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What’s my Home Value in Chula Vista?

We get asked this question every day. We offer a FREE Home Value Check in Chula Vista for all homes, condos and real estate in the Chula Vista area including all of the Chula Vista Zip codes 91910, 91911, 91913 91914 and 91915. Home Values in Chula Vista are always changing and it takes a local real estate agent with years of experience in the Chula Vista real estate market to come up with a correct home value assessment with an excellent marketing plan to get the home sold at top-dollar!

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Chula Vista has many diverse real estate markets and communities. Using the best local real estate expert with the most experience in Chula Vista can make the difference in selling your home for what it’s really worth in today’s market. The communities in the different zip codes in Chula Vista vary greatly and knowing how and why home values are where they are can only be completed accurately by a Chula Vista Realtor that has sold over 1,000 homes in the area. This experience can net you tens of thousands of dollars at close of escrow by making sure your home sells for what it’s worth. Contact us today, we are the Chula Vista Home Value Experts! It’s FREE and we’re ready to help!

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There are thousands of condos in Chula Vista. Chula Vista covers 5 zip codes worth of condos and vary in price and size as well. There are Chula Vista condos in 91910, 91911, 91913, 91914 and 91915. Some of the condos in Chula Vista are in master planned communities and packed with amenities like pools, spas, tennis, recreation areas, club houses and more. There are single story, 2 story and even 3 story condos in Chula Vista and many that are currently for sale right now.

Condos in Chula Vista

When you’re ready to look at condos for sale in the Chula Vista area make sure you visit our Chula Vista web site to find out everything you need to know about the Chula Vista Real Estate and Condo Market. Since we’re the Chula Vista Real Estate Experts we can really help you narrow down your search and locate that perfect condo in the perfect neighborhood. Since Chula Vista has many different neighborhoods and communities our expertise is priceless. When you’re buying a condo in Chula Vista make sure you contact the best – contact us.

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One of the trends I’m starting to see in the San Diego Real Estate Market is that buyers have been and are really starting to bid up the foreclosures. I’m starting to see foreclosures sell for more than what a comparable short sale or regular sale “although in some areas of San Diego there are not too many of those” are selling for. What also needs to be considered is that most foreclosures are in poor condition compared to other homes or condos on the market. In many cases the yards are dead, they have been partially stripped, and the pride of ownership was gone once the homeowner new the bank was going to foreclose on them on and so on.

Short sales should be, in my opinion, not overlooked by home buyers in San Diego. Generally they are usually occupied by homeowners or renters and are usually in great condition. Homeowners are sometimes willing to repair items that home buyers want done where the bank owned properties are almost always sold as is. I truly believe that in many cases a buyer with a good buyer’s agent can find more value and a better home with a short sale rather than a foreclosure.

I hear buyers and inexperienced buyers agents voice their opposition to even looking at short sales in San Diego. I hear them say, short sales are a waste of time, short sales take way too long, the banks move way too slow on short sales and a buyer can lose interest and decide not to buy a home and so on. Most of what I hear is true if you go about it the wrong way. When looking at short sales you need to look at the short sales that are far along in the process and are being handled by an experienced agent. If a short sale is brand new or less than 60 days on the market it is usually still in the early stages and can have several months to go before the bank will have a price for what they will take for the home. If you write an offer in the early stages you might not have an answer back from the bank for many months and sometimes not at all.

Inexperienced agents selling short sales are a major problem in the San Diego real estate market. We have negotiated well over 50 short sales on the listing end and we have a great system for getting them closed. Our experience in short sales is excellent. Some agents have no experience and quite honestly don’t know what they’re doing. If you’re considering showing short sales or buying a short sale make sure the short sale is far along in the process. As an agent one can look at the confidential remarks and see if the experienced agent has put in verbiage to show that the bank is willing to accept an offer at a certain dollar amount. Also look at the market time on how long the short sale has been on the market. The process usually takes at least 60 days before the bank will say what dollar amount will work for them. Call the agent who has the short sale and ask them where they are in the process. By speaking to an agent you will know if they are experienced and know what they’re talking about. After a while you will start know which agents selling short sales have experience and which ones don’t.

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Chula Vista Homes

If you’re read to look at homes in Chula Vista we have some great Chula Vista Home Buying Tools to help you with your home buying search. There are many different types of homes in Chula Vista to look at and many different Chula Vista Communities to buy a home in. Homes in Chula Vista vary in size and price and it takes a Chula Vista Real Estate Agent that has sold many homes to guide you through the communities and floor plans. Chula Vista is the second largest city in San Diego County and has tens of thousands of homes to choose from. The link below will show you all homes in Chula Vista.

Homes in Chula Vista

Chula Vista has 5 Zip Codes, 91910, 91911, 91913, 91914, and 91915. Most of the newer construction and newer master planned communities are in 91913, 91914 and 91915. The zip codes of 91910 and 91911 have mostly the older areas of Chula Vista with some newer communities within them. It takes a local Chula Vista Real Estate Agent who has worked in this area for many years to find you the right home for the right price. That’s exactly what we want to do for you. When buying a home in Chula Vista make sure you contact us.

When you’re ready to buy a home or sell a home in Chula Vista make sure you call us. We’re the Chula Vista Real Estate Experts.

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EastLake Vistas home for sale in 91915. Real Estate in EastLake Vistas with many upgrades in this open floor plan home including; ceiling fans, surround sound wiring, fire place, Corian countertops in kitchen and laminate wood flooring throughout. Incredible landscaped yard. Walking distance to parks and an easy drive to shops, stores, restaurants and Otay Ranch Mall.

When you’re ready to buy a home in EastLake make sure you see this one and make sure you call us. 

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3 Bedroom home in Sonora Ridge in EastLake Vistas in East Chula Vista. This home is located on Weeping Willow and was built in 2004. This home has a tech center, granite counters, custom paint, tile floor, dark wood cabinets, huge master suite, tropical landscaped back yard. When you’re ready to buy a home in EastLake make sure you see this one and make sure you call us.            

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Great “Short Sale” home in EastLake Shores- walk around the lake, fish, paddle boat, this is a great part of the many EastLakes in Eastern Chula Vista. This home has 3 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. Open floor plan and ready for you to move in. EastLake Shores is very close to the new Route 125, EastLake Shopping Centers and the new Otay Ranch Mall. When you’re ready to buy a home in EastLake make sure you see this one and make sure you call us.

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If you’re relocating to San Diego you might want to consider buying a San Diego Foreclosure. Our San Diego Real Estate Team sells San Diego and has sold thousands of homes and condos. There are many foreclosures in San Diego and in many cases they sell at or below market value and can close fast. If you’re relocating to San Diego these foreclosure opportunities won’t last forever. There is going to be an end to the foreclosure mania that we’re seeing in the San Diego Real Estate Market and in most states real estate markets. You will need both an experienced relocation Realtor in San Diego as well as an experienced foreclosure Realtor in San Diego and using us puts years of combined experience to work for you.

Our San Diego relocation department can really get things moving for you and get relocation on the right track. San Diego is a great place to live and having an agent in San Diego that knows San Diego is good common sense. We have helped thousands of families relocate to San Diego and now with the changing real estate market families are purchasing foreclosures and even short sales in San Diego County. Many are saving thousands and tens of thousands of dollars by putting our experience to work for them. When you’re ready to relocate to San Diego or buy a San Diego foreclosure give us a call or send us an email. We’re here for you.

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Chula Vista 91915 – July 16 2008.

I just ran the stats for the number of homes sold in Chula Vista 91915 and the average sales price of homes sold in Chula Vista zip code 91915 from January 1 to June 30 in the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. This is the half year mark and I thought it would be interesting to see how the 91915 Zip Code is doing right now. Chula Vista in 2008 has been flooded with foreclosures and even more flooded with short sales. We have helped many clients in Chula Vista with doing a short sale to help them avoid foreclosure and have been very successful with many home owners that are in trouble of loosing their homes. These short sales can take months and many times are foreclosed on by the bank or mortgage holder and becomes an REO and gets sold as a foreclosure by the bank.

The chart that shows number of homes sold tells us that in Chula Vista 91915 there were 200 homes sold in 2004, 186 homes sold in 2005, 123 homes sold in 2006, 94 homes sold in 2007 and 138 homes sold in 2008 for the first 6 months of the year. This spike in home sales is higher than the 2007 and 2006 volume at this same time in those years respectively. There were 44 more homes sold this year than there were in 2007 at this same time. There could possibly be some more closings that went into escrow that haven’t closed yet that could bring these numbers even higher. The sales volume for homes “single family detached” is on the rise in Chula Vista 91915 and this is a good sign in a struggling Chula Vista real estate market.

The chart that shows average sales price for homes sold in Chula Vista 91915 is not so pretty. The average sold price of Chula Vista homes sold from January 1 to June 30 in 2004 was $574,065, 2005 was $648,399, 2006 was $680,355, 2007 was $610,816 and 2008 was $455,877. The difference from 2007 to 2008 was $154,939 and the difference from 2006 to 2008 was $224,478 less in average sold price for homes in 91915 Chula Vista. That is a huge drop in average sold price for homes and the inventory of homes and the foreclosures and short sales might drive it down even further. Some of the positive notes are that we are getting multiple offers on our short sales and foreclosures are also seeing many offers that are usually driving the sold price to be higher than the list price. Once the foreclosures and short sales start dwindling down the market here should stabilize nicely. There are still many new home communities in 91915 and they have slowed to a crawl.

When you’re ready to buy a home or sell a home in 91915 Chula Vista make sure you call us. We’re the Chula Vista Real Estate Experts.

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Zip Code of 91915 of Chula Vista includes EastLake, Windingwalk and Otay Ranch. July 2008 shows 216 single family detached homes – this does not include condos or town homes – that are for sale in the MLS marked Subject to Court or Lender Approval. Although some of these homes might be marked for court approval purposes the overwhelming majority of these homes are short sales and foreclosures in the Chula Vista 91915 Zip Code. The largest percentages are short sales. The total amount of Chula Vista 91915 homes for sale in early July 2008 is 339 homes. If the Chula Vista short sales don’t get negotiated with the banks for a settlement amount with an excepted offer they will in most cases become foreclosures.

If you think you might be in danger of foreclosure in Chula Vista please give us a call or visit our San Diego Real Estate web site. We can help you with a short sale or possibly even help you save your home with a loan adjustment with one of our lenders. A short sale is less destructive to you credit and could be a great option instead of having the bank foreclose on your Chula Vista home or condo. We are your Chula Vista Home Preservation Team and can help you show you what options are available to you. Please visit our web site for Chula Vista Short Sale Help.

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