San Diego Ukulele Festival, July 14-16 The inaugural San Diego Ukulele Festival will take place at Liberty Station in Point Loma on July 14, 15 & 16. Events are at Ingram Plaza, 2640 Historic Decatur Road. View Larger Map Times are: 6:00 - 9:30 p.m. on Thursday 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. on Friday 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Saturday Concerts are free except for the 6:00 p.m. each day. There will be 25 workshops on Saturday, ranging in price from $20 to $35. The $35 workshops include lunch. Some of the world's best ukulele players will be at the festival, including Jake Shimabukuro, James Hill, and San Diego's own Fred Thompson. Shimabukuro has a beautiful ukulele version of The Beatles' While My Guitar Gentle Weeps which has garnered over 8½ million views on YouTube: For more information, c... 07/11/2011

  If you owe more than your house is worth and can't afford your payments, you might be able to sell it for less than you owe -- without having to pay the lender the difference.   If you can no longer make your mortgage payments and your home is now worth less than you owe on it, foreclosure may not be your only option. A short sale, in real-estate terms, is a sale of a house in which the sale price is less than what the owner still owes on the mortgage. It is a procedure sometimes agreed to by lenders, who often would rather take a small loss than go through the lengthy and costly foreclosure process, in which the lender allows the sale of a home for less than it is worth and forgives the rest of the note. While there are some significant negative consequences to a short sale, an ever-... 04/12/2011

Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives (HAFA) $3,000 Cash Relocation Assistance Program For San Diego, CA Homeowners.  Exit Gracefully ​If homeownership is no longer affordable or the weight of homeownership has become too much to bear, MHA has a program that allows you to exit gracefully from the property with $3,000 in relocation assistance. The HAFA short sale program is designed to help underwater sellers either modify their loans or sell their homes as a short sale to avoid foreclosure. Through Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives (HAFA), you won't owe any more for the property after selling, and you will be free from the threat of foreclosure. The benefit of a HAFA short sale is that you are no longer responsible for the difference between what you owe on your mortgage and ... 04/10/2011

Liberty Station, one of the nations top ranked neighborhoods has a lot of real estate activity going on these days. As of late April 2009 there are five attached homes for sale and ten single family homes for sale. There have been seven units sold in the neighborhood so far this year with five currently in escrow and expected to close in the next 30 days. The average home in Liberty Station has sold this year in just under two months. To those that know Liberty Station, its no surprise that the seller of these homes received 97.7% of their asking price. Liberty Station is a one of a kind master planned community in the Point Loma area, its fairly new, has shopping and a great micro climate due to its close proximity to the ocean and bay. Current opportunities for home shoppers in Libert... 04/26/2009

In mid November 2008, the average price per square foot of a home in Liberty Station has fallen 13%. Volume of sold units is down 26%. Available for sale inventory is currently at 3.7% of total units, or roughly 13 out of 350. Prices for available homes in Liberty Station range from $499,000 to $1,185,000. Compared to 2007, the number of days to sell a home in Liberty Station has remained constant at just over 70 days. Also holding steady in 2008 is the average discount negotiated off the asking price, in 2007 it was 4.5%, so far in 2007 its 4.4%. Call me today for a list of available homes in Liberty Station. 11/22/2008

Liberty Station homes in Point Loma ranked one of the top six neighborhoods in America to retire in. However, Liberty Station, is great for young professionals as its steps from shopping, the harbor parks and easy to commute in and out of. Liberty Station community is comprised of 170,000 square feet of retail shops, grocery stores, restaurants, coffee shops and office space. The community even has its own schools. Liberty Station homes are comprised of several courtyards connecting to a central and historic promenade. This promenade is adjacent to the waters edge. There are 125 acres of open space in the Liberty Station master planned community. Included in this space is a public golf course and bike trails. Liberty Station is a short 10 minute commute to downtown. So you can get home... 11/16/2008