805 Local

Many of our readers know that 805Local answers questions on Trulia.com.  Recently we received a Two Thumbs Up BEST  ANSWER on Trulia for the answer to a question dealing with multiple offers. 
Here’s the question from a home seller in San Jose, CA –
 
“After my home was on the market for four months, I suddenly received [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

We have been waiting for this to happen but we are announcing it is official — multiple offers are back.  How long will this new phenomenon continue in style is any body’s guess.  We have seen increased activity and multiple offers on listings that  have been sitting with little or no action.  Then boom –there are four offers.  [...]

March 2009 closed sales of detached home in Camarillo totaled 38 with a median sales price of $495,250.  The previous month, February 2009, had 26 detached homes in Camarillo close escrow with a median sales price of $$460,000. 
One year ago, March 2008, closed sales of detached homes in Camarillo totaled 28 with a median sales [...]

My partner, Greg Ricci, and I are preparing to take a new listing.  We have previewed the properties currently on the market which will be competing with the new listing.  We have reviewed the properties in escrow that would compare to this property.  Foremost, we have combed through the  houses which have recently closed escrow selecting [...]

Are you a seller trying to sell your home in a buyer’s market?  Let’s face it – it is not easy but as a seller you need to know what is involved –
1. Be committed to selling.  In a buyer’s market with inflated inventories, short sales, and repos, there is no place for sellers who [...]

You have heard about it — the Federal tax credit for first time home buyers   – but what is the bottom line? 
Here you go, just the facts regarding the Federal tax credit:
-The credit for first time home buyers applies to new and existing homes.
-Homes must be bought between January 1 and December 1 of 2009.
-The credit is [...]

We have been showing a lot of houses lately throughout Ventura County that could easily be in the category of “Fixer.”  We have found that what one person calls a “Fixer” is different than what the next person would call a “Fixer.”  It seems that most of our current buyers classify a “Fixer” as a [...]

Did you ever see that WalMart commercial that says “we are rolling back prices?”   That is exactly how I feel when I look at today’s real estate prices.  So this got me thinking – dangerous.  When was the last time that Ventura County home prices were at the approximate same level as today?   I started searching other [...]