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Current Home Sellers Concerned About Financing Availability, Inventory

Current Home Sellers Concerned About Financing Availability, Inventory

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Link While homeowners are feeling more confident about the prospect of selling their homes, they do harbor concerns regarding the availability of home financing and the low inventory available for their next purchases, according to the Redfin Real-Time Seller Survey released Tuesday. About 38 percent of home sellers say now…

Sullivan Solar Power Provides Local Community Residents a Cash Reward Program

Sullivan Solar Power Provides Local Community Residents a Cash Reward Program

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Chula Vista resident Michael Janning knew he would be looking at an increased electric bill upon entering the hot summer months. He also knew utility rates would continue to rise. After crunching the numbers, it became evident that there was a cheaper and cleaner alternative to paying high costs for…

Olympians headline USA Cycling’s Elite BMX Nationals in Chula Vista May 18

Olympians headline USA Cycling’s Elite BMX Nationals in Chula Vista May 18

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All five members of the 2012 Olympic team will be competing alongside more of the country’s best BMX riders vying for Stars-and-Stripes jerseys on Saturday, May 18, at the 2013 USA Cycling Elite BMX National Championships. The racing begins at 11 a.m. PDT at the United States Olympic Training Center…

Jessica Sanchez Returns To Her Hometown

Jessica Sanchez Returns To Her Hometown

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Full Story American Idol runner-up and Chula Vista native Jessica Sanchez performed for her hometown last Friday as part of the 93.3 Summer Kickoff at the Sleep Train Amphitheatre. Fox 5’s Kristy Wolski spoke with the singer after her performance. “It’s awesome that I get so much support from my…

NCAA Collegiate Challenge Beach Volleyball Tournament hosted at CVOTC – 3/14-3/17

NCAA Collegiate Challenge Beach Volleyball Tournament hosted at CVOTC – 3/14-3/17

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The CVOTC will be the host venue for a Collegiate Challenge event (NCAA sand volleyball).  The tournament, which is organized by USA Volleyball, will include teams from CSU Bakersfield, Grand Canyon University, Pepperdine University, Florida State University and Nebraska. Expected Schedule of Events: ·         Thursday, March 14 – Games played…

Builder Confidence Rises One Point in June

Builder Confidence Rises One Point in June

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Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes gained one point in June from a slightly revised level in the previous month to rest at 29 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), released today. This is the highest level the index has…

Free Things on Memorial Day

Free Things on Memorial Day

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When Memorial Day began years ago, the war dead were placed front and center. The holiday’s original name, Decoration Day, came from the day’s main activity: leaving flowers at cemeteries. More recently, the last Monday in May, and the weekend preceding it, has come to mark the unofficial beginning of…

REOs Short Circuited by Short Sales

REOs Short Circuited by Short Sales

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During a frenetic one-day New York media tour last week, I got the chance to sit down with Fred Katayama of Reuters to discuss the foreclosure numbers, which show that bank repossessions (REOs) dropped to a 49-month low in April. Banks seized a total of 51,415 U.S. properties during the…

Rise in Residential Investment May Help Home Depot-Lowe’s

Rise in Residential Investment May Help Home Depot-Lowe’s

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Spending on construction of new residential housing and improvements to existing homes is at a three-year high, a trend that may boost sales at Home Depot Inc. (HD) and Lowe’s Cos. (LOW) Private-residential fixed investment, which includes major replacements such as new roofs and improvements like finishing a basement, rose…

Local Brokers Continue to Make Van Daele At San Miguel Ranch Top Seller

Local Brokers Continue to Make Van Daele At San Miguel Ranch Top Seller

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Continuing with its sales streak, Van Daele at San Miguel Ranch in Chula Vista just sold another four homes in 10 days. All four were made to home buyers working with local real estate brokers — who are involved in over 50 percent of all sales at Van Daele at…

Resmark Apartment Developer Announces Joint Venture To Build Olympic Pointe West and East

Resmark Apartment Developer Announces Joint Venture To Build Olympic Pointe West and East

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Resmark Apartment Living, a division of The Resmark Companies, a full-service real estate investment advisor, announced today that it has entered into a joint venture with ColRich to develop two apartment communities totaling 427 units in southern San Diego County. The 19.6 acre development site, currently under construction, is located…

Just Sold 1256 Saint Helena Ave

Just Sold 1256 Saint Helena Ave

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Tastefully appointed Otay Ranch home with all of the upgrades your buyers want. Exotic wood floors, upgraded carpet,granite counters in the kitchen and all bathrooms, custom paint, tile floors in bathrooms, bedroom on the 1st floor with full bath. The tranquil backyard is great for entertaining or relaxing. Heritage park…

Local “View & Vote” Event For American Idol’s Jessica Sanchez

Local “View & Vote” Event For American Idol’s Jessica Sanchez

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Team behind San Diego’s Idol contestant encouraging support for hometown favorite A “View and Vote” event, emceed by “Little Tommy” Sablan of the Jeff and Jeff radio show on KYXY, will be held at the Oggi’s in Chula Vista to garner support for American Idol contestant Jessica Sanchez. BACKGROUND: With…

A Night To Remember: in Eastlake

A Night To Remember: in Eastlake

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On Friday, April 27, 2012 at 6pm, 520 students representing 40 area high schools will join together for the second annual celebration of “A Night to Remember”, a prom for special needs students.  This one of a kind event brings together 260 honored guests with special needs and 260 volunteer…

Eastlake Little League Introduces the Padres at Petco Park

Eastlake Little League Introduces the Padres at Petco Park

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Twenty Two Eastlake Little League players from Eastlake Little Leauge  in Chula Vista woke up before dawn on Thursday, April 5, to help the San Diego Padres with their opening day ceremonies. When they arrived at Petco Park, the players, ranging from T-Ball to Majors, were greeted by Kerri Lane,…

Southwestern College to Reevaluate Proposition R Projects

Southwestern College to Reevaluate Proposition R Projects

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The Southwestern Community College District Governing Board has unanimously voted to reevaluate all Proposition R projects to determine the best use of bond funds and reassess its priorities. This reevaluation will not affect ongoing Proposition R work with the DeVore Stadium Field House, the college-wide central plant, the Higher Education…

An Interview With Eastlake Business Association

An Interview With Eastlake Business Association

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By Mark Archer Eastlake Times Writer On a chilly day in late December 2011, four business professionals gathered at an Eastlake restaurant to pass referrals and learn how to scale and improve their respective businesses.   The first meeting was unscripted but alliances were formed and partnerships were molded. As…