Learn how to read fvcking statistics you douchebag....
http://www.sdlookup.com/Closings-92130-Carmel_Valley
Look at listing price versus closing price. There is no firesale. "firesale" would be something like -25%+ off what seller is asking. Most properties sold at asking, some ABOVE ASKING.And that's when asking prices are already way above peak prices in 2006, roughly 8-12%. So in many cases people are paying aMORE than they were in 2006, despite the most stringent lending standards that what existed in 2006.
PPSF at peak in 2006 was about $400, Current PPSF is roughly $475, still well above peak.
Regarding inventory.
http://www.sdlookup.com/Market-92130-Carmel_Valley
There's 177 total homes being sold in 92130, 42 of them are attached condos, the rest are SFH.
Average sell price is 1.7million,
Again, what firesale???? Firesale would imply a huge pile of inventory. 177 total homes for an area that services 29,000 people. That's noise.
So, maybe the problem isn't so much other people with money are having a hard to buy an expensive home. Maybe the problem is that you are a low level low paid grunt engineer that cant AFFORD to own and that's why you rent.