by Blake Mashburn | Jun 5, 2017 | News
Don’t miss the 31st Annual Ojai Wine Festival this Sunday, June 11th! This favorite Ventura County event allows you to try the most delicious wine and beer available in the beautiful setting of Lake Casitas Recreation Area (11093 Santa Ana Road)! Make sure your calendar is cleared off between 12:00 pm and 4:00 pm for this incredible annual festival.
The highlight of this festival is truly the beverages! Enjoy over 250 different selections of wine from 60 award-winning Wineries! Looking for something different? Great Breweries will be offering 30 different craft beers and microbrews at the event.
Along with delectable libations, there are plenty of other reasons you need to come to the Ojai Wine Festival. Delicious local restaurants will be on hand serving your favorite dishes. Dance the day away to live music by Santa Barbara’s Area 51! Take a relaxing ride on the Rotary Boat. Bid on some great items in the silent auction. And, simply enjoy the perfect summer weather with family and friends.
Tickets can be purchased in advance online HERE or at one of the local Box Office Locations.
Ticket Information
General Admission
- $55 per person (by June 9th)
- $60 per person (day of)
- *includes entry into festival, unlimited wine and beer tastings, keepsake crystal wine glass
Designated Driver/Non-Drink Admission
VIP Admission
- $120 per person (by June 9th)
- $150 per person (day of)
- *includes early entry into festival at 11:30 am, exclusive use of VIP lounge
VIP Designated Driver Admission
- $60 per person (by June 9th)
- $75 per person (day of)
Image Credit: Ojai Wine Festival
by Blake Mashburn | May 22, 2017 | News
Memorial Day Weekend is here! This unofficial start of summer means plenty of opportunities to spend time with family and friends, grill up some delicious food, enjoy outdoor recreation, and attend fun community events. At the same time, it is important to remember the real reason why we celebrate Memorial Day….to honor those brave men and women who have served in our nation’s armed forces. We need to remember and celebrate our veterans who sacrificed so much to protect the freedoms that we hold dear in the United States.
Memorial Day Celebration
Date: Monday, May 29th
Time: 9:00 am – 10:30 am
Location: Port Hueneme City Hall (250 North Ventura Road, Port Hueneme)
Join the City of Port Hueneme and the Port Hueneme Historical Society Museum for their 2017 Memorial Day Celebration. The ceremony will feature many great guest speakers. The keynote speaker is Captain Chris D. Janke (Commanding Officer Naval Base Ventura County). Other speakers include retired US Navy combat aviator Captain Bill Hodge, Ventura County Supervisor Kelly Long, and Oxnard Harbor District Board Secretary Jess Herrera.
Memorial Day Hike
Date: Monday, May 29th
Time: 9:00 am – 3:30 pm
Location: Ventura River Preserve (370 Baldwin Road, Ojai)
Cost: $25 per adult | $20 per senior | $15 per student (ages 13-18) | Free children 12 and under
Learn more about the plant habitats native to our area during this 5 mile hike around the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy’s Ventura River Preserve. In honor of the holiday, lunch will be spend as a time to discuss and reflect on the importance of Memorial Day. Please meet at the Maricopa Plaza parking lot at 9:00 am to carpool.
The Blake Mashburn Group extends a sincere THANK YOU to all veterans and active service members! We wish everyone a Happy & Safe Memorial Day!
by Blake Mashburn | May 2, 2017 | News
May is Bike to Work Month! Biking as a means of transportation helps promote healthy living and protects the environment that we hold so dear here in Ventura. The city of Ventura is dedicated to providing its citizens with excellent bike routes throughout town and encourages all in the community to get their bikes (and helmets!) ready to ride to work every day this month!
Do not miss out on all the activities planned for the City of Ventura Bike to Work Week 2017 taking place May 15th through May 19th! Fill out the Pledge to bike to work or school during this week and be entered to win some great prizes from the Ventura County Transportation Commission.
Monday, May 15th | Bike ‘n’ Ride with Ventura County Fire Department
Take a fun 10-mile recreational Monday morning bike ride with the VCFD. The ride will kick off at 9:00 am from Giant Bicycle (3587 Old Conejo Road, Newbury Park) and end at the VCFD Lake Sherwood Fire Station (33 Lake Sherwood Drive). Stick around for the unveiling of Ventura County’s first public bicycle repair stand at 10:00 am. This repair station is the first of 16 planned for around the county. Register for this fun, FREE event HERE!
Tuesday, May 16th | Bike Train
Join the Bike Train from Ventura’s East End to Downtown. Click HERE for a map of the route.
Wednesday, May 17th | Bike Maintenance Luncheon Class
Head down to City Hall to learn more from BikeVentura about how to properly maintain your bicycle. The class begins at noon in the Santa Cruz Conference Room.
Thursday, May 18th | City of Ventura Bicycle “Pit Stop”
On your way to work, swing by the corner of California and Santa Clara Streets for a morning of bike fun. Enjoy refreshments, bicycle information and tune ups, and a raffle between 6:00 am and 9:00 am.
Friday, May 19th | Celebratory Bike Ride
Join BikeVentura as we end a successful 2017 Bike to Work Week as a community.
Have fun exploring Ventura on two wheels and getting active during the beautiful month of May!
by Blake Mashburn | Apr 13, 2013 | News
Foreclosures in Ventura County and California are slowing rapidly, according to the latest figures from RealtyTrac.
In February, for the first time since December 2006, California was not among the states with the 10 highest foreclosure rates. Overall foreclosure activity in California dropped year over year for the 15th straight month, ranking 13th in the nation.
There were 18,003 filings in California in February, a decline of almost 63 percent from February 2012 and a rate of one in 757 homes. Bank repossessions in the state fell 49 percent from last year.
In Ventura County, the number of foreclosure-related filings, such as notices of default and bank repossessions, rose slightly from January to February. But the number dropped 65 percent from a year earlier — from 1,037 in February 2012 to 362 this February. RealtyTrac, an Irvine-based online marketplace for foreclosure properties and real estate data, reported foreclosure filings in the county totaled 354 in January.
Mark Schniepp, director of the California Economic Forecast in Santa Barbara, said the new data matched his expectations.
“We forecast 50 to 60,000 foreclosures this year in California, compared with 96,000 last year, and it may even be more than that,” Schniepp said. “Ventura County is keeping in line with the state.”
“As home prices rise and banks are more willing to work out short sales, it curtails the number of bank repossessions,” he said. ‘The main issue now is not distressed properties but a lack of inventory, but as prices rise, that will get cured.”
U.S. foreclosure filings dropped 25 percent year over year, with a total of 154,281 filings in February. That’s one in 849 housing units.
However, the number of homes entering the foreclosure process nationwide rose 10 percent after three consecutive monthly decreases.
Foreclosure starts increased from the previous month in 32 states and rose from a year earlier in 16 states, including Nevada (up 334 percent), Maryland (up 319 percent), Washington (up 172 percent), New York (up 139 percent) and New Jersey (up 70 percent).
“At a high level, the U.S. foreclosure inferno has been effectively contained and should be reduced to a slow burn in the next two years,” said Daren Blomquist, vice president at RealtyTrac.
“But dangerous foreclosure flare-ups are still popping up in states where foreclosures have been delayed by a lengthy court process or by new legislation making it more difficult to foreclose outside of the court system. Foreclosure starts have been steadily building in those states over the last several months and likely will end up as bank repossessions or short sales later this year.”
Florida posted the nation’s highest state foreclosure rate for the sixth consecutive month in February, reporting one in 282 housing units had a foreclosure filing during the month.
Florida cities accounted for seven of the nation’s 10 highest metro foreclosure rates in February, led by the Miami, Orlando, Ocala, Tampa and Palm Bay metro areas.
The number of Nevada homes going into the foreclosure process in February increased 334 percent from a year ago to a 17-month high, keeping the state’s foreclosure rate the second-highest nationwide for the fifth month in a row. One in 320 Nevada housing units had a foreclosure filing in February, more than twice the national average.
Illinois, Ohio, Washington, Maryland, Arizona, Georgia, Utah and Michigan round out the top 10 states.
Read more: http://www.vcstar.com/news/2013/mar/13/forcelosure-rates-continue-to-slow-in-california/#ixzz2QNxzueTV
– vcstar.com
by Blake Mashburn | Nov 16, 2012 | News
In 2007, the Mortgage Debt Relief Act was passed in an attempt to help the millions of homeowners who, due to the housing crisis and economic crash, suddenly found themselves in danger of losing their home to foreclosure.
The act has helped many distressed homeowners find solutions to avoid foreclosure and opened up options to them that were previously unavailable.
However, the Mortgage Debt Relief Act was always intended to be a temporary solution and it is now set to expire at the end of 2012. For distressed homeowners, this means that time is running out for you to take advantage of this program.
As a Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE), I am uniquely qualified to help determine your eligibility and answer any questions about the settlement. Visit my website www.VCShortSaleTeam.com for a copy of the report entitled “Time is Running Out: How the Mortgage Debt Relief Act can save you!”
Then, contact me for a free, confidential consultation.
Sincerely,
Blake Mashburn
Troop Real Estate, Inc.
(805) 368-0202
Do not miss out on all the activities planned for the City of Ventura Bike to Work Week 2017 taking place May 15th through May 19th! Fill out the 
