By Burt Wilson bwilson5404@sbcglobal.net The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) event at the Sheraton last Friday was a signal to all the water agencies and their hangers-on that the PPIC wants to be a player in the California water war. If you will remember, the first PPIC report on the Delta a few years [...]
Scott’s Flat Reservoir (picture by John J. O’Dell) Nevada Irrigation District has maintained good levels of reservoir storage and is planning to make normal deliveries this year. District reservoir levels rose in the near record rains of November and December but the normally wet months of January, February and March brought just eight inches of [...]
LOS ANGELES (April 15) – Strong sales in higher-cost coastal regions and heated market conditions drove California’s median home price to its highest level in March since May 2008, while inventory shortages continued to stifle home sales, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported. “While home sales were essentially flat from February, sales declined [...]
By Judy Pinegar Feb 13 &14, 2013 After a frustrating morning trying to make reservations in the north eastern part of Argentina, we decided to go to Uruguay. So a Subte ride downtown and a visit to the Barcobus (Ferry) Terminal and we had two tickets to travel on the ferry to Colonia del Sacramento [...]
In a historical context, home prices typically increase about 3 to 4 percent a year. But in the years preceding the housing crash, prices in 2002 started soaring 7 percent a year, then 8 percent in 2004, and 12 percent by 2005, CNBC.com reports. A “new bubble” may be forming, CNBC columnist Diana Olick writes. [...]
Los Angeles Times Drop in U.S. mortgage delinquency rates led by California, Arizona The national mortgage delinquency rate – the percentage of borrowers 60 days or more late on their payments – fell to 5.41 percent in the third quarter from 5.88 percent in the [...]
The 2013 Firewise Calendar features native plants. The Fire Safe Council of Nevada County in cooperation with the Sierra Nevada Conservancy and National Firewise Communities are offering residents in Nevada County free defensible space advisory visits to educate citizens about Defensible Space. California Public Resources Code 4291 requires every landowner to “maintain around and adjacent [...]
A continued shortage of available homes for sale lowered California home sales in September, while the median price reached the highest level in more than four years, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported this week. “Sales in the inland and coastal markets continue to move in different directions. Low inventory – especially in distressed [...]
Awards for the 26th annual Draft Horse Classic, held September 20 – 23 at the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley, have been announced. Gary Nebergall of Arthur, Illinois judged the Draft Horse competitions and halter show. Dwight Gilbert from Nevada was the judge of the pulling contest; and Craig Trnka from New Mexico [...]
After years of having too many homes and not enough buyers, real estate agents in California now have the opposite problem – too many buyers and not enough homes for sale. The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported Monday that its statewide inventory of unsold homes index for existing, single-family detached homes fell to [...]
