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It seems like we get the same questions daily about SHORT SALES.  It is confusing to people; it’s confusing the agents.  We even had a friend refer their employee to us who had written an offer on a short sale listing and thought he had purchased the property and would be moving soon.  Unfortunately his [...]

Somewhere between short sales and foreclosures —– that’s where the start of 2010 seems to be………. Many of you know that I have been out of town and upon my return wanted to play catch up with what the local Camarillo real estate market has been doing.  I love stats!  Numbers are black and white.  [...]

Many of us living in Ventura County are ‘transplants.’  We were born some place else and luck enough now to call Ventura County our Home.  This is the case for both of us.  Greg was born in New Jersey and his family moved to Ventura County (specifically Thousand Oaks – the Conejo Oaks tract before [...]

May 2009 closed sales of detached homes in Camarillo totaled 57 with a median sales price of $468,000.  The previous month, April 2009, had 38 detached homes close escrow with a median sales price of $467,500. One year ago, May 2008, closed sales of detached homes in Camarillo totaled 40 with a median sales price [...]

It’s called Broker Tour, Broker Caravan and/or sometimes just Caravan.  But the question is: “what happened to caravan?”  The purpose of caravan is to have a property open to the Realtors to go preview – usually new listings - within a specific time period each week.  Last week in Camarillo there was a total of one [...]

April 2009 closed sales of detached homes in Camarillo totaled 35 with a median sales price of $455,000.  The previous month, March 2009, had 38 detached homes in Camarillo close escrow with a median sales price of $495,250 One year ago, April 2008, closed sales of detached homes in Camarillo totaled 36 with a median [...]

This past weekend we listed two new properties for sale and both are single story homes.  These homes are quite different but both have four bedrooms and rather larger lots.  Both home sellers were are past cleints meaning we had sold them the house.  House #1 Even though 1512 Calle Portilla is quite higher than the [...]

My partner, Greg Ricci, and I have been working for the past year with a  first-time home buyer couple, Joe and Jane (not their real names).  Joe and Jane are pre-approved buyers, nothing to sell, money in the bank.  They have the right combination – ready, willing and able.  Joe and Jane know where they want [...]

Thursday morning: “Sounds good. Let’s meet at the office at 10:00 a.m Saturday to look at homes.” Better check the MLS to see how many properties suit this buyer’s criteria.  Wow!  There is a total of 46 just in Camarillo plus there is an additional 55 homes that meets the criteria in Thousand Oaks.  That’s a [...]

If you live in Southern California, you know what a ‘red flag’ warning is – it means high temperatures, Santa Ana winds, low humidity.  Close the windows, stay inside and secure the lawn furniture.  Get ready for Mother Nature to do her house cleaning…… If you are like us and sell real estate in Ventura County, a red [...]