The Children’s Splash Pad at Rancho Simi Community Park (AKA Lemon Park) is a great and a Free Activity to do with the kids. There is still time left this week as the Park district turns off the water after Labor day so get over there and check it out. As well as the Splash Pad to cool things off there is a picnic area, lots of shade trees and playground equipment. Please enjoy the video below.
The Children’s Splash Zone is located at 3700 Avenida Simi, Simi Valley CAlifornia 93063. West of Tapo Canyon Road. If you are on Cochran, go north on Lemon and West on Avenida Simi.
Short Sale Buyer Contract deal points can make or break a short sale. In this video blog I go over the Short Sale Addendum for a quick overview of the form and some commentary on how it can help protect the buyer in the transaction.
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Below are tables representing Simi Valley Indian Hills Ridge Home Sales History. The Indian Hills Ridge Tract is located off Flanagan east of Yosemite. This is a quick snapshot at how the Indian Hills Ridge Tract has reacted to the changing market.
Indian Hills Ridge Simi Valley 2003 Sales History
AVERAGE Sale Price
$558,989
HIGH Sale Price
$650,500
LOW Sale Price
$470,000
List to Sale Ratio
98.6%
Average Days on Market
28
Number of Homes Sold
12
Indian Hills RidgeSimi Valley 2004 Sales History
AVERAGE Sale Price
$710,077
HIGH Sale Price
$775,000
LOW Sale Price
$570,000
List to Sale Ratio
96.2%
Average Days on Market
11
Number of Homes Sold
11
Indian Hills RidgeSimi Valley 2005 Sales History
AVERAGE Sale Price
$791,884
HIGH Sale Price
$875,000
LOW Sale Price
$705,000
List to Sale Ratio
97.6%
Average Days on Market
33
Number of Homes Sold
13
Indian Hills Ridge Simi Valley 2006 Sales History
AVERAGE Sale Price
$793,428
HIGH Sale Price
$900,000
LOW Sale Price
$739,000
List to Sale Ratio
97.1%
Average Days on Market
62
Number of Homes Sold
7
Indian Hills Ridge Simi Valley 2007 Sales History
AVERAGE Sale Price
$760,930
HIGH Sale Price
$825,000
LOW Sale Price
$688,000
List to Sale Ratio
95.5%
Average Days on Market
56
Number of Homes Sold
10
Indian Hills Ridge Simi Valley 2008 Sales History
AVERAGE Sale Price
$661,875
HIGH Sale Price
$697,500
LOW Sale Price
$595,000
List to Sale Ratio
98.7%
Average Days on Market
113
Number of Homes Sold
4
Indian Hills Ridge Simi Valley 2009 Sales History
AVERAGE Sale Price
$613,000
HIGH Sale Price
$665,000
LOW Sale Price
$580,000
List to Sale Ratio
91.1%
Average Days on Market
97
Number of Homes Sold
4
Indian Hills Ridge Simi Valley 2010 Sales History Up through August 20th
AVERAGE Sale Price
$632,500
HIGH Sale Price
$660,000
LOW Sale Price
$565,000
List to Sale Ratio
95.6%
Average Days on Market
72
Number of Homes Sold
4
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Simi Valley Home Buyers, if you are out shopping for a home and are going to use FHA financing it is important to make sure you get your FHA case number before October 4th, 2010 as the FHA Premium goes up after this date. John Yang independent mortgage broker and author of the Mortgage Video Blog explains how the increases will affect your monthly mortgage payment in this video.
The announcement from Farmers Insurance yesterday that they were packing up their employees and leaving town came as a surprise to many. Farmers Insurance occupies Simi Valley’s key landmark building in the center of town and was the largest employer. The loss of this company is a sad occasion and one especially for my family. [...]
The number of single-family detached homes sold in Simi Valley for the month of July 2010 pulled back from a robust June market. There really is no significance in the decline for the following reasons. The federal tax credits expired June 30, there was a rush to close escrow’s to qualify for the tax credit. [...]
(Aug 6th) From the Franchise Tax Board’s Website – California 1st time home buyers are being notified that the hundred million dollars allocated for tax credits is most likely already exhausted. The plan was to accept some 28,000 applications before the cutoff. There been over 31,000 applications submitted and the Franchise Tax Board has determined [...]
(Video below) Simi Valley’s Yoga Nook is located at 2472 Stearns Street just off the the south side of the 118 freeway. The Studio is 7 years old, owned and operated by Jeni Winterburn, long time Yoga instructor and Simi Valley resident. I happened to visit on a Monday evening and class was full of [...]
(Video Below) Some people asked me if 365 things to do in Simi Valley would revolve around eating. While restaurants will definitely get coverage, activities in Simi Valley are very diverse. The Boys and Girls Club of Simi Valley has been a big part of this community for over 36 years. The valuable service the [...]
Altos Research CEO Michael Simonsen on the Fox Business Network discussing the future of the US housing market I met Mike a couple years ago at Real Estate Bar Camp. Mike’s Company provides very robust Real Estate statistical data. Altos Research. Great to see him on Fox News. Congratulations Mike!
Ted Mackel is a Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams Realty. He assists Buyers & Sellers in the San Fernando Valley, Simi Valley and East Ventura County.
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Answer by Ted Mackel: Contraclaustro13, Great Question, this requires a pretty detailed answer. I created a Video Screencast with the California Short Sale Addendum for you. It may answer some of your questions. Link to video answer: http://bit.ly/aDrVop If the agent used the Short Sale Addendum (and they should have), then if the box under B.2 was checked t […]
Answer by Ted Mackel: Gil, I do it all the time. In Rapattoni I do a quick search for all of Simi Valley solds between the time frames I am looking at. I export the report out as a CSV file with the export function and open the report in Excel - well numbers on my MAC. You can uses the data base function to sort the report far better than Rapattoni. Two thin […]
Answer by Ted Mackel: The listing says it expired in April and was a Short Sale. ForeclosureRadar says is was foreclosed on in February so we have two conflicting records. It is an IndyMac loan. Are you having trouble with mapquest or Google maps? […]
Answer by Ted Mackel: Homebuyer, This is an interesting question. One thought may be that since the fire hydrant is visible that disclosure of vehicle code is probably not a responsibility of the seller. Now if the house was near a school and every morning and afternoon when parents dropped off their children, the parking in front of the house was impacted, […]
Answer by Ted Mackel: Help, I recently had to sign a court document the verify the BPO I did on a property that was later subject to a BK. The document from the BK Court was "Declaration of Ted Mackel in Support of Wells Fargo, N.A.'s Motion for Relief From the Automatic Stay". The reason why I was asked for the Declaration, was so the lender […]
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