Via L.A. Land, comes this fabulously surprising advert:
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In Escondido: Buy one (house), get one free.
Peter Viles
L.A. Times, June 1, 2008
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laland/2008/06/in-escondido-bu.html
Nothing says open society better than ‘gated estate homes with RV garages.’
Will they throw in a set of Ginsu Steak Knives?
TANSTAAFL. I don’t believe for a second that you’re actually gonna get a priced-in-today’s-market first home in Royal View with the second home free and clear, with no payments. I’d like to know what those *terms and conditions* are.
so if you Just Walk Away from the one you buy, can you keep the free one?
Barry,
Make sure you add the catagory “Inflation” or prices to this post.
The price statisticians have been loath to recognize house price declines when the builders throw in free upgrades like a finished basement or pool.
How the heck are they going to adjust for a free house ? It’ll give them fits to price adjust for this. I’d love to find out what they do.
Royal View – I’m always stunned to see anything in this country labeled “Royal” as if it’s a plus somehow. It’s as if the War of Independence to throw off a distant monarchy just didn’t happen.
I got one word to solve these problems.
Bulldozer.
“Golf courses and cemeteries, the biggest wastes of real estate”
-rodney dangerfield
I like to add to that quote “homes with RV garages”
Unbelievable. They’re selling like bags of Cheetos now. If this isn’t desperation, I don’t know what is.
Attempting to both preserve the price of the upper end homes, while clearing the inventory of lower end homes(and further killing their values).
Why don’t you just run over the middle classes dogs too while you are at it.
“don’t miss this incredible INVESTMENT opportunity.”
add that one to the list of pundit shills.
I think Cityscape (half built at the time) burned down a few years ago. Boy that was bad timing to re-start it.
A neighbor of mine works for this development company…I wonder when his Jeep (with the name plastered all over it) will be repossessed.
“it has never been done before and may never be done again”
Somehow I doubt that……look at the expiry date…May 31st..hurry!!!!
Ciao
MS
Ot: LEH is toast……thank god all of it’s problems are caused and related to shorts. Is Morgan it’s biggest counter???
Ciao
MS
similar ad in the KC papers. big suburban developer, making a happy face, says “we’re moving out the ’07 models and making great deals on the ’08s!” just like overpriced shoddy American cars.
“It’s never been done before and will never be done again.” Ha!
stolen property (homes foreclosed by mortgage fraud, waste and abuse) are always sold cheaper.
We drove through here last weekend on the way from LA to Ramona (which is about 40 miles from downtown San Diego on the edge of the high desert). The San Pasqual Valley still shows the scars of last years forest fire. It is a very beautiful area, which is in stark contrast to Escondido. The entire area is highly populated; most drive big trucks, have 4 cars, RV’s and boats. The entire way of life out there is built on cheap gasoline.
Can I put my mother-in-law in it, and then walk away?
(thank you very much – I’ll be here all week)
Barry,
I was in the meeting when we came up with the idea. We didn’t figure anyone would actually take us up on it but we knew it would get people talking and generate traffic. Never in my wildest dream did I think we would make it to The Big Picture.
So David……any takers???
>>We didn’t figure anyone would actually take us up on it>>
reverse bubble mentality…..I suppose you never thought you would have to sell ice to eskimoes however that’s what you are doing here.
Good luck with the ‘bag
Ciao
MS
Florida-where I live- is bad, but not that bad.
I remember when Yugo (A Car from the 1980s) had sale buy one get one for a penny. I guess they’ve one uped the Yugo!
Well, with the Royal View houses *starting* @ $1.6MM (http://www.michaelcrews.com/New_Homes/sandiego/escondido/royal_view.html), and the only Cityscape places left are $400K (http://www.michaelcrews.com/New_Homes/sandiego/escondido/cityscape.html), I’d guess he’s still making something… Anybody know what an average developer’s profit margins are…?
Compre una casa… y llevese otra de regalo!
El 2 x 1 ha llegado al mercado inmobliario en USA