Ventura County Real Estate Market - 2008 in Review
We were talking the other day about what happened during 2008 in the local Ventura County real estate market. We thought you, too, would be interested in hearing reading our combined observations.
Looking back down the 2008 real estate road -
Many sellers who could not get ‘their price’ took their house off of the market and decided to wait or rent [...]
Posted: January 2nd, 2009 under Home Buyer Info, Home Seller Info.
Tags: 2008 real estate market, Ventura County
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Tournament of Roses Parade Float
For several years my children and I volunteered as ‘petal pushers’ with a local Ventura County church building a float for the Rose Parade. We worked one day between Christmas and New Years from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Pasadena area. The work was dirty and usually very sticky since all sorts of glues were used to attach flowers, seeds, twigs, [...]
Posted: December 29th, 2008 under Various rambling.
Tags: float, Rose Parade
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What do you celebrate?
We say “Merry Christmas” but in this politically correct world who knows who celebrates what!
In checking through several emails this morning, we discovered that today, December 23, is Festivus. How could we forget the episode of Seinfeld where George’s father creates the ‘new holiday for the rest of us.’ It is so absurd - it [...]
Posted: December 23rd, 2008 under Various rambling.
Tags: Christmas, Festivus
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Chicken Soup Award
When was the last time you went to a Carnival? From time to time we participate in a blog carnival what is known as the “Carnival of Real Estate.” Sounds a bit odd - agreed. There are other ‘carnivals’ besides the real estate variety such as business, education, investing, etc. The goal of the “Carnival of [...]
Posted: December 16th, 2008 under Home Buyer Info, Home Seller Info.
Tags: award, carnival of real estate, short sales
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Making sense of Ventura County real estate market
Saturday night we had dinner with friends. Of course the subject of real estate came up and we started talking about our upcoming open house at 7112 Los Coyotes in Camarillo. And boy were we surprised! Our friends are Thousand Oaks homeowners and educated with good jobs. They were under the impression that there were few real estate loans [...]
Posted: December 9th, 2008 under Home Buyer Info, Home Seller Info.
Tags: 7112 Los Coyotes, common misconceptions, home for sale in Camarillo, open house, real estate misconceptions
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“Should I take my house off the market during the Holidays?”
It happens every year at this time. Our listing clients will ask, “Should I take my house off the market during the Holidays?” We know our answer but we thought we would ask other Realtors throughout the country what works for them and their clients.
Yesterday we posed this question on Trulia Voices and within a [...]
Posted: December 5th, 2008 under Home Seller Info.
Tags: Christmas, holidays, Trulia Voices
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What a pain to use!
Maybe I should not be writing this post but it is the truth. Realtor.com is a pain to use. Yes, I know they just came out with the ‘new version.’ And granted it looks ‘prettier’ than the old version but it is still not user friendly. Even as an agent who has used Realtor.com for many [...]
Posted: December 3rd, 2008 under Various rambling.
Tags: Realtor.com
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Barbie needs a new home
We have this warm-hearted client, Kay Wolverton Ito, who for the last couple of years has been spearheading a “Barbie Care and Share” program. To date almost 300 dolls have been donated to Ventura County agencies such as Casa Pacifica and Aspiranet. Kay has combined her interest in Barbies with charitable giving, then adds a [...]
Posted: December 1st, 2008 under Local Events, News.
Tags: Barbie, Camarillo, Camarillo Girl Scout troop, Casa Pacifica, living in Ventura County, new home, Ventura County
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Do you need a Makeover?
A loan makeover, that is……You probably have seen the headlines about the latest public and private efforts to help financially distressed homeowners ease the pinch of their mortgage payments.
An ambitious mass-market loan modification programs was outlined on November 11 by the Federal Housing Finance Agency along with the 33 banks and mortgage servicers that make up [...]
Posted: November 30th, 2008 under Bank-owned properties, Home Seller Info.
Tags: loan makeover, loan modification, subprime
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Bank-owned homes in Camarillo and Conejo Valley
Every two weeks 805Local posts the current bank-owned properties in the Conjeo Valley and Camarillo.
CAMARILLO
This week in Camarillo (Mission Oaks, Santa Rosa Valley, Las Posas Estates, Leisure Village, Camarillo Springs, etc) there is a total of 27 bank-owned properties on the market. Two weeks ago, the total of bank-owned properties on the market in Camarillo stood at 23 [...]
Posted: November 28th, 2008 under Bank-owned properties.
Tags: bank owned home in Thousand Oaks, bank owned homes in Newbury Park, bank-owned homes in Camarillo, REOs in Camarillo, REOs in Conejo Valley, REOs in Thousand Oaks, REOs in Ventura County
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