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Tiny Home Central isn’t solving the San Diego housing crisis

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La Jolla's Tree House closes out Unreal Estate

All good things — and indeed, most mediocre things — must eventually come to an end. With the latter in mind, I think the time has come to say goodbye …

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Tiny Home Central isn’t solving the San Diego housing crisis

Welcome back to Unreal Estate. This week, we’re going try something new. Instead of peeking at the biggest and most expensive house I can find, let’s get cheap and go …

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For sale: 9000 square foot house on two acres in Del Mar

Hello, friends. Welcome to another installment of Hey Look At This Rich Guy’s House (Biweekly)! As a programming note, I do have a few leads on stories that might involve …

Downtown San Diego Harbor District Unreal Estate

40th floor of Marina District’s Harbor Club for sale

Today, the gentrification of San Diego’s Downtown and the attendant transformation of the city’s skyline is nearly complete. It’s a feat that’s been a long time in the making.The opening …

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Rancho Santa Fe Unreal Estate

A Fairbanks Ranch Villa with a glass-tile swimming pool inspired by the Hearst Castle

The spectrum of writing quality in the real estate world, in terms of both quality and density, is, to put it gently, broad. Some agents let the photos in their listings speak mostly for themselves; …

February 2, 2024

Coronado Unreal Estate

Tour the oldest surviving Queen Anne Victorian short of the Hotel Del in Coronado

We’re all familiar with the Hotel del Coronado, right? The iconic landmark, opened in 1888, has long been the preferred San Diego home base for presidents, royalty, celebrities, and other well-heeled travelers. It’s among the …

January 19, 2024

Downtown San Diego East Village Unreal Estate

January 5, 2024

Jacaranda Lofts: New York-style, industrial, with a Skee-Ball arcade game

When we take Unreal downtown, we usually wind up looking at a penthouse suite with commanding views of the city and San Diego Bay beyond. There’s a good reason for that: high-rise condos comprise most …

La Jolla Unreal Estate

December 20, 2023

The Experience at La Jolla’s Vista d’Oro: warm wood and whitewater view

Can you believe it’s been almost four months since we’ve taken Unreal Estate for a tour in La Jolla? That’s a long time to stay away from one of the most established enclaves dedicated to …

Unreal Estate

December 8, 2023

The Cullen House: the first on the bluffs of Cardiff-by-the-Sea

Editor's note: An earlier edition of this article listed the incorrect address for the home in the info box at the end of the story. It should read 2286 Oxford, not 2886. The Reader regrets …

Coronado Unreal Estate

November 24, 2023

3 The Point in the Coronado Cays rivals the choicest units in Manhattan

Good real estate buyer’s agents spend a lot of time on the internet searching on behalf of their clients. Sure, it might sound simple enough to meet a client’s needs — plug in preferred bed/bath …

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November 10, 2023

Chateau Beau Soleil: a twinge of nostalgia in Sunset Cliffs

Twenty-ish years ago, my weekends often involved meeting a handful of friends at my Ocean Beach apartment before a leisurely bike ride along Sunset Cliffs. We’d head as far south as we could, stash our …

Unreal Estate

October 27, 2023

A diminutive studio house from 1868 in the heart of Sherman Heights

Here at Unreal, we tend to go big, unless of course, we’re going even bigger. I make frequent jokes about walk-in closets bigger than my living room, or kitchen islands bigger than my kitchen. “Let’s …

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The Collins-Wellington Estate: a Spanish Revival castle in National City

At the end of August, the median sale price for a single-family home in National City stood at $670,000. That’s up more than $30,000 over the last year, but then, August was also the month …

October 13, 2023

Rancho Santa Fe Unreal Estate

A Spanish Manor equestrian estate in Rancho Santa Fe

With a median sales price last year of just under $3.4 million, Rancho Santa Fe retained its title as the priciest neighborhood in San Diego, and clocked in as the 18th-spendiest in the nation. And …

September 29, 2023

Ramona Unreal Estate

September 15, 2023

Ramona’s Ballena Vista: A mansion in San Diego’s backcountry

I tend to chide myself for going back to the same handful of coastal neighborhoods time and again in my efforts to dig up Unreal fodder. Then, once I’ve finished my chiding, I go right …

La Jolla Unreal Estate

September 1, 2023

Asian Arts & Crafts in the pocket of La Jolla

Let’s start off this week by disclosing a little secret: while there are plenty of outlandish homes for us regular folk to gawk at on Zillow and similar real estate sites — especially in a …

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La Jolla's Tree House closes out Unreal Estate

Tiny Home Central isn’t solving the San Diego housing crisis

For sale: 9000 square foot house on two acres in Del Mar

40th floor of Marina District’s Harbor Club for sale

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