Welcome! Don and Leslie have been full time Realtors in Ventura County for over 30 years. It's been fun watching as "little" Victoria Avenue (and many other streets) have morphed into what they are today.
Just as our local communities have evolved, we've seriously considered for the past several years how we could someday "give back" and "finish well" - expressions that can mean a lot of things to different people.
As part of our research into opportunities for service, in early 2013 we contacted a Peace Corps recruiter who helped us start our journey. But our new path wasn't going to be as straight and easy as we thought! And so we began a transition into something completely different from the routines we've known for the past 30 years - and have begun a path that's leading into the exciting unknown. This will be our story!
By Leslie | November 11, 2010
Ventura county foreclosure stats are in for October and the numbers are dramatically down from September – most likely due to the lenders’ moratorium. Check out the graphs for quarterly comparison since 2005 and the 12 month chart.
By Leslie | November 9, 2010
Sold prices – Single family homes in Ventura, Oxnard, Camarillo:
Sold prices – Condos in Ventura, Oxnard, Camarillo:
Numbers sold – Single family homes in Ventura, Oxnard, Camarillo:
Detailed statistics for single family homes sold in:
Detailed statistics for condos sold in:
Detailed statistics for pendings (in escrow) – single family homes and condos:
By Don | October 18, 2010
The downturn has produced an unprecedented number of foreclosed commercial properties in Ventura County covering all asset types from hospitality to industrial and office condos. Investors looking for value are taking advantage of higher capitalization rates, and business owners are finding that substantially lower acquisition price points (combined with low SBA financing rates) are making ownership vs. leasing a smart financial option. Here are a sampling of specific properties in various asset classes that have reverted back to their lender this year:
By Leslie | October 15, 2010
The number of foreclosures has been big in the news but what Ventura County residents really care about is what’s happening locally – not in another county or another state. See the chart for the last 12 months. The Notice of Defaults and Trustees Deeds are on the rise, while the number of Trustee Sales is trending downward
The quarterly chart shows NODs on the rise, NTSs are see-sawing and REOs are rather flat.
Data courtesy of Foreclosure List Service.com.
By Don | October 13, 2010
Everyone interested in real estate has heard by now that Bank of America has temporarily suspended all foreclosures in the country, and other banks have suspended foreclosures in states that have judicial foreclosures (like Florida). I’ve been asked over the past few days how and if this affects us in California. The short answer is – not really. Here’s the rest of the story…