A few months back I wrote a post about the impact PACE style energy retrofit liens were having on our housing market. In our region of Southern California, the PACE Program is primarily implemented as HERO, or Home Energy Renovation Opportunity, a joint venture between our quasi-governmental West
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10/16/2015
My 3rd quarter Realtor Report on housing data for Southwest California is ready now. Sales up slightly over August but prices pretty flat across the 9 cities. Inventory and days on market are both down and pending slaes are way down. What does this mean for our market betweern now and the end of
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10/16/2015
It's hard to open a newspaper or your mail these days without seeing some promotion of the HERO Program (Home Energy Renovation Opportunity). Launched in December of 2011, the HERO Program is offered by the Western Riverside Council of Governments (WRCOG) and administered by RenovateAmerica. It b
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03/04/2015
Hard to believe it's been nearly 6 years since I wrote my first blog about Ocwen Financial (Ocwen Bank Outsourcing Realtors to India). Back in those days we were actively engaged in a fight against real estate fraud, the housing market was melting around our ears and I was being bombarded with co
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12/23/2014
Looking for something to do this weekend? The Temecula Valley Players will be running their final weekend of Cole Porter's "Anything Goes". The production features some 35 actors, singers and dancers from across the region, as well as the recognized talents of Director Paul Kehler, Choreographer
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06/26/2013
Ahead of schedule and under budget - those will be among the superlatives offered for the Temecula Valley Hospital when it opens in just a few short months. Utilizing innovative construction and scheduling techniques that have attracted visitors from around the world, the hospital will offer a st
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06/26/2013
If you're thinking about buying a home in the near future or are trying to buy a home right now, here are a few tips to help you navigate the process. First off, you should know that it's a great time to buy a home but the process will probably be more than a little frustrating. Why? Because ban
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06/25/2013
Maybe you've heard about the new bill proposed in Sacramento that would prevent you from checking the criminal record of a job applicant, or the one that would allow a fired employee to come back into your business to go through their personnel file. How about the one that would let unemployed p
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05/21/2013
On April 11th Andy Domenigoni and Kelly Buffa of Domenigoni-Barton Properties, LLC, proudly introduced The Triangle, billed as the most exciting mixed-use property in Southwest California. Located at the confluence of the I-15 - I-215, The Triangle offers one of the highest visibility locations i
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05/21/2013
I just got off a one hour webinar presented by the California Assssociation of Realtors Legal Staff on the subject of 'Pocket Listings'. While pocket listings are legal if the proper procedures are followed, some agents simply are not. Agents who are not following the letter of the law will be c
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04/24/2013