Tonight (April 29th) is ‘Cirque de Santa Fe’at the Rancho Santa Fe Inn. (for those of you not familiar with Rancho Santa Fe, The Inn is directly across from Rancho Santa Fe Properties on the corner of Avenida de Acacias and Paseo Delicias in the middle of town.) Proceeds from Cirque de Santa Fe will benefit the Rancho Santa Fe Community Center.

As you can see they are almost all done setting up the event! Here is a picture I shot with my camera phone this morning while at my office across the street:

The event will feature great entertainment, music and dancing from The Inside Out Band and lots of other surprises.

The live auction will have some terrific items on tap so gather up your friends to bid on some great packages. Just to name a few: Shop ‘Til You Drop Trip for 12 lucky ladies to South Coast Plaza with luxurious accommodations and exclusive shopping; or the Margarita Madness party for up to 12 couples with catered food and live entertainment. How about taking nine of your friends to a Padres home game in Petco Park with exclusive seating in the Wells Fargo Private Client Services corporate box? Don’t forget about the $20,000 gift card from title sponsor Jet Source for private jet services for up to seven passengers to a destination of your choosing.

The Gala live auction also features amazing getaways: seven-day Caribbean cruise for two on the SeaDream yacht; one-week stay for two at Rancho La Puerta; seven-night getaway to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico with flights and a round of golf; and a two-night stay in a condo at the Silverado Resort and Country Club, Napa Valley.

This will be one exciting night not to be missed!

Forbes magazine recently released their annual list of the priciest areas in the country. The list is calculated by finding the median sales price for every zip code. Below you will find a list of the nations 10 most expensive zip codes. As you will notice the list was dominated by California ZIPs. The state of California took up just over half the spots which shouldn’t be too much of a surprise… According to the National Association of Realtors, the median price for an existing home in California was the highest in the country at the end of 2005, just shy of $600,000. Meanwhile, the national median was a bit more than $200,000.

• 1. 11962 (Sagaponack, N.Y.) were the Median Home Sale Price in 2005 was $2,787,500
• 2. 92067: (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.) were the Median Home Sale Price in 2005 was $2,445,000
• 3. 92662: (Newport Beach, Calif.) were the Median Home Sale Price in 2005 was $2,397,500
• 4. 94528: (Diablo, Calif.) were the Median Home Sale Price in 2005 was $2,266,000
• 5. 94957: (Ross, Calif.) were the Median Home Sale Price in 2005 was $2,247,500
• 6. 11976: (Water Mill, N.Y.) were the Median Home Sale Price in 2005 was $2,150,000
• 7. 90402: (Santa Barbara, Calif.) were the Median Home Sale Price in 2005 was $2,050,000
• 8. 93108: (Santa Monica, Calif.) were the Median Home Sale Price in 2005 was $2,005,000
• 9. 92661: (Newport Beach, Calif.) were the Median Home Sale Price in 2005 was $1,996,500
• 10. 33109: (Miami Beach, Fla.) were the Median Home Sale Price in 2005 was $1,942,500

For information on any luxury real estate market in the country contact us and we would be happy to help you find the information you need, and give you a great referral. Just email us, let us know where you are looking to buy, and we will take care of the rest.
Also, if you are interested you can find the complete Forbes story and see the Forbes.com slideshow of the most expensive ZIP codes here, and the full list of the nation’s most expensive zip codes here.

There is now valet parking available in the village of Rancho Santa Fe. Just drop your car off in front of the Rancho Santa Fe Properties office (across from the Inn) and let the valet take care of the rest.

Here is an article that appeared in the Rancho Santa Fe Review about the Valet parking situation:

“To help revive retail business in the RSF Village — which has suffered due to lack of parking space — Village merchants have joined forces to offer a valet parking service on Paseo Delicias between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. during the week for shoppers, customers and restaurant patrons. The valet service began on Monday, April 3.

For a fee of $5 visitors to the Village can have their car parked by Pacific Valet. The cars will be parked in the Christian Science Church parking lot where 40 spaces are available, says Mille Fleurs owner Bertrand Hug who helped spearhead the program. “The church generously agreed to lease the parking space to us for a reduced fee,” Hug said.

Hug said he and other merchants helped fund the first month of the program and they are hoping the RSF Association will provide funding of about $7,500 for the remaining five months of the six-month trial period for the service.

“Because there has been no parking for so long retail business during the day has dropped dramatically in the Village,” said Hug who added that the Village Merchants Association has also been revived. “For years the RSF Village drew people from all over but with retail dwindling some of that charm has been lost. We think that by providing better access to the businesses in Rancho Santa Fe it will revive retail and bring back some excitement to the Village.”

RSF Village property owner and RSF Association Planning Committee member Marion Dodson agreed, saying, “Parking is an old problem in Rancho Santa Fe; I have been after the Association to do something about the problem for more than 20 years. We need to have another supply of parking and this is an effort to provide that parking.”

A request for funding of the valet program will likely be brought to the RSF Association board within the next month.”

The San Diego County will be presenting its final roundabout designs to the Road & Traffic Committee April 13. This meeting is open and the public is invited to attend. The following is a brief article from the Rancho Santa Fe Review about the roundabouts.On Thursday, April 13, at 9 a.m. at the RSF Garden Club, the RSF Association’s Road & Traffic Committee will review the county of San Diego’s finals designs for the three proposed Paseo Delicias roundabouts. Interested community members are encouraged to attend the meeting.

On Thursday, April 13, at 9 a.m. at the RSF Garden Club, the RSF Association’s Road & Traffic Committee will review the county of San Diego’s finals designs for the three proposed Paseo Delicias roundabouts. Interested community members are encouraged to attend the meeting.The three roundabouts have already been approved by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors and the RSF Association to be installed where Read the rest of this entry »

One of the newest Rancho Santa Fe Homes for sale. This beautiful Rancho Santa Fe home located in the Del Rayo Estates just came on the market on April 3rd.

New listing in Del Rayo Estates: 2.8 Manicured Acres. Views of

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