Writers Theatre presents HESPERIA. Jess wants to escape her past. So, she runs away from LA and relocates in Hesperia. via “HESPERIA” Writers Theatre: Promised Land within a Gated Community | The Fourth Walsh.
Silver Lakes homeowners to decide on rental cap
February 3, 2012 By
HELENDALE • A controversial proposal to impose a rental cap on homes in the Silver Lakes residential community is up for election Saturday. The Silver Lakes Association is eyeing an amendment that would limit the number of rentals to no more than 25 percent of residential lots in the quiet lakefront community off National Trails [...]
REAL ESTATE: Apartment markets will get even tighter
February 3, 2012 By
Commercial real estate firm Marcus & Millichap is expecting that Riverside and San Bernardino county residents will continue finding jobs as 2012 moves along. An estimated 22,700 jobs were created in the two-county region last year, most of them in the late summer and fall. That means a lot of people will move out of [...]
Public meetings on High Desert Corridor
January 17, 2012 By
Vintage signs pointing to Victor Valley
January 14, 2012 By
I stumble across this amusing photo from the AAA archives. I found this on the Facebook page Bizarre Los Angeles.
Bargain Bin Homes Fuel Housing Demand in Hardest-Hit Real Estate Markets
January 14, 2012 By
Below is an excerpt from a Trulia.com 11/21/11 press release: According to the Metro Movers Index, there are six times as many “inbound” home searches to the North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota, FL metro area by outsiders than “outbound” searches by locals. The index is above 4 for the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area and around 2 for [...]
Foreclosure activity subsides in December
January 13, 2012 By
“I think we are seeing a little of the calm before the storm,” said Sharga. He believes foreclosures would have increased rather than declined last year if the robo-signing controversy had not disrupted the process, prompting banks to pull back until they could make sure they were in legal compliance. via REAL ESTATE: Foreclosure activity [...]
Life in the ghost towns
January 10, 2012 By
Now, those foreclosures have been snatched up by new owners or are occupied by renters, with Trombley reporting that bank-owned properties dropped from a high of 60 percent of Victor Valley inventory in February 2009 to 29 percent this month. via Life in the ghost towns | ghost, hesperia, life – Victorville Daily Press.
Victorville in 2012
January 9, 2012 By
Local redevelopment comes to screeching halt
January 5, 2012 By
Redevelopment funds have helped pave Hesperia’s streets, open the new branch library and downtown park, and build new fire and police stations. But future funds evaporated Thursday, after the California Supreme Court ruled that Gov. Jerry Brown and state lawmakers have the authority to eliminate redevelopment agencies and direct the property tax funds that used [...]