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local news lodi california lodi: Tree City USA ... is your community one? - 10/10/10 04:56 PM
 
If you’re like me, when I’m driving around town I see dozens of signs that make me wonder … what’s that mean, or I need to check into that.  Since I’ve joined ActiveRain those signs are potential post material, especially for localism or just an excuse to follow up on the “wondering thoughts.”  So, I’m going to share two signs for this week:

 
In Readers’ Digest form, this is a road sign that shows that Lodi, California is involved with the Arbor Day Foundation.  The criteria for membership is four-fold:  (1) the community must have a tree board … (4 comments)

local news lodi california lodi: "Senior Scams" are not always high volume endeavors - 10/10/10 03:42 PM
 
Recently a man was arrested in Lodi for scamming elderly women.  This wasn’t an investment, housing and lottery winning scam.  This was a simple … “there’s something wrong with your car” scam.
The local police investigators say that the suspect allegedly approached several elderly women after following them home, telling them something was wrong with the cars. 
He then offers to help, takes money for “parts” and returns later and pretends to repair the mechanical problem.  Police apprehended the suspect after he allegedly took a credit card, when he returned to “fix” the victim’s car.
The police have no … (4 comments)

local news lodi california lodi: This week in Lodi – Real Estate related news summaries 10/2/10 – 10/9/10 - 10/09/10 09:47 PM

This week in Lodi – Real Estate related news summaries 10/2/10 – 10/9/10
The foreclosure crisis captured most of the headlines this week as the nation’s largest lenders and loan servicing companies took protective postures regarding poorly or incorrectly documented foreclosure processes.  Additional bad news confronted the economy as the impact of the secondary recession issues start to become more visible.
Oct 4 – Lodi News-Sentinel – Staff – “Hale Street apartment destroyed by fire on Sunday morning” - The Lodi Fire Department reported that an apartment building in the 600 block of Hale Street was destroyed by fire.  There … (8 comments)

local news lodi california lodi: New Homes are still selling in Lodi or San Joaquin County - weekending 9/26/10 - 10/03/10 05:45 PM

Eight new releases were added to new homes inventory in San Joaquin County this week.  However, according to the Wells Fargo Weekly Economic and Financial Commentary, “despite cheery headlines that pointed to the magnitude of the percentage gains in this week’s housing data, the state of the residential real estate market remains abysmal.” The commentary continues with the observation that while there was an increase in housing starts, most of the impact was in multi-units.  Builders are currently breaking ground on an annualized number of 598,000 down from the 2 million unit pace of 2005.  Locally, Manteca is still the … (2 comments)

local news lodi california lodi: This week in Lodi – Real Estate related news summaries 9/19/10 – 9/26/10 - 09/26/10 06:54 PM

It’s little wonder that home buyers are still sitting on the fence when it comes to making a home buying decision.  This week’s news recap seems to be inconsistent and contradictory.  Those looking for a strong positive trends will have to wait for a future review …..
Sept 21 – Washington, AP - “Home builders still gloomy” – National Association of Home Builders report home-builder confidence remains at multi-month lows. The report shows August ties the worst showing since March 2009. “Regionally, builders in the West are the gloomiest, with their subindex a miserly 8.”  Consumer confidence and glut of … (6 comments)

local news lodi california lodi: This week in Lodi - Real Estate related news summaries 9/04/10 - 9/11/10 - 09/11/10 03:17 PM

Sept 5 - Stockton Record - CLOSED listing real estate transaction for Aug 3-Aug 10 from information compiled from County records:           Total sales:  144; Sales identified as Banks or REO-type:  67, with 42 different firms selling (top 3: Federal National Mortgage-13; Wells Fargo-11 ; 2-sellers with 3 ea ) New Homes: 4
Side note:  11 of the closings were Private Trust single sale transactions.
Focus on Lodi:  Total: 12; REO: 9; New: 0
Sept 4 - Washington, McClatchy Press via Stockton Record - "Home woes may affect children's success in school" - Eric Rosengren, President of the Federal Reserve Bank … (0 comments)

local news lodi california lodi: This week in Lodi - Real Estate related news summaries 8/28/10 - 9/03/10 - 09/04/10 07:15 PM
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 Mortgage-11 ; REO Capital Asset-4) New Homes: 5
Side note:  216 of the closings were Private Trust single sale transactions.
Focus on Lodi:  Total: 11; REO: 4; New: 0
Aug 29 - Los Angeles, AP - "Prices for artistic homes hit the skids" - reports Southern California's listings "are beginning to resemble an index to the country's … (0 comments)

local news lodi california lodi: Here’s where Old MacDonald goes …. - 09/03/10 09:04 PM
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 street will become one of the main sites of the Lodi Farmers' Market.  The no-parking signs start appearing on late Wednesday mornings.  By late Thursday afternoon (around 4:30) vendors, farmers, food sellers and professional trades-people will take over the pavement until dusk.

 
Milling throngs of shoppers and produce hunters mix with … (10 comments)

local news lodi california lodi: This week in Lodi - Real Estate related news summaries 8/22/10 - 8/27/10 - 08/28/10 04:32 PM
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 Home Loan Mortgage-4 ; 8 other lenders-2 each) New Homes: 1
Side note:  22 of the closings were Private Trust single sale transactions.
Focus on Lodi:  Total: 14; REO: 7; New: 0
Aug 25 - Los Angeles, Times reprint in Stockton Record - "Home sales plummet" - reports that the worst fall in 10 years is tied to … (0 comments)

local news lodi california lodi: This week in Lodi - Real Estate related news summaries 8/14/10 - 8/21/10 - 08/23/10 11:13 PM
Aug 15 - Stockton Record - CLOSED listing real estate transaction for July 14-20 from information compiled from County records:           Total sales:  146; Sellers identified as Banks or REO-type:  67, with 30 different firms selling (top 3: Federal National Mortgage-12; Deutsche Bank-6 and Wells Fargo Bank-6; Federal Home Loan Mortgage-5) New Homes: 2
Focus on Lodi:  Total: 7; REO: 3; New: 0
Aug 18 - Washington, AP - "Data on recovery mixed" - reports that the indicators are not consistent.  While manufacturing grew in July with the highest boost since July of '09, the outlook for the housing market remains "dim." … (2 comments)

local news lodi california lodi: This week in Lodi - Real Estate related news summaries 7/24 - 7/30/10 - 07/31/10 08:30 PM
This week in Lodi - Real Estate related news summaries 7/24 - 7/30/10
July 24 - Lodi News-Sentinel - Ralph Lea and Christi Kennedy recap a vintage playback highlighting the impact of the City decision to take over operations of water and electricity.  Included in the story were other news events from July 1910.
 July 27 - Washington, AP - "Home sales take a dive" and economists propose that prices will likely go lower.  Standard and Poor's Case-Shiller index forecasts average loss in home prices to be nearly 2% this year.  Moody's analysts are predicting 10% drops in Phoenix, Miami and … (2 comments)

 
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