HIGHS AND LOWS - SAN DIMAS , AUGUST 10, 2011 Okay, so here are the SAN DIMAS Highs and Lows for today, August 10, 2011.   SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES: LOWEST:                             $189,900 HIGHEST:                             $1,850,000 AVERAGE:                           $399,900 # LISTINGS:                         139 ON MARKET SOLD THIS WEEK:               6 What this means to you: You have more information so you can make an informed decicion on whether SAN DIMAS is a good decision for your family and if the prices are within your grasp. The other thing you can take away from this is the saturation rate.  The saturation rate is determined by the amount of sale in a week and the number of listings on the market.  So in this case, there are 139 homes currently listed.  If you divi... 08/10/2011

LA VERNE REAL ESTATE MARKET WATCH - JULY 23-29, 2011    Market Watch       New Listing (14)   Price Change (15)   Back On Market (2)   Backup Offer (3)   Expired (2)   Pending (7)   Sold (7)     Okay, I have made a decision.  I know this shocks and surprises you (LOL NOW!) but I actually have.  The HIGHS AND LOWS series that I started will be seperate blogs because there was so much content.  It would be way too long if it was all in the same blog.  So Friday's will be the same REAL ESTATE MARKET WATCH and the beginning of the week will be the HIGHS AND LOWS. So here we go again, and let's start with the most important thing - THE PRICING!  Yet again, there are many price changes (fifteen is a lot!). I can't believe that people are STILL using agents who don't know what they are doing!... 07/29/2011

SAN DIMAS REAL ESTATE MARKET WATCH - JULY 23-29, 2011      Market Watch New Listing (6)   Price Change (17)   Back On Market (2)   Backup Offer (6)   Expired (1)   Pending (4)   Sold (8)     Okay, I have made a decision.  I know this shocks and surprises you (LOL NOW!) but I actually have.  The HIGHS AND LOWS series that I started will be seperate blogs because there was so much content.  It would be way too long if it was all in the same blog.  So Friday's will be the same REAL ESTATE MARKET WATCH and the beginning of the week will be the HIGHS AND LOWS. So here we go again, and let's start with the most important thing - THE PRICING!  Seriously, when will agents out there learn their jobs?  THE MOST IMPORTANT THING RIGHT NOW IS PRICE.  If it's priced too high, a good agent will know ... 07/29/2011

HIGHS AND LOWS - SAN DIMAS , JULY 22, 2011   Okay, so just another addendum to the REAL ESTATE MARKET WATCH segments I've been doing:  In the future, this will be included in the MARKET WATCH blogs.     SINGLE FAMILY HOMES There are 104 Active Homes today in SAN DIMAS. Highest Priced Home -  $1,850,000 Lowest Priced Home - $199,000 Average Home Price - $350,000   CONDOS AND TOWNHOMES There are 21 Active Listings in SAN DIMAS today. Highest Priced Home is $398,000 Lowest Priced Home is $160,000 Average Priced Home is $274,000 You can see from this pricing that there are amazing parts of SAN DIMAS, and then there are middle of the road portions.  But the upside is - THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY in SAN DIMAS!     SAN DIMAS LIVING! 07/22/2011

SAN DIMAS REAL ESTATE MARKET WATCH - JULY 16-22, 2011   SAN DIMAS REAL ESTATE MARKET WATCH JULY 16-22, 2011       Market Watch New Listing (11)   Price Change (12)   Back On Market (4)   Backup Offer (5)   Expired (1)   Pending (4)   Sold (6)       Okay, so this week in SAN DIMAS is moving along pretty well!  There are eleven new listings, so people are still selling and moving.  Maybe one of those eleven will be the house for you! So, let's start with the PRICE CHANGES.  There are a tremendous amount of PRICE CHANGES.  Twelve is  quite a few for such a short amount of time.  As always, I caution you to make absolutely sure that you use a Realtor who KNOWS how to price right the first time!  Naturally, I do or I wouldn't be stressing the issue so much!  LOL  But seriously I know how to ... 07/22/2011

SENIORS GET IN ON THE ACTION! Okay, so the active senior residents of CLAREMONT PLACE took a tour of the facilities at LeROY HAYNES CENTER in SAN DIMAS.  They heard about the amazing 65-year tradition of the center's help to children.  The seniors were treated to a presentation by some of the residents who told of their goals for the future. And the Residential Program Director shared just two of the many success stories that come out of LeROY HAYNES. The seniors then decided to collect 100 backpacks filled with school supplies for the children at LeROY HAYNES.  Donations of school supplies or back packs must be received no later than August 12.  You can read more about it here. SAN DIMAS LIVING!           07/20/2011

{EAV_BLOG_VER:ea9387d14e0f23e3} SAN DIMAS VETERANS MEMORIAL  Okay, so I'm always passing this sign at the SAN DIMAS post office. It's one of those thermometers that shows the progress for collecting funds in SAN DIMAS for the up and coming Veterans Memorial.   As I have stated before, I am nothing if not totally patriotic.   So this progress has really got me excited!   This article in one of our local papers caught my eye and so, naturally, I have to write about it.  It says that they have raised more than half of the estimated $200k to complete this project and therefore they are planning to start construction within the next two weeks!   Again, so exciting! I love the way SAN DIMAS has chosen to honor it's veterans.  And because I work here, it makes me all the more proud!  The monum... 07/18/2011

SAN DIMAS REAL ESTATE MARKET WATCH - JULY 9-15, 2011      Market Watch   New Listing (11) Price Change (13) Back On Market (7) Backup Offer (7) Expired (2) Pending (7) Sold (8)     Okay, so, here is the SAN DIMAS REAL ESTATE MARKET WATCH for this week. There were eight closed sales.  That's good as it looks like more homes in SAN DIMAS are actually getting new families.  But when you consider that there are seven back on the market and eleven new listings, that's not really a lot.  This means that more homes have been put into the inventory.  And the inventory is not selling at the same pace as they are coming into the home market. And once again, I cannot say enough about using a Realtor who prices their home correctly - THE FIRST TIME!  I reblogged a segment written by my friend Ilona... 07/15/2011

ASK THE MAYOR COMES BACK TO SAN DIMAS! Okay, so the City of San Dimas has just brought back their "ASK THE MAYOR" TELEVISION PROGRAM after a year long vacation.  With this new launch of the program, you can now email your questions in so they can be answered by the Mayor himself!  Before it was a call in show and questions were answered as they came in. The new email feature was given so people could be more specific (they call it flexible) in asking the questions of the Mayor and his guests. I guess it also gives the Mayor more time to pick and choose his words and choose which questions he will answer and which ones he won't.  Hmmm, interesting! The Mayor, Curt Morris, said that the show has been on two times again with a slower response than usual.  He believes it may be due to the ... 07/11/2011

  SAN DIMAS REAL ESTATE MARKET WATCH, JULY 2-8, 2011    Market Watch   New Listing (16)   Price Change (15)   Back On Market (3)   Backup Offer (2)   Expired (5)   Pending (5)   Sold (4)     Okay, so I was on vacation last week and was not able to do our weekly market watch.  So I apologize for being away, but we had a good time on our much-needed holiday!   Let's start out with new listings, shall we?  Sixteen is a lot of new real estate listings coming into the marketplace, especially when only four homes actually closed escrow and have new families now.  There are seven pending and back-up offers which means that those seveescrow last week and are back on the real estate market.     Then there's the recurring subject of the price changes.  16 OF THEM!  Once again, I can't stress enou... 07/08/2011

 Market Watch   New Listing (9)   Price Change (12)   Back On Market (2)   Backup Offer (0)   Expired (0)   Pending (9)   Sold (6)   Okay, so here it is, the chart for San Dimas this week. Obviously we had nine homes come onto the market in the last seven days.  Of those nine, five are standard sales, two are bankowned and two are short sales.  It would seem that the days of standard sales are coming back again. Not so bad on the price changes this week.  Twelve price changes is starting to come down from last week's number.  Again, it still really matters that you use an agent who knows their STUFF when it comes to home pricing.   And only two went back on the market.  Maybe this means that things are starting to close and escrows are being completed.  Speaking of escrows, nine went i... 06/24/2011

 Market Watch   New Listing (13)   Price Change (16)   Back On Market (4)   Backup Offer (6)   Expired (1)   Pending (12)   Sold (1)   Okay, so it's that time of the week again!  Market Watch is something I do for the cities of San Dimas and La Verne so you can get a feeling for what's happening in the area with regards to real estate.  It also gives me a good feel for home pricing and other factors that enable me to do my job better for YOU. So, without further ado... MARKET WATCH!   SAN DIMAS seems to really be moving a lot more than La Verne at this point.  La Verne only had seven new listings compared to San Dimas with 13.  I think this is due to the fact that certain parts of La Verne are more expensive than San Dimas. Four homes fell out of escrow and went back on the market, but... 06/17/2011

Okay, so the City of San Dimas is once again having it's SUMMER CONCERT SERIES at Civic Center Park on Bonita Avenue.  It's being held in conjunction with the farmer's market every Wednesday evening at 7PM starting this week.  The schedule can be seen HERE. Conspicuously missing this year is the popular band, THE ANSWER.  This is personally sad for me because I ALWAYS make sure I can go when the are the band.  They play all sorts of CLASSIC ROCK and are sought after all over Southern California.  The Band's website (click above) says that they are going on a big tour in 2012 and are resting and gearing up, which we can all understand.   Anyway, this year's lineup handles everything from the San Dimas High School Band to The Beach Boys tribute, to The Blues to Classic Rock. If you are lo... 06/10/2011

 Market Watch   New Listing (8)   Price Change (10)   Back On Market (5)   Backup Offer (2)   Expired (2)   Pending (7)   Sold (7)   Okay, so, I find it interesting. Last week in San Dimas we had nine backup offers and three that actually went into escrow.  And yet, five of those are now back on the market.  To me, that is a huge amount, almost 50%. And yet we continue to get new listings.  Eight more homes are now on the market, and most of those are standard sales, not short sales or REO'S.  The standard sales mean that either homes are coming onto the market that have enough equity not to be upside down or that investors have bought the homes and fixed them up and are now selling them. So, this week seven homes actually made it through escrow and became sold.  Seven families are now... 06/10/2011

 Market Watch   New Listing (10)   Price Change (17)   Back On Market (9)   Backup Offer (9)   Expired (2)   Pending (3)   Sold (7)   Okay, so here we are once again to review the real estate market in The City of San Dimas. Seven of the homes have actually sold during the week which is pretty good lately.  And there are ten new listings which is a pretty good sign that people are jumping back into the market.   Once again, there are quite a few price changes.  Seventeen seems like an awful lot to me right now what with the big picture of real estate.   I hate to keep harping on this but it means the market is still sliding down.  Either that or there are some agents out there who simply don't know how to price their listings correctly in the first place or they tell the client what th... 06/03/2011

Okay, so this Saturday, June 4, 2011 there will be the most fun Rubber Ducky Race down the waterslides at Raging Waters Water Park in fabulous San Dimas.  The time is from 10AM to 1PM.  The annual charity event will benefit McKinley Children's Center also located in San Dimas.   If you have never been to one of these events and are looking for something really fun to do on Saturday, this is THE thing!  You simply can't have a bad time watching all those rubber duckies going down the water slides.  And it's all for a great cause!  Besides, isn't yellow supposed to be the "happy" color? If you are looking to buy or sell a home in the San Dimas/La Verne area, please don't hesitate to give me a call.  I will be more than happy to assist you in your home ownership goals. SAN DIMAS LIVING!   06/03/2011

 Market Watch   New Listing (18)   Price Change (14)   Back On Market (5)   Backup Offer (4)   Expired (3)   Pending (8)   Sold (6)   Okay, so this just keeps getting better and better, at least it seems that way to me!  This last week in the City of San Dimas, there were six sales that were completed, four that offers were accepted on (backup offers), and eight that went into escrow.  So much movement in a week.  It would seem that things are looking up in the real estate marketplace! So, if you're looking to buy or sell a home in the San Dimas/La Verne area, please give me a call!  I will be more than happy to assist your in achieving your home ownership goals! **ALL STATS WERE TAKEN FROM THE IMRMLS. SAN DIMAS LIVING!   05/27/2011

 Market Watch   New Listing (12)   Price Change (14)   Back On Market (5)   Backup Offer (4)   Expired (2)   Pending (6)   Sold (3)   Okay, so once again, WOW!  I wrote the blog for La verne first this time and was surprised how many new listings there were (14).  The City of San Dimas is a close second with 12!  This is really exciting news because it means the movement is NOT only in one city, but it seems to be in the entire area. And just like in La Verne the majority of listings are standard sales. Personally I think San Dimas is copying Laverne, I'm just saying... Once again, this is good news for buyers and sellers alike.  Sellers can now jump back into the market without fear as they see things moving.  And Buyers can get those really good deals on homes without having to go th... 05/20/2011

New Listing (1)   Price Change (1)   Back On Market (1)   Backup Offer (0)   Expired (1)   Pending (1)   Sold (2)     OKay, so here's your weekly market watch for San Dimas.  It actually appears that things are slowing a bit in San Dimas... maybe it's time to move in and shake things up!   This picture is of Puddingstone Lake in the Bonelli Park located in beautiful San Dimas, CA. As always, if you are looking to buy or sell a home in the San Dimas/La Verne area, please give me a call!  I will be more than happy to assist you in achieving your home owner dreams! SAN DIMAS LIVING! *ALL STATS ARE TAKEN FROM THE MRMLS. 05/13/2011

Okay, so today's 'tour' is of the San Dimas Wine Shop.  I have actually been here a couple of times and loved it!  This place is a little bit different than the normal WINE TASTING shop.  They have inside and outside seating available, and it's a lot of fun! For instance, this wine store has a Wine Club called "The Joy of Sipping".  How fun is that?  And if you are a 'regular' they actually have a special glass for you with your name engraved on it that you use every time you come in. Heidi, the co-owner came from wine country so her ideas about running a WINE TASTING shop are far advanced from anyone else's place I have seen.  Each week is a theme and the wines served are chosen with regard to the theme.  For instance, May 10-15th is entitled Chardonney and Cabaret: The King and Queen... 05/09/2011