John 's Blog

This past Friday (June 13, 2008) at the Marriott Ventura Beach Hotel, Bill Watkins, an economic forecaster and director of the UC Santa Barbara Economic Forecast Project told the Chamber of Commerce gathering that Ventura County is and will continue to do extremely well. To read full article go t...

Sock it to me Charlie Brown.  This weeks economic events were startling with oil running up to $ 130 per barrel and the increase in unemployment.  A double whammy but the impact on Ventura County real estate through the past week was uneventful. For full article go to:  www.venturacountyretalk.com

Changes continue in the Ventura County market place and a big change has been made in the presentation of the statistical data made in this weekly column. For complete article go to:  www.venturacountyretalk.com

Summary of selected cities (both national and california) appreciation rate over the next 12, 24, and 36 months. For complete article go to:  http://www.venturacountyretalk.com/2008/06/01/may-2008-selected-cities-real-estate-appreciation-trends-report/

Gasoline at $ 5 per gallon?  You have to be kidding! What! $ 10 per gallon gasoline.....you must be plain nuts! Well I was surprise to see gasoline pass the $ 4.00 mark and there is nothing to suggest that it will not go to $ 5.  Ten $ may be a stretch but if we don't get our act together that wi...

Ventura County real estate continues to show signs of having turned to the upside. Over the last week there has been a decline in listings (inventory); sales continue to  increase (although it slowed the last two weeks this past week when compared to prior weeks); the number of days on the market...

"There are several variations of the auction form including time limits, minimum and maximum limits on bid prices and special rules determining the winning bidder and the sales price. Maximum bid (I have heard it called and absolute bid but check on this) means that the property will be sold to t...

The areas of California, Nevada, Arizona and Florida continue to experience an accelerated weakness since the last report.  California and Nevada saw price declines of more than 8%. Within California the weakest areas continue to be: Merced Stockton Modesto Yuba City Salinas Santa Barbara-Santa M...

In my case real estate is my focus so I will look at items that generally are real estate related specifically mortgage financing and escrows because these will be benefical to my clients. Affordable.....yes at $ 77 per month.  For some it could be a stretch but overall even those that have to bu...

When selling a home  the first thing most people are told is to  "paint" it. When one looks at a new home, first impressions focus on the paint. So when it comes to color, most will see the color "BROWN" or cousins of brown in a home. Color influences our emotions, actions and response to other p...