Top Master Planned Communities in 2011

In California, the top selling United States master plans in 2011 included in 4th position Irvine Ranch in Orange County, Otay Ranch in 21st in Chula Vista, in 38th position you will find Harlan Ranch in Fresno, Sun City Shadow Hills in 42nd in Indio, and in 47th is Carmel Valley in San Diego, Westpark in 48th in Roseville, Valencia in 49th in Los Angeles, and in 50th position is Del Sur in San Diego.

• Irvine Ranch developed by The Irvine Company sold 764 properties.
• Otay Ranch developed by Otay Ranch New Homes/Baldwin & Sons sold 242 properties.
• Harlan Ranch developed by Wilson Homes sold 175 properties.
• Sun City Shadow developed by Pulte/Del Webb sold 165 properties.
• Carmel Valley developed by Pardee sold 147 properties.
• Westpark developed by Westpark, LLC sold 146 properties.
• Valencia developed by Lennar/Five Points sold 145 properties.
• Del Sur developed by Standard Pacific/IHP Capital Partners sold 142 properties.

Home Pricing is Key

Peter Dennehy, vice president at John Burns stated, "The bottom line is" and went on to say," The things that are selling are priced affordably…If you’ve got the right price and a nice, clean project, then people start to respond."

New home sales are a bit higher than what was seen in 2010. The figure for December of 318 units is quite a bit below the figures seen during the boom such as in September of 2004 at 1,640.

If you are in the market to buy a new home contact one of our San Diego Homes experts at (888) 865-5055 today and receive VIP Service!

Homebuyer’s iPhone App Introduced

At the end of 2009, as reported by Apple, 40 million people had an iPhone in their possession. This is why you will find so many different apps available; to ensure that all individuals that use the iPhone can find all the resources they need at a touch of a button.

The good news is for homebuyers, that a new iPhone is making the scene with promises to those in the buyers market a simple way to find a new home.

Realtor.com Home Search iPhone App

The iPhone app, "Home Search" iPhone app from Realtor.com provides users with access to 4 million homes across the nation that updates new listings every fifteen minutes. According to their website, the new app will help users that more to find more specific information, wish to make an offer on a listing, along with contacting the listing agent through the "ask a question" button on the app

For those that want to see the property in person, the app even offers an "Open Houses Nearby" tab that will show all the open houses within a twenty mile radius. The app even provides a map of the area and will guide you directly to the home via the embedded GPS tool.

All homebuyers will be able to search the listing by the size of the home, price, location, or other factors. The app actually pulls the home listings from the network of over 900 multiple listing services with updates every 15 minutes including any and all price changes.

The app works with iPhone 3.0 or higher and the iPod Touch.

Now, homebuyers will have a tool to help them find their dream home. Once you have a list of homes you would like to see that may not have an open house, contact one of our professional realtors, we would love to help you find your dream home.

So if you want to view San Diego Homes, down load the new app or call one of our highly knowledgeable San Diego Real Estate Agents toll free at (888) 865-5055 and start the journey to owning your new dream home.