Jack Mossman's Lodi Blog

Incomplete reporting resulted in lower traffic numbers for new homes sites this week, but some new inventory has been added.  Manteca still continues to be the hot spot for new homes activity in San Joaquin County. The following information has been extracted from New Homes Sales and Marketing re...

For 72 years Harvest time in Lodi has been celebrated in a special way.  The Lodi Grape Festival and Harvest Fair this year will continue that tradition at the 73rd annual celebration .... September 16-19. The Prize List Book is the 33-page booklet with the "rule" for participating in the challen...

Recently the national press was in a tizzy over research concerning virginity ... and the lack thereof!  The focus of their vision was on "virgin olive oil" and how much of it was neither virgin nor even olive oil. In the middle of this press-mess, I chanced upon a local vendor at the Farmers' M...

Ok, sometimes terms can be a little confusing.  Green grapes has a kind of universal understanding ... something based on the expectation that they are table grapes, more often than not, a seedless variety.  But in Lodi, you have to ask .... Table grapes... OR... did you mean "SUSTAINABLE WINEGRO...

Aug 22 - Stockton Record - CLOSED listing real estate transaction for July 25-Aug 2 from information compiled from County records:           Total sales:  196; Sellers identified as Banks or REO-type:  79, with 63 different firms selling (top 3: Federal National Mortgage-15; Federal Home Loan Mor...

The major streets in Lodi host the summer long Farmers' Market on Thursday afternoons and early evenings.  The market not only affords local vendors an opportunity to present their wares, produce and services - it acts as a mainstream of social activity throughout the summer. This quiet-looking s...

OK, I admit this isn't about the dirt ON Lodi, but it is about the dirt IN Lodi.  This is after all, a Real Estate blog site .. so, sometimes we talk about real estate. So let me start with telling you that there's a lot more about this wine stuff than just sniffing a cork and watching a server p...

Even more new inventory has been added to the San Joaquin County new homes landscape and traffic continues to increase weekly for the last 7 weeks.  The following information has been extracted from New Homes Sales and Marketing reporting companies for the week ending 8/29/10: San Joaquin County:...

It's amazing what happens when you ask questions!  "What's special about Lodi?"  Depending on whom you ask, often the response, said with a smile is ... "Stuck in Lodi again!"  The reference to the 1969 tune on the Creedence Clearwater Revival album "Green River" has come to suggest the idea of ...

Aug 22 - Stockton Record - CLOSED listing real estate transaction for July 14-20 from information compiled from County records:           Total sales:  184; Sellers identified as Banks or REO-type:  93, with 30 different firms selling (top 3: Federal National Mortgage-18; Beneficial-4 and Federal...