Marcela Bushong, Realtor - Lic#01480094

03/13/2026

03/13/2026

03/08/2026

Luxury Real Estate in Rancho Santa Fe and throughout San Diego. View homes for sale and market trends for La Jolla, Del Mar, Solana Beach and Santaluz. Contact Tim Van Damm, a Luxury Real Estate Specialist for Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties.

03/05/2026

Buying or selling a home is an exciting—but stressful—milestone. For some, the most daunting part is packing and moving. But proper planning and a solid packing strategy can ease the task. These 10 practical tips will help.

01/18/2026

11/25/2025

A 50-year mortgage sounds like the answer to affordability, but once you run the numbers, the story changes quickly. Stretching a loan that long barely moves the monthly payment and creates a massive long-term cost for the buyer.

The good news is buyers in Southern California don’t need a 50-year loan to get relief. We already have smarter, safer tools available right now:
• Rates that are trending downward
• Seller-paid points that can bring payments into a comfortable range
• A slower holiday market that gives buyers more leverage

When the headlines get loud, it’s our job as Forever Agents to bring clarity, not confusion. Our clients deserve the truth and the smartest path forward.

11/25/2025

If you've found yourself unable to afford your mortgage payments, you're not alone. According to a Cotality 2025 home equity report, nearly 1.2 million U.S. homeowners were underwater on their mortgages by the end of the first quarter of the year. That’s an increase of 17% compared with the first quarter of 2024, and the number of residential properties that fell into negative equity increased by 172,000 homes.

11/23/2025

Wealthy buyers seeking privacy and quiet luxury are flocking to Orange County’s upscale, often gated communities—pushing the median listing price up more than 70% over the past decade, from about $800,000 in 2016 to $1.36 million last month, according to Realtor.com® data.

11/23/2025

A recent report from real estate analytics firm Cotality revealed that of the 10 coolest markets in the U.S. among the 100 largest metros, seven were in Florida.

"These towns are largely retirement and second-home places, so there is not much business or industry coming into these areas outside of tourism that generates jobs and keeps the economy going, so wages are lower and you don’t have people relocating to this area for jobs, hence less demand for buying as well as renting," Cara Ameer, real estate broker at Coldwell Banker Vanguard Realty in Florida, tells Realtor.com®. "All of this creates a perfect storm for a decline in property values."

11/22/2025

11/18/2025

The U.S. housing market will finally turn the corner in 2026, with a double-digit increase in home sales supporting a 4% increase in home prices, according to new predictions from the National Association of Realtors®.

“Next year is really the year that we will see a measurable increase in sales,” Yun said on Friday at a NAR conference in Houston. “Home prices nationwide are in no danger of declining.”