About Oceanside's River Ranch

River Ranch has homes built in 2001-2002 by Fieldstone and KB Homes and is located at the corner of Hwy76 and Old Grove. It represented a reasonable price point for newer homes, without Mello Roos in a gated community with pool, convenient location and good schools in the area. Unfortunately, buyers there seem to have gotten in over their heads and now I recognize it as one of the newer tracts that's had the most price decline.

Today, there are 12 homes active, 2 in escrow, and 6 sold in the past 4.5 months according to the Sandicor MLS. 4 of the actives are short sales, 1 is bank owned; 1 of the pendings is bank owned, 1 is a short sale; and all 6 of the sales were bank owned. The 6 solds averaged $192/square foot, while the same time frame last year was $238/sf representing a 19.3% decline in price for the average 2335sf home. At least the time it takes to sell a home hasn't changed that much and hovers around 80 days.

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The gated River Ranch community in Oceanside, CA located near Hwy76 and Old Grove involved 2 builders: KB Homes and Fieldstone under the phase names Avondale and Sedona for KB, Somerton and Del Sol for Fieldstone. Construction of these single family detached homes took place around 2001-2002.

Avondale: Plan 1 is 1860sf, plan 2 is 2291sf, plan 3 is 2459sf
Sedona: Plan 1 is 2337sf, plan 2 is 2492sf, plan 3 is 3149(or 3146)sf

Somerton: Plan 2254, 2478, and 2650 (floorplans)
Del Sol: Plan 2648, 2990, 3352, and 3516 (floorplans)

Community amenities include swimming pool and spa, half basketball court, children's playground, and picnic area. Lots are small, mostly around 4500sf. As of 2/20/08, HOA dues run about $95/month and prices are $420,000-660,000. Walking distance to Nichols Elementary School, part of the Oceanside School District (www.oside.k12.ca.us), across the highway from Lowe's (www.lowes.com), and property taxes under 1.1% with no Mello Roos. Street names are: Vista Verde, Saddlehorn, Rawhide, Wind River, Deer Valley, black Canyon, Alamo Way, Monte Vista, Spring Canyon, River Ranch, Aspen Creed, Meadow Sprin, Silver Spring, Morgan Creek, Deer Creek, and Forest Ranch.

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