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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 it [...]

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 of [...]

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 property [...]

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 sales [...]

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 median in [...]

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 flag means [...]

Here’s the latest in what is on the market with bank-owned properties in Camarillo and the Conejo Valley.
Two weeks ago Camarillo had 23 properties currently on the market that were bank owned.  This week that total now registers 20 REOs for sale in Camarillo.
Click here to get the list of bank-owned properties for sale in Camarillo,  [...]

So you want to buy a house, but you don’t know what you qualify for.  You know how much you want your total payments to be, but you don’t know how much house that will buy.  What about property taxes and homeowner’s insurance?  How much would that be?  How much do you need for a down [...]