James Baxter 760-271-9971

Since July we have seen new home construction start to pick up again in the San Diego North County area.
Namely the San Elijo Hills area.

Terraza is an addition to the wonderful master planned community of San Elijo Hills. If you are looking for Homes for sale in San Marcos Then you should check out Terraza by Lennar.

Terraza is now building phase 3 and getting ready to start on phase 4. Terraza offers 3 wonderfully designed residence's:

Residence 1:
Two Stories
3 Bedrooms
2.5 Baths
2,182 approx square feet
Kitchen Island
Living Room
Dining Room
Family Room w/Fireplace
Upstairs Laundry
3 Bay Tandem Garage

Residence 2:
Two Stories
5 Bedrooms
3 Baths
2,468 approx square feet
Kitchen Island
Kitchen Nook
Living Room
Dining Room
Family Room w/Fireplace
Interior Laundry
2 Bay Garage

Residence 3:
Two Stories
4 Bedrooms
3 Baths
2,721 approx square feet
Kitchen Island
Living Room
Dining Room
Family Room w/Fireplace
Upstairs Laundry
3 Bay Garage

Terraza offers energy efficient and beautifully designed homes. All Terraza homes come with Solar Panels by Powersmart (extra fee applies) Tankless water heaters, Radiant roof sheathing, enhanced insulation, low E glass, Low Flow plumbing fixtures, LOW HOA AND MELLO ROO's and much more. Contact your San Marcos Realtor for more details James Baxter at 760-271-9971.

If that was not enough to get you excited, Terraza is offering some UNBELIEVABLE buyer incentives if you buy in phase 1 or 2. How does $30,000 dollars sound? If you would like to see Terraza for your self give me a call and I will show you what unbelievable is!

With a community feel like no other, top rated schools and close to transit and shopping come fall in love with San Eljio Hills.

All informaiton is deemed liable, but is not guarenteed, please contact Realtor for details, Richard Realty Groups, James Baxter and James Baxter Homes are not the listing agents but are cooperating brokers. All information should be verified by home buyer before the close of escrow.

It is that time again... The Taste of Encinitas!

PRESENTED BY THE DOWNTOWN ENCINITAS MAINSTREET ASSOCIATION, the Taste of MainStreet has become one of the largest and most successful events of its kind in San Diego County. Participating restaurants will offer delicious samples of a vast variety of food. Guests will be treated to 39 different taste sensations. And to celebrate our 21st birthday, signature and happy hour cocktails will be available at 8 locations.

Taste of Main Restaurant Participation Map Tickets are $25 (cash, check or Visa/Discover/MasterCard) and are available for sale beginning August 5th, 2010. They will be available for sale on line at the DEMA store or at the DEMA office and may be picked up Monday-Friday from 9am to 5pm & from 9am to 8:30pm the day of the event.

Tickets are strictly limited and available on a first-come, first-serve basis. If you are unable to get a ticket, we invite you to come downtown, mingle with your friends, listen to some good music playing at several venues along the coast highway and enjoy a meal at any one of our featured restaurants.

Well it looks like the House and Senate have over-whelmingly approved the extension to close for the FTHB tax credit till September 30th. H.R. 5623

"The First Time Home Buyers Tax Credit"

Now it is up to POTUS to sign it into law. Lets pray he does that today!

Great news for everyone that did not get their escrow closed yesterday... As I was one of them.

The lender had missed a prior to funding condition... The lender needed to get a tax return from the IRS for one of the buyers.. The lender spent the day at the IRS trying to get the recorded copy, however by the time it was obtained we had missed the cut off for funding (and not by a little, it was late in the afternoon, would have been nice if this would have been address prior to us trying to fund yesterday!). Now I can only pray I can smooth things over with my buyer and that we fund today and record tomorrow!

This current day and age of lending is becoming more and more frustrating.. As lending regulation and laws change on a daily basis and regulations become tighter.

Who knows what is next for the lending business and First Time Home Buyers and Tax Credit as a whole.

What a Roller Coaster!

I will be watching HR 5623 like a hawk!

7/2/10

Update...

It has been passed... All you all now have until September 30th to close those escrows and your clients still get the tax credit!

APRIL 24th AND 25th 2010, from 9am to 5pm on Highway 101 between D and J Streets in Downtown Encinitas featuring 450 arts and craft vendors, four live stages, rides for children and a beer garden. Over 100,000 shoppers are expected to visit, shop and dine at the two day Encinitas Street Fair. The 27th Annual Encinitas Street Fair is a great opportunity to visit Encinitas and discover a National award winning, traditional So-Cal beach town, on historic Coast Hwy 101.

A few tips on transit and parking: Saturday only: The very best way to get to the Encinitas Street Fair is to take the NCTD Coaster. Avoid parking problems altogether and the Coaster station at D Street and Vulcan, is just steps away from the Encinitas Street Fair. For Coaster schedule go here: http://www.gonctd.com/coaster_schedules.htm Saturday and Sunday: Parking is available in the morning hours: Park at City Hall, located on Vulcan Avenue; Park at the Moonlight Beach Parking lot, located on Third Street; Park at the Coaster Station parking lots; there are 2: Vulcan and D Street, and Vulcan and E Street.

For more information on the 2010 Entertainment click here

Since 1948 the Carlsbad Strawberry Company has been growing strawberries in Carlsbad.

That pre dates hwy 5.

They are located off hwy 5 and the Cannon exit in Carlsbad.

The fields are open everyday during strawberry season from 9-5:30.

The Strawberry Fields are a great place to spend some time with the kids getting to pick fresh strawberries,

then you can always head over to Legoland afterword's to make a whole day of it!

For more information you can check out the link to the Carlsbad Strawberry Fields

http://www.carlsbadstrawberrycompany.com/