At the beginning of every month (usually!) we take a check of the inventory of homes available for sale in Ventura, Oxnard and Camarillo. On a macro level, if we can tell how many homes are for sale and how many homes have sold in a given period, we can get a sense of the activity and strength of our market. Not surprisingly, we’re seeing inventory levels going up now that the first time buyer credit has expired. Inventory levels are always fluid as new homes every day come on the market and others are sold, so these numbers are merely “snapshots” at the time we pull the stats. Here are the latest numbers and trends. Here are the latest numbers and trends.