Lisa Hayashi's Blog

Looking for a home rental can be just as arduous as home shopping for keeps. When we first moved here about 15 years ago, I researched a lot of the general area at the library. I learned a lot of what mattered, regarding fault lines, flood areas and a lot of other things that didn’t weigh in quit...

It's that back to school time again, just around the corner, the Poway school district is starting on August 24th. That means this is the month everyone is getting in their last weeks of summer vacations, getting ready and gearing up to shop for school supplies and back to school clothes. The end...

Dataquick reported earlier this year that over 30% of all new and resale houses and condos sold statewide were bought with cash.  I would venture to guess that a lot of those sales were from "vulture fund" investors who bought distressed bank homes and intend to fix them up and resell these prope...

Are you having a green day or a red day? One might think I’m talking about the red or green day diet, which suggests we eat red or green fruits and vegetables on certain days.  Sorry, although that may be a great way to lose weight, it’s not what I was referring to. Nope, actually I’m talking abo...

Summer is a time for traditional outings like no other, because we all love celebrating our country’s independence day. The fireworks displays are just a fantastic radio show coordinated spectacle that we all love to listen to, watch and enjoy together as a community. A pancake breakfast in Webb ...

Well, in my last blog I said I’d be bringing you more market information about the attached homes in the 92127 and 92128 areas. Lets start with contingent properties, meaning they are all short sales with offers waiting for the short sale lenders to approve the sale, before starting the escrow pr...

Are you looking for a condominium in Rancho Bernardo? I am. You see it's that time for us; we're almost to the empty nest syndrome, so we are looking for a place for our daughter to live. That being said, it turns out she happens to like living in this area where she grew up and we would love it ...

There’s so much going on in people’s lives to think about potholes and graffiti, but they are those things that if we keep passive behavior about, they will only get worse.  Recently, I’ve noticed some graffiti on the i15 freeway in the Rancho Bernardo area. In addition, more graffiti was brought...

There are currently 32 active listings in Carmel Mountain, where the listing with the highest days on the market belongs to an attached townhome that has been for sale 379 days so far and is priced in a range from $289,900 – $310,000. It is a short sale with specific showing hours and days with a...

Do you remember the part in the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" movie when Indiana Jones holds up the staff at just the right time of the day and the sun shines through it and it shows the location of where the ark is hidden? That's what's happening now for first time home buyers. There are three major...