The Bay Area economy is likely to grow at a slow-to-moderate pace this year and next, the Association of Bay Area Governments said in its annual forecast, released Thursday.

Despite the softening housing market, such factors as productivity gains, a better job market, rising household income and moderate expansion of the national economy should make the local outlook positive, ABAG said.

“We expect 47,000 (new) wage and salary jobs in each of the next two years, more than we predicted last year,” said Paul Fassinger, ABAG economist and director of research at an Oakland conference presenting the forecast.

Marsha Blake is surprised with the real estate prices in Garfield
County.

And she’s a real estate agent.

“(Prices) are pretty amazing,” Blake said. “It’s like sticker shock.
You never think the houses will sell for the high price, but they do.”

Blake works with Smart Move Brokers Group in Glenwood Springs, and is
also a homebuyer and investor.

She said that investors are especially interested in Garfield County
because of the oil and gas industry and the lack of affordable housing
along the Interstate 70 corridor. But it’s not only the oil and gas
industry. Blake said that she’s not seen a decrease in the single family
homes selling to families relocating to the area. She also said that Iron
Bridge subdivision in Glenwood Springs had a good year for homes built.

JANUARY 26, 2007 — San Diego — CB Richard Ellis has arranged the sale
of Point Loma Towers, a 195-unit apartment community in San Diego, for
an undisclosed price. Gables Residential, based in Dallas, purchased
the property from a San Diego general partnership.

CB Richard Ellis’ multi-housing team of Jim Neil, first vice president,
and Eric Comer, senior vice president, represented the seller in the
transaction. “[The property’s] timeless architecture, sound construction
and owner’s meticulous care offer Gables an exceptional starting
point,” Neil said.

Beginning of the end for Prop A?

If you’re trying to sell your home in southeast Michigan right now,
you’re in a quandary a lot of mob bosses could relate to.

Someone close to you is lying - and that could cost you a lot of money.
But who’s the dissembler?

Is it your real estate agent, who keeps telling you your house is
doomed to fetch less than you paid for it five years ago?

Or is it your local tax assessor, who claims your house is worth way
more than any prospective buyer is offering?

The colognes and perfumes I really like are unfortunately increasingly expensive so it’s disappointing to find out they’ve spoiled sitting there in their pretty bottles. Those beautiful dresser trays are their worst enemy. Heat and light destroy scents, making them smell rancid.

I have finished every bottle all the way to the end by just changing where I store my perfume. I put all the bottles in an beautiful opaque container (like a large canister) and keep that on my dresser. The important thing is that sunlight and heat are kept to a minimum.
Nancy in Santee