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Last night we witnessed at the Camarillo Community Center an outpouring of residents of Ventura County regarding the proposed prison hospital at the existing Youth Correctional Facility.  The crowd amounted to nearly 1000 people plus dozens of security personnel and staff of the California Prison Health Care Receivership.  Tempers ran high as people shouted out “we [...]

We discovered a website called Rock You which creates postcard type slides.  We thought you would enjoy a few of our pictures we have stored on our computers of Camarillo, Thousand Oaks, and Ventura. Do you have any photos you would like to share with us?  Please email them to us for use in future postcards from [...]

So here we were were — sitting in the client’s dining room completing the stacks of listing paperwork along with the necessary California disclosure requirements.  Mrs. Seller starts telling us about the wallpaper she recently had installed.  In order to get the full view of the wallpaper, we move to the entry with 12 foot ceilings which [...]

We have this great buyer who wants to purchase a home in a certain school district.  He is well qualified, nothing to sell, and pre-approved for his loan.  With that said, we have been showing him properties all throughout the area of this particular school district.   And believe me — we have seen lots of [...]

The new Conforming loan limits have been announced for 2009!!  What does that even mean??  Well, if you are thinking of buying a home soon, it could mean a lot to you.  As of right now, the Conforming loan limit is $417,000 for Ventura and Los Angeles County.  That means that the “cheaper” money (lower rates) can [...]

We get asked quite often ‘how do Ventura County home prices compare to the rest of the state?’   Ventura County’s median sale price for a single family home is running nearly $100,000 higher than the state’s median.  The most recent stats show Ventura County’s median sales price at $410,000 with the state’s median home price at $316,480.  Check [...]

Did you Vote?  We heard on the radio earlier this morning that the turn out in Ventura County is slated to be about 83% of the eligible voters.  Probably a number higher than most places but come on people it is your right to vote.  Now get out there and VOTE.  (Offer expires if you [...]

An open and closed what?  Escrow, that’s what.  How does it happen?  How do we get from open to closed?  Well, here’s a general information lesson on how it’s done.  First of all, you find the home that fit your needs.  Then you put an offer in on that home and once there is a [...]

Hey, have you noticed? Ventura County Star newspaper has had three articles recently reporting that homes sales are up. We have experienced mutliple offers on several properties we have been working on with buyers. Plus we had one sale go over the list price. This is a good thing! It means buyers are returning to [...]

In keeping with the 805Local tradition, we are posting the properties that are currently listed for sale which are bank-owned properties.    In the Camarillo area (Mission Oaks, Somis, Santa Rosa Valley, Las Posas Estatees, Village at the Park, Leisure Village, etc) there are a total of 18 bank-owned properties on the market.  These properties range [...]