I don't know about you, but I've noticed a serious downturn in activity here in Ventura County. Available homes are getting harder to find; even those that should be in a short sale status. We are coming close to the end of our "selling season" and if there are any serious buyers out there, now is the time to take advantage of the prices AND most importantly the low low low interest rates.
Once again housing has become affordable and there's the hope and promise of the American dream that finally makes some sense.
Gone are the days of 100% financing if you could fog a mirror and greed has been replaced by (some) empathy toward the homeowner's who were caught up in the bubble.
The one thing I still can't figure out is your average Joe who still can't see past his or her nose when it comes to getting themselves out of this mess.
I got a phone call this afternoon...make that THREE phone calls this afternoon and each one I answered with the traditional "This is Sheila". Silence on the other end. Logic told me I either had myself a stalker or their cell phone reception wasn't cutting it. So upon investigation, I found the caller's name and looked them up and traced them to an subdivision of Oxnard that I just completed a short sale in called Riverpark.
Mrs. Would B. Seller answered the phone and I introduced myself and asked if she had placed the call. While I was asking, I looked up her property information based on her name and found that she had an NOD filed in early June. She confirmed that she had called and that she was indeed behind in her payments but wanted to know why I left my notepad on her doorstep. I explained that I had an area sale and that I could help her prevent foreclosure as well.
She explained that she was going to go through with the foreclosure. I explained the benefits of a short sale vs. foreclosure and still she was adamant about moving "forward" in a foreclosure. I wished her well. Umm, again, why did she call me...three times?
Isn't it time in areas hit hard with foreclosures that we enlighten the public on foreclosure prevention. Now if I could just figure out how...
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