Entry level homes in the Brookfield Master Planned community of Winding Walk led the way.  Great homes in the Chula Vista Elementary School District starting in the $290’s have the South County of San Diego buzzing!

Luxury homes in the Brookfield Master Planned communities of Stonebridge Estates and Old Creek Ranch have wonderful floorplans, tremendous values and North County home buyers talking “their dream homes”.

Cutting edge, sustainable development that is seemlessly incorporated into Brookfield’s signature design excellence, has home buyers and experts snapping up the great values and awarding the Eco-Savvy Rockrose community new awards on a weekly basis!

If you are in the market for a new home, or just wondering what all the excitement is about, visit our web page or tour our model homes and see for yourself why smart shoppers are buying a Brookfield Home!

In the category of the Best Single Family Home in the 3,000 to4,000 sf range, the Residence 3 at Rockrose is presented the Gold Award and the Residence 2 at Rockrose is presented the Silver Award.

“For more than 25 years, the Best in American Living Awards, also commonly known as BALA, have raised the bar for design excellence in the building industry and highlighted those builders, architects, interior designers, remodelers, developers and land planners who have achieved superior levels of creativity and innovation,” according to NAHB.

Nice praise for an Eco-Savvy home.  Who says you can’t have superior design and sustainable construction in the same home?  Certainly not the happy homeowners at Rockrose, nor the judges from the Best in American Living Awards program.

Congrats to all the team members that made Rockrose the best of the best!

The award was presented to Brookfield for its work in sustainable development and energy efficiency in home construction.  Our new Foothills community, Rockrose, is being constructed in Carlsbad.  The Eco-Savvy Rockrose is 35% more energy efficient than required by Title 24, the California Energy Efficiency Regulations for Residential Construction.  Rockrose is also focuses on water conservation, indoor air quality, recycling of construction materials and renewable resource use.  For all these Eco-Savvy factors, the Chamber of Commerce selected Rockrose and Brookfield Homes for their Environmental Spirit award.

Rockrose has been collecting other awards as well.  Home buyers and business professionals alike are recognizing Eco-Savvy design as the preferred way to provide high quality design, high quality construction and environmental sensitivity at an economic price.  Stop by and see for yourself why Eco-Savvy s the way to go!

Brookfield San Diego fans are encouraged to share ideas, thoughts on our products and comments about their experiences with a new Brookfield Home.  Check out our Wall and see what your friends and neighbors are saying about us.

Then take some time to look over our website www.BrookfieldSD.com.  Come back to our Wall and share your thoughts!  We appreciate the feedback!

The conference is free and all you need is an email address to sign up.  There are many other features in the conference.  Four additional presentations are offered showcasing projects from around the country.  And, four other programs offer insights into the state of home building from a national perspective.

We hope you enjoy the Rockrose presentation and the balance of the 2010 Virtual Big Builder Conference.  Let us know what you think.

According to Local Market Monitor Inc., the San Diego metropolitan area is the third best place to live in the United States, from a “conservative residential real estate market in which to invest.”

Alex Finkelstein posted an article on www.realestatechannel.com this morning, reporting on the recent news release from Local Market Monitor.  He said, “the best markets for conservative investors show signs of price stabilization …”.  And added, “high-ranking areas for investor suitability are places where there’s a positive three-year home price forecast, employment is stable and only a small share of jobs are in highly volatile industries such as construction and financial services.”

If we take the financial concern out of buying a new home, and add in the great location, fabulous weather, job diversity, economic strength, affordability and desirability, you have the makings for the perfect picture … San Diego.  Have you got your piece of the pie yet?

“We’re doing all that we can to accommodate the needs of home buyers,” said Lora Heramb, vice president of sales and marketing for Brookfield Homes. “By offering one of the lowest new home tax rates in Carlsbad, in addition to money-saving green features, we’re providing home buyers with the ultimate in savings and value.”

Rockrose is among the lowest tax rates for new homes in Carlsbad. The 1.21% rate is based on the Rockrose median sales price of $659,000. The tax rate will increase or decrease based upon the actual sales price of the home.

In addition to the new lower property tax levels, Rockrose continues to provide the most sustainable living available in San Diego County through our Eco-Savvy design program. Energy efficiency is one of six areas of Eco-Savvy concentration incorporated into every home at Rockrose. The others are: water conservation, waste reduction, indoor air quality, sustainable building materials / wood conservation, and renewable energy / solar power (optional).

Price, quality, Eco-Savvy and lower property tax rates, what more could you want from a new home? Stop by Rockrose to see for yourself just how much value is offered in a Brookfield Home.

7,090 of the applications are the result of a closed escrow on a new home. These are direct applications for a tax credit allocation. 3,720 of the applications are for reservations of a tax credit and while they are assumed to count against the total allocation, they do not rise to an actual allocation of tax credit until the reserved home closes escrow.

According to the FTB, “(t)he numbers are overstated as there will be duplicate, revised, and invalid applications included as we have not verified any of the applications. In addition, some purchases may be included twice if we have received both a reservation request and an application for the purchase.” And, “(o)nce we determine that we have received sufficient applications and reservation requests to allocate the full $100 million, we will stop accepting reservation requests and applications for the New Home Credit.”

At the current rate of requests, it is likely the FTB will continue to take requests for allocations and reservations of allocations into the middle of September. That means today is a great day to explore the benefits of buying a new home. With historically low mortgage rates, very high affordability rates, and the addition of up to $10,000 in California Tax Credits, buying a new home today is a financially smart decision.

Please visit a Brookfield new homes community and let our professional sales counselors “show you the numbers”!

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