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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

 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 [...]

Short sale.  Short sale.  Short sale.  They seem to be everywhere these days.  What does short sale mean?  What’s it all about? 
What is a Short Sale?
A short sale happens when a lender agrees to accept a discounted loan amount in order to facilitate the sale of a property.  In other words, the seller is trying [...]

Many homes built prior to the 1980’s have their ceilings covered with an acoustic spray commonly referred to as “popcorn” ceilings due to their appearance.  Many homeowners would like to remove this material to give their home a more contemporary appearance.  There are several things to be aware of regarding this process –

 Some acoustic ceilings [...]

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 the [...]

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 [...]