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Entries from May 2008

Ventura County Beaches Earn an A!

May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Local News

Heal the Bay, an environmental group, issued it’s “Beach Report Card” that assigns grades of A to F to 517 beaches on the California coast based on measured bacteria levels from April 2007 to March 2008. 55 of Ventura County’s 56 beaches rated an A during the spring and summer months. Rincon Beach received the [...]

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Fannie Mae to Eliminate “Declining Market Policy”

May 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Real Estate, Real Estate Financing

As of June 1st, Fannie Mae is changing it controversial policy of requiring an additional 5% down payment for home in designated as being in a “declining market”.  Back in January, Fannie Mae changed its lending guidelines which had a major impact on Ventura County home sellers and buyers.  Ventura County was on Fannie Mae’s list [...]

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Buying a Home? For goodness sake, get a CLUE!

May 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Real Estate

C.L.U.E. stands for the Comprehensive Loss Underwriting Exchange which is a huge database used by the insurance industry to track claims homeowners file against their homeowner’s insurance policies.  This information helps insurers of Ventura County real estate avoid fraud and writing policies for people who make excessive claims, but this information also follows the home [...]

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Aye Matey, Thar Be Pirates in Ojai!

May 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Events, Local Interest

Last Satterdee I sailed’ t’ check ou’ th’ Ojai Pirate Faire. I canna b’lieve I`ve nerebeen before. What great fun! I felt a bit ou’ o’ place in me 21st century clothes. As ye can be seein’, ‘t had an affect on me!  I thougt I`d share wi’ ye some o’ th’ photographs I took [...]

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Sales Tax Increase in Oxnard’s Future?

May 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Politics

I have trust issues.  My therapist and I have been working on them and I thought I had made progress.  But, as I sat listening to a presentation on the City of Oxnard’s proposed half-percent sales tax increase, I had a relapse.  It happened last Thursday when seven top Oxnard officials came to the Ventura County Association of [...]

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