The community of Del Cerro is located in central San Diego County, California. The community is located off Interstate 8 at the College Ave exit.

The real estate and homes for sale in Del Cerro fall into the low to moderate income-categories. The number of homes sold in a particular year is relatively high. For example, during the period from January through July 2006, approximately 137 single-family homes sold. Approximately 142 homes sold for the same period in 2005.

One method to analyze pricing trends for a particular community is to evaluate the median and average price of homes for a particular month, and compare that data against the same period last year. What follows is a comparison of the median price and average price of homes for the past seven months (January through July 2006), compared against the data for the corresponding time period in 2005.

The median price of homes represents the point at which half the homes are above a particular price point, and half the homes are below a particular price point. The average price of homes is calculated by adding up the sales price of all homes sold in a particular month, and dividing that value by the number of homes sold.

The median price of homes in July 2006 was $632,000, compared to $590,000 in July 2005, which represents a 6.2 increase. The average price of homes in July 2006 was $680,557, compared to $620,571 in July 2005, which represents a 9.9% increase. Approximately 21 homes sold in July 2006 and 20 in July 2005. In summary, there was an upward price trend in July 2006 compared to the same period last year.

The median price of homes in June 2006 was $557,500, compared to $545,500 in June 2005, which represents a 2.1% increase. The average price of homes in June 2006 was $622,327, compared to $613,060 in June 2005, which represents a 0.80% increase. Approximately 13 homes sold in June 2006 and 30 in June 2005. In summary, there was an upward price trend in June 2006 compared to the same period last year.

The median price of homes in May 2006 was $620,000, compared to $615,000 in May 2005, which represents a 0.8% increase. The average price of homes in May 2006 was $652,730, compared to $604,844 in May 2005, which represents a 2.7% increase. Approximately 30 homes sold in May 2006 and 16 in May 2005. In summary, there was an upward price trend in May 2006 compared to the same period last year.

The median price of homes in April 2006 was $560,000, compared to $680,000 in April 2005, which represents a 17.6% decline. The average price of homes in April 2006 was $597,593, compared to $726,804 in April 2005, which represents a 17.8% drop. Approximately 27 homes sold in April 2006 and 23 in April 2005. In summary, there was a downward price trend in April 2006 compared to the same period last year.

The median price of homes in March 2006 was $557,000, compared to $635,000 in March 2005, which represents a 12.3% drop. The average price of homes in March 2006 was $639,667, compared to $655,836 in March 2005, which represents a 2.5% drop. Approximately 21 homes sold in March 2006 and 25 in March 2005. In summary, there was a downward price trend in March 2006 compared to the same period last year.

The median price of homes in February 2006 was $594,750, compared to $530,000 in February 2005, which represents a 12.2% increase. The average price of homes in February 2006 was $664,679, compared to $565,882 in February 2005, which represents an 18.5% increase. Approximately 14 homes sold in February 2006 and 18 in February 2005. In summary, there was an upward price trend in February 2006 compared to the same period last year.

The median price of homes was $595,000 in January 2006, compared to $512,500 in January 2005, which represents a 16.1% increase. The average price of homes in January 2006 was $713,909, compared to $575,470 in January 2005, which represents a 24.1%. Approximately 11 homes sold in January 2006 and 10 in January 2005. In summary, there was an upward price trend in January 2006 compared to the same period last year.

So what does the data tell us? Well, the data above does not reveal a consistent pattern. Early in the year (January and February 2006), home prices were up year-over-year in the range of 12% to 24%. However, prices were down 2% to 17% during March and April 2006, compared to the same time last year. And then, for the last three months (May, June and July 2006), moderate price gains were observed ranging from 1% to 10%. Given the ups and down described above, a longer period of evaluation is needed to determine if a clear pattern emerges. Contact an experienced Realtor to obtain additional insights about the pricing trends in the Del Cerro real estate market.

Santiago and Concepción are attractive for residential property investors, Viña Del Mar less so, says the Global Property Guide

There are surprisingly large differences between returns on residential property in Chile’s main cities. The Global Property Guide (http://www.globalpropertyguide.com), the research site for residential property, released today the results of research into rentals in major cities of Chile. It revealed that:

• Apartments in prime areas of Santiago have excellent average rental yields of 8.16%.

• Apartments in the city of Viña Del Mar yield only half as much, on average, with gross rental yields of around 4.31% only.

The rental yield is the annual rental income on a property, as a percentage of today’s property purchase price. This is what a landlord can expect as return to his investment. The rental yield is one useful yardstick of whether property is over-valued or under-valued

The high yields on apartments in prime areas of Santiago – Las Condes, Providencia, and Vitacura – suggest that these Santiago areas make good residential property investments.

Apartments in prime areas of Santiago cost on average US$ 98,520 for a 60 square meter apartment, according to the Global Property Guide’s research, versus US$ 87,480 for the same sized property in Viña Del Mar. However, 120 square meter apartments are more expensive in Viña Del Mar than in Santiago.

The result? Looking across the different sizes, prices in the two cities are more or less the same, on average.

Though apartments in Santiago and Viña del Mar cost around the same, per square meter, yet Santiago apartments produce twice as good rental returns – i.e., rents for the same sized apartment in Santiago are nearly twice as high. This means that Santiago is much more attractive as a residential investment.

In the southern city of Concepción, 120 square meter apartments have excellent gross rental yields of 9.04% – also, an excellent level of rental yields, making Concepción a very attractive investment.

Why consider rental yields? Some investors in residential property may ignore rental returns, being more concerned with capital gains.

Yet even they would do well to consider rental yields. The rental yield, or price/rent ratio, is similar to the price/earnings ratio in the stock market. As in the stock market, property investments with high rental yields tend to perform better, and have higher capital gains, in the long-term.

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Egypt is a vast and wonderful country and is equivalent with pyramids, pharaohs and temples. This African country remains one of the world’s most mesmerizing travel experiences. This country is growing in the both the tourism and property market. The Egyptian people are helpful and friendly. They religiously follow the Islamic culture and traditions, yet there is a pleasant outlook of broadmindedness comprehensive towards people of other documented faiths, like Christianity. Therefore Egypt Property for Sale is now hot matter for overseas investors.

This country belongs to North Africa. That contains the Sinai Peninsula; Egypt borders Libya to the West, Sudan to the south, and Gaza and Israel to the northeast; on the north and the east are the Mediterranean Sea and the Red sea. It has a good climate, attractive historical building and culture, stunning natural landscape and cheap property prices. Now Egypt has been becoming increasingly popular for overseas property investors as the Egyptian government seeks foreign direct investment. Egypt bears all the features of overseas property hot spot.

Property market of Egypt is growing rapidly. No doubt this African country is hotspot for overseas investors. In few years Egypt has started to attract the visitors and property buyers alike. Major cities such as Cairo and Alexandria are now most attractive cities of this country. When you are looking for Egypt Property for Sale, this country offers old properties, new builds, and off-plans.

If you want to purchase a property near the banks of Nile River, you can find properties in and around this African country according to your budget. There are many real estate agencies; they offer resorts, villas, apartments, condominium and many others at the most luxuries locations. When you are looking for Egypt property for sale, you can be sure that you will purchase accurately what you are looking for. Many real estate agencies have been successful in arranging property for sale in Egypt.

You can easily find property for sale in Egypt. For this you are to search over internet or check local listing yellow pages. You can easily purchase property here. Everyone wishes to earn more and more by investing less. Therefore buying a resort on the red sea means you are investing to earn more. If you are looking for a commercial property for sale in Egypt, then there are many attractive locations for shopping mall, hotel developers.

Investors are looking for low risk place in which to invest their money would be wise to seriously consider Egypt. Investors as well as people have realized that this country is something more than history and culture.