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 | October 15, 2009
Here are the September sold statistics for Camarillo homes for sale in our newly expanded 14-plus month format. The homes sold and condos sold data comes from Camarillo MLS listings.
By Don | October 8, 2009
A couple weeks ago I wrote a post (see “Investors and buying opportunities in a down market”) about investors looking to acquire commercial and multi-family properties in this market.
We’ll have a casual working lunch in our office on Thursday, October 22 from 11:30 to 1 p.m. as I discuss how investors are taking advantage of disruptions in the marketplace to acquire assets for their portfolios and the pros and cons of various strategies investors are using.
Interested? Please email or call Leslie to RSVP so we get a head count for lunch.
By Leslie | October 8, 2009
I just pulled the number of active homes for sale in Ventura, Oxnard and Camarillo this afternoon and inventory levels remain tight, especially at entry levels where competition is fierce and multiple offers are not uncommon. The number of Ventura homes for sale increased, but Oxnard has seen a drop in inventory from September. With first time buyers scrambling to get into (and close) escrow by the end of November, it’s like shopping for blue light specials at K-Mart. Distressed sales continue to pace the marketplace, but we’ve noticed that prices are firming. We’ll be pulling the sales data for September over the weekend and publishing the data next week!
By Leslie | October 8, 2009
The annual California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.) convention is underway in San Jose and yesterday the Association published their “2010 California Housing Market Forecast”. They believe the median price in CA will rise 3.3% next year, and that the number of sales will decrease by 2.3%.
In comments with the report’s release, the President of C.A.R. stated “California’s housing market continued its strong sales rebound this year, resulting from the continued pace of distressed properties coming to market. This follows two years of double-digit sales declines in 2006 and 2007. Looking ahead, we expect sales to moderate to a more sustainable pace.”
“After experiencing its sharpest decline in history, we expect the median price to rise modestly next year. 2010 will mark the beginning of the ‘new normal’ for California’s housing market. This ‘new normal’ likely will feature a steady stream of sales driven by distressed properties in the low end of the market, coupled with moderate home-price appreciation.”
By Leslie | October 1, 2009
In our September newsletter, read about where the real estate market is now for entry level buyers, the low inventory levels, and home prices seem to be bottomed out and are headed up. Plus, compare the low interest rate trends for one year and five years.