Los Angeles & Ventura Counties Real Estate & Mortgage News & Info

After reading a post here on AR about how a buyer commented to an AR Realtor at the closing table that they didn't know there were closing costs, I was inspired to blog about how incredibly unlikely this probably was.  In Part 1, I discussed the three following documents: the loan application (10...

I recently came across a post here where the blogger asked, "how could a buyer get all the way to the closing table without knowing what their closing costs are"?  In typical AR fashion, dozens of AR Realtors herded together to throw lenders and their Mortgage Loan Originators (MLO) under the bus...

  I just came across this post of Endre's and felt that it was importaant enought to reblog.  There are so many animal rescues that save thousands and thousands of homeless and abused animals every year. These wonderful organizations need all the help they can get to survive and continue doing th...

  Well, this week there were so many really great posts here in the rain by some of my fave bloggers as well as some newbie bloggers that I've recently come across.  First and foremost, I just want to give a shout out to my fellow rainers for their gold star features that I was happy to "call the...

This year, Ventura county has Independence Day celebrations all over the county.  This is just a sample of some of the places you can go to here in Ventura county to participate in celebrating our nation's Independence as well as watch some spectacular fireworks shows.   Fireworks Extravaganza in...

This year, Los Angeles county is exploding with Independence Day events.  Way too many to list all of them here so this is just a sample of some of the places you can go to in the San Fernando valley to participate in celebrating our nation's Independence as well as watch some spectacular firewor...

In my continuing effort to educate and inform consumers and prospective buyers here in Los Angeles & Ventura counties about our local market, I want to continue with the next series in my local reports that I started last week with Simi Valley, CA.  This week, I want to report on the Conejo Valle...

  Well, this week there were so many really great posts here in the rain by some of my fave bloggers as well as some newbie bloggers that I've recently come across.  First and foremost, I just want to give a shout out to my fellow rainer for her gold star features that I was happy to "call the sh...

Way too many prospective buyers here in Los Angeles & Ventura counties are being misled by national reports and averages.  Too often these prospective buyers make the mistake of basing their decisions in purchasing local real estate from what they're reading about national data and info. One of t...

  Well, this week there were so many really great posts here in the rain by some of my fave bloggers as well as some newbie bloggers that I've recently come across.  First and foremost, I just want to give a shout out to my fellow rainers for their gold star features that I was happy to "call th...