips of the "down" months. The movement in some zips may be slow for sure, but, it is still movement and those lagging behind the upward trend in San Diego and the county as a whole, will catch up in due time!

OVERALL AVERAGE CHANGE OF ALL TRACKED ZIPS COMBINED
COMPARED TO:	CONDOS	HOUSES
1 MO AGO	UP +32%	UP +7%
2 MO AGO	UP +10%	UP +6%
1 YR AGO	UP +51%	UP +6%

 For more info on real estate issues and concerns in San Diego, scroll down to “Mortgage rates drop again, Freddie Mac says; 30-year at 3.53% “ and for even more info, "CoreLogic: Home Prices Rise for Third Consecutive Month".

Cheers Again Until Next Month!  - Peg

Mary "Peg" Heying

REALTOR® - CA DRE License # 01726709

Prudential CA Realty

890 W Washington St.

San Diego, CA 92103

Cell:  (619) 301-8589

Email:  realtorpeg@yahoo.com 

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San Diego Tierrasanta Area Median House Prices thru July 2012

Greetings All, 

The latest in San Diego SOLD house prices through July, 2012.  

For HOUSES, in the 18 different zip codes which I track, the median sold prices look like:  

·       Compared to 1 mo ago, 78% of zips either went up in market value or stayed essentially the same (within +/-4% median market value) over values of the prior month. The average 1 mo change over all 18 zip codes was +7%.  Most reliable and notable of the increases was South Park / Golden Hill with a 74% increase on 21 houses sold and Kensington / Normal Heights had a 66% increase on 12 houses sold.

·       Compared to 2 mos ago, the market value of 83% are still either at a higher value or stayed essentially the same (within +/-4%) over the median values of 2 months prior. The average 2 mo change over all 18 zip codes was +6%.  Here we have our leader being Kensington / Normal Heights with a 69% increase and Ocean Beach with an 24% increase. Also, over both of the past 2 mos straight, 72% of zips have shown an increase or stayed essentially the same in market value.

·      Compared to 1 year ago, we have 78% with a median market value either higher or essentially the same (within +/-4%).  The average 1 yr change over all 18 zip codes was +6%.  In this 1 yr category, with a 78% increase over market values of 1 yr ago, is Kensington / Normal Heights while South Park / Golden Hill had a 61% increase.

 

  

Summary:   The below charts give you an excellent overview of San Diego home prices by comparing the percentages of my zip codes that increased and also the overall average change for all zips: 

% OF TRACKED ZIPS THAT INCREASED OR HELD STEADY
COMPARED   TO:	CONDOS	HOUSES
1 MO AGO	77%	78%
2 MO AGO	77%	83%
1 YR AGO	85%	78%

Keep in mind that my 13 zip codes for condos and 18 zip codes for houses, are only a portion of the entire San Diego picture. It is the norm for any one particular zip code to have a positive increase in market values for 1, 2, or 3 months and then in other months to see a decrease in market values. This is particularly common with changes in the season such as during the winter holiday season.

Bottomline - while prices may go up & down within any given year-long period, what we are really looking for is a general increase from year to year so that within that year, the rise of the "up" months is higher and thus outweighs the dips of the "down" months. The movement in some zips may be slow for sure, but, it is still movement and those lagging behind the upward trend in San Diego and the county as a whole, will catch up in due time!

OVERALL AVERAGE CHANGE OF ALL TRACKED ZIPS COMBINED
COMPARED TO:	CONDOS	HOUSES
1 MO AGO	UP +32%	UP +7%
2 MO AGO	UP +10%	UP +6%
1 YR AGO	UP +51%	UP +6%

 For more info on real estate issues and concerns in San Diego, scroll down to “Mortgage rates drop again, Freddie Mac says; 30-year at 3.53% “ and for even more info, "CoreLogic: Home Prices Rise for Third Consecutive Month".

Cheers Again Until Next Month!  - Peg

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Mars Rover, Curiosity, Lands on the Red Planet

 PASADENA, Calif. – Facing unfavorable odds, the U.S. scored a huge victory on Mars on Monday, landing the largest and most sophisticated mobile laboratory ever launched to another planet.

 At an early-morning news conference, engineers engaged in high-fives, hugs and boisterous applause after NASA's Mars Science Laboratory and the Curiosity rover survived a perilous seven-minute plunge to the surface of the red planet.

The 1:32 a.m. landing came two years late. The $2.5 billion mission came in $900 million over budget. And the very future of the nation's Mars exploration program was at stake.

Almost 70% of previous missions to Mars had ended in failure, and the unmitigated success seemed to be a vindication of sorts.

"There are many out in the community that say NASA has lost its way, that we don't know how to explore, that we've lost our moxie," said John Grunsfeld, Associate Administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate.

"I want you to look around tonight. All those folks with the blue shirts, and think about what we've achieved. I think it's fair to say that NASA knows how to explore. We've been exploring, and we're on Mars," he said.

"This feat that you saw tonight is something that only the United States of America can do. And the rover is made in the USA."

The car-sized Curiosity rover landed at Gale Crater, a gaping expanse that stretches 100 miles across, at 1:32 a.m. EDT. Images beamed across interplanetary space started showing up about seven minutes later.

"That rocked," said NASA deputy project manager Richard Cook. "Seriously. Was that not cool?"

President Obama lauded the landing in a statement, calling it "an unprecedented feat of technology that will stand as a point of national pride far into the future."

Earlier in the night, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden had admitted a successful landing was a long shot.

"It's like us launching something from Kennedy Space Center and having it land in the Rose Bowl, on the 50-year-line, on a Frisbee," Bolden told an assembled group of social media followers.

Eight months after launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Mars Science Laboratory separated from a cruise stage that had propelled it on an interplanetary journey that covered 352 million miles.

Back on Earth, engineers received a signal confirming that event at 1:14 a.m. EDT. It took the signal 14 minutes to reach Earth.

Ten minutes later, signals showed the Mars Science Laboratory hit the top of the planet's atmosphere at about 13,200 mph. Altitude: 81.5 miles.

The spacecraft went through a "straighten up and fly right" roll maneuver four minutes later, purposely shedding ballast so it would tilt slightly, creating aerodynamic lift.

Just like a space shuttle making a guided re-entry to Earth's atmosphere, the Mars Science Lab and its cocooned Curiosity rover flew sweeping S-curves to bleed off speed.

Temperatures on its ablative heat shield were expected to build up to 3,800 degrees Fahrenheit during the dramatic descent. Engineers in Mission Control cheered each step in the plunge.

A supersonic parachute deployed, the heat shield separated, and then Curiosity emerged from a protective back shell.

Eight retrorockets on a separate descent stage ignited before Curiosity was lowered to the ground on three bridles -- a so-called "sky crane" maneuver that gently deposited the rover on its six wheels.

The bridles severed, the descent stage then flew off to a pre-programmed crash landing about a half-mile away.

The first-ever guided entry allowed a pinpoint touchdown in a landing zone near the base of Aerolis Mons, informally known as Mount Sharp, a three-mile-high mountain taller than any in the contiguous U.S.

The one-ton rover, equipped with the most sophisticated suite of science instruments ever sent to another planet, will now be exhaustively checked out before beginning its mission, expected to last at least two years.

Rover instruments will be used to determine if Mars ever harbored the primary building blocks of life: water, a source of energy and carbonaceous compounds.

courtesy of:  Todd Halvorson, Florida Today, http://www.usatoday.com

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NASA Counts Down to Dramatic Mars Landing

With a mixture of tense nerves and confidence, NASA counted down to the landing of its largest ever robotic rover on Mars, where it will search for signs that life may once have existed.

          

The $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory, featuring a car-sized rover called Curiosity, is expected to land on Mars at 0531 GMT on Monday (10:31 pm Sunday on the US West Coast).

However, success is anything but certain with this first-of-its-kind attempt to drop a six-wheeled chemistry lab by rocket-powered sky crane on an alien planet. NASA's more recent rover dropoffs were done with the help of airbags.

"We are rationally confident, emotionally terrified and ready for EDL," said NASA engineer Adam Steltzner, leader of the US space agency team tasked with entry, descent and landing (EDL), a process NASA has called "Seven Minutes of Terror."

In these final moments, the spacecraft should accelerate with the pull of gravity as it nears Mars' atmosphere, making a fiery entry at a speed of 13,200 miles (21,240 kilometers) per hour and then slowing down with the help of a supersonic parachute.

After that, an elaborate sky crane powered by rocket blasters kicks in, and the rover is due to be lowered down by nylon tethers, hopefully landing upright on all six wheels.

Scientists do not expect Curiosity to find aliens or living creatures. Rather they hope to use it to analyze soil and rocks for signs that the building blocks of life are present and may have supported life in the past.

The project also aims to study the Martian environment to prepare for a possible human mission there in the coming years.

It has already been collecting data on radiation during its eight and a half month journey following launch in November 2011 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Mars program director Doug McCuistion called the science "absolutely crucial" to finding out if Earthlings are alone, how Mars evolved from a wet to a dry planet and how accessible Mars may be for human explorers in the future.

"If we succeed, it will be one of the greatest feats in planetary exploration ever," he told reporters. "Our success rate has been pretty darn good recently."

However, he cautioned that "these things are really hard to do" and admitted that "we may not be successful."

Attempts by global space agencies since 1960 have resulted in a near 40 percent success rate in sending landers, orbiters or other spacecraft for flybys to Mars. NASA has the best record.

"A failure is a setback, it is not a disaster," McCuistion said, vowing that if it does not work, NASA would learn from its mistakes and press forward with Mars exploration.

In the meantime, members of NASA's flight team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, clung to their good luck charms as the rover sped toward Mars at a rate of 8,000 miles per hour.

One staffer groomed his long sideburns, which he has been growing in anticipation of the landing; another held a pair of her cherished trinkets close for good luck; and a third colored his hair red and blue and styled it in a mohawk, with stars on the sides to represent the American flag.

These small traditions aim to "keep the mood light and also result in some good luck for Curiosity," said Brian Portock of NASA's flight team.

Portock added that NASA had decided last minute corrections to the flight path were not necessary overnight, and said communications with the spacecraft were very good.

"In cell phone speak, we have a full set of bars," he said.

The weather on Mars was also promising, with a nearby dust storm that was spotted days ago all but gone now.

"We've got great weather for landing," said Steltzner.

The announced landing time is 14 minutes after the touchdown occurs, with a delay due to the time it takes signals to travel from Mars to the Earth.

The US space agency said it will air a live commentary on NASA television beginning at 0400 GMT.

courtesy of:  http://news.yahoo.com

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San Diego Leading Economic Indicators Up Apr, May, June, 2012

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Mary "Peg" Heying

REALTOR® - CA DRE License # 01726709

Prudential CA Realty

890 W Washington St.

San Diego, CA 92103

Cell:  (619) 301-8589

Email:  realtorpeg@yahoo.com 

Website:  http://www.realtorpeg.com/

Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/realtorpegsd

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San Diego Leading Economic Indicators Up Apr, May, June, 2012

Lead Econ Indicators, 201206.pdf Download this file

Mary "Peg" Heying

REALTOR® - CA DRE License # 01726709

Prudential CA Realty

890 W Washington St.

San Diego, CA 92103

Cell:  (619) 301-8589

Email:  realtorpeg@yahoo.com 

Website:  http://www.realtorpeg.com/

Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/realtorpegsd

Twitter:  http://twitter.com/realtorpegsd

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SPACE EXPO: Return to the MOON - Land a Rover on MARS!

Your Guide to the Fleet AUGUST 2012

Space Expo Saturday: Challenger Moon Mission & Space Events! The Public Challenger Mission 'Return to the Moon' introduces you to the teamwork, technology and drama involved in space travel. Activities include a Rover Landing Challenge in the Tinkering Studio, Ask a Planetary Scientist table (featuring the Magic Planet) and Hands-on Activities at the E-bar. Mars events all weekend include "7 Minutes of Terror" NASA video, the games Xbox Kinect Rover Landing and Spacecraft 3D, and a chat with Professor Fleet! More>>Saturday, August 4Noon - 3 p.m. Space Expo Sunday: Mars Rover Curiosity Landing Special Event! Cruise the Red Planet in a special Planetarium presentation, follow ongoing NASA coverage with Jet Propulsion Lab and NASA scientists, 'Ask an Astronomer' your space-related questions, have your photo taken with a life-size photo display of Curiosity, or view the skies with SD Astronomy Association. Then watch the live NASA feed of Curiosity's landing on Mars in the Heikoff Dome Theater at 10:31PM as the Mars Science Lab mission, the most ambitious and complex in the history of robotic space exploration, begins an investigation into whether conditions have been favorable for microbial life and searches for clues about possible past life. More>>Sunday, August 5; Special Event 7:30 p.m. - 11 p.m. Separate ticket required, available online now. Member vouchers/ discounts/comps not accepted. No reservations accepted. (The Fleet is open 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. for normal hands-on fun and shows) Free "Grands" Admission for National Grandparent Day! On Sunday, September 9, grandchildren are invited to bring their grandparents to the Fleet Science Center for a day of free hands-on fun in our nine interactive exhibit galleries. Exciting "do touch" science exhibits for visitors of all ages include "GROSSOLOGY (The Impolite Science of the Human Body)" and "EXPLOR-O-RAMA: Get Your Hands On Science!" Celebrate the generations with free admission, brought to you by the ScholarShare College Savings Plan. More>>Sunday, September 910 a.m. - 6 p.m. A little Reggae and the Return of Coe at ROCK THE DOME! Start It Up every Saturday night and catch the trippy visuals for the newly added 'Wild Time' by the Aggrolites-and many more great classic rock music hits, set to dazzling imagery and full-dome computer graphics in 16,000-watt digital surround sound and 32 million pixels! On Saturday, August 11, join us as Coe Lewis and KGB Radio host ROCK THE DOME to raise money for charity. Your ticket purchase will benefit Homefront San Diego, providing a hand up to military families in their time of need, and the ACES Foundation, which benefits the El Cajon Animal Shelter. More>>Saturdays in August7 & 8 p.m. 11 A.M. Discounted Early Bird Screening of BORN TO BE WILD! Start your morning with one of our favorite IMAX® films and get a special price! An inspiring story of love and dedication, and the amazing bond between humans and animals, this film follows the lives of orphaned orangutans in the lush rainforests of Borneo and elephants in the rugged Kenyan savannah, from birth to their rebirth into the wild. See our website for ticket prices. More>>Every Day in August11 a.m. Tsunami Debris or Your Plastic Bag? Girls Take the "Great Pacific Gyre Challenge!" At Saturday Science Club for Girls, marine scientists need help to rid the ocean of plastic and other debris that are harmful to marine life and the Earth. Working in teams, girls in grades 5 - 8 will design and construct a device to collect trash from different strata of the ocean-without harming sea creatures. Are you up to the Challenge? Must pre-register by calling (619) 238-1233 x806. More>>Saturday, August 1112 Noon - 2 p.m. Youth Volunteer of the Year: Kwincy Smith The Fleet would not be the same without people like Kwincy Smith. Kwincy has served over 170 hours, starting as a volunteer for Summer Camp 2011, continuing with Winter Camp, Spring Camp & Young Scientists-and she has no plans to stop. She loves working with little campers and their enthusiasm for learning, constantly amazed at how much they know and their ability to teach her new things. A senior at The Preuss School UCSD, she hopes to attend SDSU and become an elementary school teacher, putting her hours here to good use. Thanks Kwincy for all of your hard work! Do you have an interest in science, education or service, in general? Want to learn new skills? You can be a great volunteer, too! High school students and older can apply here. More>> Free Admission to 250 Science Centers Around the World! Planning your summer vacation? Trying to save money? Remember that your Fleet Science Center membership card is valid for free exhibit gallery admission at over 250 science centers around the world.  To take advantage of this benefit: 1. Locate a science center where you will be traveling. 2. Call at least 48 hours in advance to confirm that your Fleet card will be accepted. 3. Some restrictions may apply (imposed by the science center you wish to visit).      Free admission to other science centers is one more reason that Fleet membership is a great value all year long! Not yet a member? Click here. Or call the Membership Office at (619) 238-1233, ext. 713.  Quick Links Monthly Schedule [pdf] Buy Tickets Online  Membership Info Purchase a Gift Card Deals & Discounts Volunteer Opportunities August Events 1 Summer Camp 2012 1 Origami with Bruce Gemmell 1 The Sky Tonight 3 Fridays at the Fleet 4 Space Expo: Public Challenger Mission 4 ROCK THE DOME 4 Family Science Saturday 5 Space Expo: Nasa's Mars Rover Curiosity Landing 6 Senior Monday 7 Free Tuesday 10 Fridays at the Fleet 11 Saturday Science Club for Girls 11 ROCK THE DOME 11 Family Science Saturday 17 Fridays at the Fleet 18 ROCK THE DOME 18 Family Science Saturday 19 IMAX en Español 24 Fridays at the Fleet 25 ROCK THE DOME 25 Family Science Saturday 31 Fridays at the Fleet Now Playing   DEEP SEA TO THE ARCTIC    BORN TO BE WILD  BLACK HOLES: The Other Side of Infinity ROCK THE DOME   Fridays at the Fleet See one show for $9.50 and add an additional show for only $6.00! August Schedule:    6PM:   DEEP SEA

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