This past weekend I went to the circus! What a fun and amazing time I had. There are so many talented people here in our area. We were treated to all ages on the silks, performing amazing feats of strength and agility, fire dancers (using light, not fire indoors!), mimes (my friend's two boys, quite talented), live music and a unique dance performance that included not one but two women on the trapeze. It was our or Cirque du Soleil-like experience. This was the third annual FLY fundraiser, a joint fundraising effort for the Ft. Bragg schools and MECCA (Mendocino Circus performers - Ok, I can't remember what the acronym was exactly for).
We were also treated to quite a bit of rain over the past week. The dust, and hopefully, the fire danger appears past for another year. I only got caught out once, while walking the dogs, and all of us got soaked to the skin. The grass is starting to green again, making this another of my favorite times of the year. My horses are happily munching every little sprig they can.
The market continues to feel like a corner is being turned; we have people walking in - even on the rainiest day last week I had people looking in the window and stopping by to ask about property for sale. There's no doubt that prices have continued to fall; it appears that homes in and around Boonville have probably lost a further $100,000 in the past six months, in my opinion. The Valley was one of the areas to be slower to lose value so this correction was due. Mendocino hasn't fallen as much but sales there continue to stagnate, so we may start to see sellers tired of waiting and putting more realistic prices on their properties. I do get asked about current interest rates and today's rates from Century 21 Mortgage for a standard, conforming, 30 year loan are as follows: Closest to 2 points* 4.750
Closest to 1 point* 5.000
Closest to 0 points* 5.250
*Points include both origination fee and discount points.
If you want more information on the rates drop me an email and I'll be happy to forward the whole rate sheet to you - I get the sheet daily from Century 21 Mortgage.
What's next on the local events calendar? November sees the Wine and Crab Days here in and around Mendocino. Halloween is only a couple weeks away - and if you want a pumpkin we'll be giving them away this coming Saturday at the Mendocino office. Elk has a small celebration for the children both before and after the trick or treating - check out www.elkweb.org for more information. The Greenwood Community Center is also planning to take part in the Peace Thanksgiving this year, the Sunday prior to Thanksgiving Day; again, more information can be found at ElkWeb, and as we get closer I'll include more information here.
As always, I hope you are enjoying the beautiful fall weather and that you'll make it to one of our local events soon. Until next week, wishing you the best!