Vote: Barbara Delgleize Tuesday, November 4th.

Visiting Bolsa Chica Wetlands

Take time out of your busy schedule to experience wildlife at Bolsa Chica Wetlands. You won't regret it.

Surfin' Dolphin Right Here in Surf City!

I could hardly believe my eyes while walking the beach last week. Dolphin were jumping out of the waves everywhere! Amazing. Just one more reason to live here in Paradise (Huntington Beach, CA.)!

Autumn is Here! Enjoy.

Pending Home Sales in August, 2014

The Wall Street Journal September 29, 2014 12:40 PM Pending Home Sales Fall in August Economic Indicator Points to Uneven Housing Recovery By JONATHAN HOUSE WASHINGTON—The number of contracts signed to buy previously owned homes fell in August, a new sign of an uneven housing recovery. An index of pending sales of existing homes, reflecting purchases under contract but not yet closed, fell 1% to 104.7 in August from July, the National Association of Realtors said Monday. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had forecast the index would be unchanged. The pending-sales index had been trending higher in recent months and remained well above the 100 level the trade group defines as an average level of activity. But it was 2.2% below its August 2013 level. The latest reading pointed to the sector's headwinds as stretched affordability and fewer investor purchases pinch sales. "Further gains will be slow," said Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics. The sales tallied for the pending-sales index typically close a month or two later. The National Association of Realtors' closely watched barometer of existing-home sales, which measures sales after contracts close, fell in August for the first time in five months. The decline partly reflected fewer purchases of distressed properties by investors, whose share of overall sales fell from 16% in July to 12%, the lowest level since late 2009. Investors are girding for higher interest rates as the Federal Reserve starts to rein its extraordinarily loose monetary policy of recent years. Monday's pending-sales report signaled the August softening in existing-home sales could extend into the coming months. Sales of existing homes account for around 90% of all transactions in the market. Sales of new homes, however, surged in August to their highest level since May 2008, according to data from the Commerce Department.