(Simi Valley) Tax Payer Bailout Prize Patrol – Video Blog This is a very funny youtube Video on the Bailout money. Sit back and enjoy!
Morgage Markets – A Fistful of Dollars
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Guest Post from Michael Chabot Hi Everyone, In keeping with the “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” theme of previous email updates, I thought I should go in another direction with the Clint Eastwood thing thanks to the amazing effort about to be put forth by the […]
Simi Valley Housing Sales Volumes 2006-2009 (Easy Charts)
Simi Valley Housing Sales Volumes 2006-2009 (Easy Charts) Each month I prepare my market updates which can be found in the Market Update section of my blog under Catagories. I also track on a spread sheet the volumes so I can compare yearly volumes by month and try to spot any trends. Below are the […]
Simi Valley Moorpark Real Estate Market Update Jan-09 YTD
Simi Valley Moorpark Real Estate Market Update Jan-09 YTD The following report contains the Year To Date housing activity for Simi Valey & Moorpark California. At first glance it is nice to see that what was happening this time last year is not being repeated. Sales for the January in Simi Valley was 35 total […]
Making the Simi Valley Real Estate Experience Easier
Making the Simi Valley Real Estate Experience Easier The mountain of paperwork that is required to buy or sell a home in Simi Valley today can be overwhelming. Because people are so busy and spread out; the fax machine has helped ease the execution of documents, but this old technology has some major drawbacks. First […]
Happy Groundhog Day!
Actually it’s a Happy Birthday to my brother Pete! Having three brothers and no sisters was tough enough on my mother, but even better was having a brother born on Groundhog Day. As a kid that was cool and exciting and you can imagine the mockery a bunch of brothers could create with a Groundhog […]
California High Speed Rail
California High Speed Rail It will probably cost a fortune and everyone will complain, but like most public works projects, when completed it will be appreciated many years after it is built and operational. If you want to take train from Simi Valley to San Francisco. First you have to go downtown to Union station […]
Phantom Inventories can be Deceiving (Simi Valley housing report)
Phantom Inventories can be Deceiving (Simi Valley housing report) We are constantly hearing all the time that Simi Valley housing inventories are shrinking and that sales are picking up. I have talked about it in my market updates. Let me put this in context. What most are not aware of is the Phantom Inventory that […]
City of Simi Valley Is Not Helping Local Businesses
City of Simi Valley Is Not Helping Local Businesses The Future of Simi Valley Retail is under attack and round one will prove to be tough reality for Simi Valley as the Thousand Oaks Mall will again take shoppers away from local businesses. What is more concerning is the Westfield plans for Topanga Plaza and […]
Northridge Earthquake 15 year Anniversary
Northridge Earthquake 15 year Anniversary Yesterday was the anniversary of the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. I was living in my second floor Simi Valley Sinaloa Villa Condominium when my wife and I were shaken beyond anything we had felt in our lives as native residents of southern California. My kitchen cabinets and refrigerator were emptied on […]