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Welcome to the 1st Luxury Homes website!
Here you will find a wide variety of useful information and resources designed to help you buy or sell a home more effectively in the San Diego North Coastal areas. From information on the local community, to advice about finding a mortgage or preparing your home to sell, it's all available here on our web site.

You can also search for your ideal home by viewing current listings with detailed descriptions and photos. Or you can get help determining the value of your home by requesting a report that includes the prices of similar homes that recently sold or are currently for sale in the North Coastal areas.

So whether you're buying or selling, feel free to contact us and we will be happy to help you with all your real estate needs.

1st Luxury Homes: Your Real Estate Resource

John Merrill and Toni Ziv
    John Merrill and Toni Ziv

As experts in the Carlsbad, Aviara, La Costa, Encinitas, Leucadia, Olivenhain, Cardiff, Rancho Santa Fe, Del Mar, and Solana Beach areas, we can provide you with helpful insights about these areas and show you why San Diego North Coastal living is truly something to be desired!

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Please feel free to use our website as a resource for all your San Diego real estate needs, and any green resource needs. Pass our website address along to your friends and family, and follow us on facebook and twitter. We also invite you to keep up on our blog for the latest news on the San Diego market, and our local events!

Finally, if you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us today!


From Our Newsletter

How to Make Buyers Want Your Home

You love your home but when it comes time to sell, you have to share the love. In the other words, you have to make your home be seen in the eyes of potential buyers as their home... >> Read More

Debunking Credit Score Myths

In March, ING Direct bank commissioned Harris Interactive to conduct an online survey of 1,042 parents of children age 17 years... >> Read More

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Read about the events shaping the Real Estate market today, find current interest rates, or browse our extensive library of advice and how-to articles written by top Real Estate experts. Our Newsletter is updated monthly and our Advice column is updated each week day so that you can stay on top of the news and follow trends!

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From Our Blog

CA Affordability at Near Highest Levels

(June 10) Statewide existing single-family home sales fell below the 500,000 mark in April for the first time in more than a year and a half...
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Interest Rates Still Low

(June 2) Interest rates that have decreased in recent months to near historic lows and are now settling at a level that resists further decreases...
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SD Home Prices Rise for 11th Month in a Row

(May 27) San Diego has logged 11 consecutive months of increasing home prices, while much of the nation's housing market continues to decline.
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