Sherry Sim, SRES, E-Pro Covering the Beautiful Central Coast CA

Central Coast Woodcarvers 30th Annual Show

Saturday, September 20, 2008 10 AM to 5 PM

Sunday, September 21, 2008 10 AM to 4 PM

Cayucos Vet's Hall--- Adults $2, under 12, free

Demonstrations, contest and raffles and

tools and carvings for sale by over 30 carvers

Antique Street Sale

October 19 2008 7 AM to 4 PM

Downtown, Ocean Ave.

A chance to look for that special find!

Annual Cayucos Car Show

November 1 2008, 9 AM to 4 PM

Downtown, Ocean Ave, Cayucos, CA.

According to the Cayucos Chamber

of Commerce, this event is sold out every year.

Registered participants get to enjoy the

awesome cars, good music, beer Garden, BBQ at

the Vet's Hall.

Annual Cayucos Wine & Food Festival

November 7, 2008

4PM to 8 PM

Cayucos Vet's Hall

A taste of the Central Coast!

Town Christmas Tree Lighting

December 7 2008

5 PM

Corner of Ocean & "D" St.

A jolly way to welcome the Christmas Season.

Christmas carols, visit from Santa, hot cider & cookies

Saturday, September 20, 2008

714 Embarcadero, Morro Bay, CA

11 AM to 6 PM

Music provided by Pryor Baird & the Deacons

and The Guy Budd Band

Participate in the ~

Best Guacamole Contest

Best local Avocado-based Recipe Contest

Best Dressed Avo Kid Contest

Saturday & Sunday, October 4-5, 2008

Embarcadero, Morro Bay, CA

2 great days to soak in

- three stages of local entertainment,

- wine & seafood by local wineries & restaurants

- Rocktofest Beer Garden

- Maritime displays

- arts & crafts and more.

For more information, check out

Morro Bay Harbor Festival website.

The Nina will be visiting Morro Bay from

November 5 to 16, 2008.

Hours open to public viewing :

9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Marina Square, Morro Bay, CA.

Admissions for self guided tours:

$5.00 for adults

$4.00 for Senior Citizens over 60

$3.00 for students 5-16.

Children 4 and under are Free

For more information, visit The Nina.com

This year, the Scenic Coast Association of Realtors is organizing its annual gala / fundraiser, "Casino Noche" on September 12, 2008. Proceeds will go to help three charities : The Cambria Connection, Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo and Save Music in our Schools. More details are in the following invite.

Sponsorships are also welcome - check out the range of sponsorship packages that are available :-

The event promises to be fun and entertaining. What better way to spend your time and support your community.

See you there!

REVIEW OF HOME SALES & MEDIAN HOME PRICES

ON STICK-BUILT SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES IN CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO

(UNDER $1M)

JANUARY-JUNE 2008 VS. JANUARY-JUNE 2007

SAN LUIS OBISPO
	SALES	AVG.DOM	HIGH	LOW	MEDIAN
2007	142	112	$945,000.00	$425,000.00	$638,500.00
2008	89	97	$940,000.00	$357,500.00	$625,000.00
2008/2007	-53	-15			($13,500.00)
% DIFFERENCE	-37%	-13%			-2%

Like the rest of the County, the city of San Luis Obispo also saw a huge decline in the number of stick-built single-family home sales in the first half of 2008, when compared with the same period last year. Home sales fell by 37% from 142 in 2007 to 89 in 2008.

The steep decline is offset by the lower decrease of 2% in home sale prices during January-June 2008, versus the same period in 2007. During the period mentioned, the median home price of stick-built single family homes in the city dropped from $638,500 to $625,000.

Another positive during the first six months of 2008 was the shortened marketing time. Compared to the first six months in 2007, sellers took an average of 97 days or 15 shorter days than the average of 112 days to sell their homes.

The slight decrease in median home prices is reflective of the confidence in the local residential real estate in the city of San Luis Obispo. Sales are expected to be slow, at least till end of the year.

Notes:
1. AVG. DOM = Average Days on Market
2. Data compiled from Central Coast MLS, deemed correct but not guaranteed.
3. Only stick-built single-family residences under $1M included. Similar homes costing more than $1M are excluded.
4. Condos, PUDs, and mobile homes are not included in this study.

Have you seen or check out the latest from Google - Chrome? Google announced that Chrome is a "faster, better and more secured" browser than any others in the market today.

Chrome is free, and comes with a privacy "incognito" mode - per Google - the browser automatically hides the sites visited by the users. Chrome's nagivation bar serves two purposes - you can choose to enter an address or a search request which will be processed through a search engine of the your choice. Featues also include instant name recognition with just a few keystrokes.

Like Firefox, developers are allowed to build and make improvements on Chrome, which is based on an "open source" platform.

As a novice, I tested it briefly. Chrome does have a clean look, and is fast. Check it out.