SouthBay Pride 2010

Colorful & Diverse are the words to describe this Event!

The Martina Diaz & Associates team showed up and represented the Real Estate world at this years SouthBay Pride & Music Festival at Memorial Park.

More than providing informationa about Short Sales and Foreclosure prevention we were there to show our support and to provide anyone with answers to any questions that they might have. This is our third consecutive year of attending this event and providing the community with options available to them. Our consultations are free, and with no obligations.

With this changing market, it is always important to be aware of what category you fall under. Whether it be to buy, sell or invest, knowing your options and making an educated decision is always important.

For Sellers, the government is encouraging and mostly making it a requirement for you to go through the HAMP program before continuing with the HAFA short sale program, yet the HAMP program has not been a "raging success"...in fact :

From “The Government Goes Media on Foreclosure Alternatives,” this excerpt talks about the possibility of HAFA being more successful than the HAMP program:

"The HAMP program has not been a raging success. In fact, nearly 521,000 trial modifications have been cancelled and over 60% of those have been trials for six months or more. Only 398,000 borrowers have been converted from trial loan-mods to permanent workouts. Over 45% of cancelled trials are now in a an alternate modification program offered by the servicers. But, of those, at least 6% are still falling back into a 60+ day delinquency status. There are no official HAFA stats to report, but it should be more successful overall then HAMP"
       We have actually had some great success in getting our sellers approved with the HAFA program, offering our sellers up to $3,000 for relocation costs. This provides  our sellers great help while going through a short sale and looking for a place to relocate to. Options are always available, it is all about choosing one that works for you!

Ride Your Bike to Work!

The Martina Diaz & Associates Team was representing Ashlon Realty this morning on the corner of Hst and Paseo Ranchero in Chula Vista for Ride your Bike to work day! We had a great turnout, and a good number of bikers who stopped by as we provided them (courtesy of CV YMCA) with cliff bars, energy drinks, and H2O to continue their route to work this morning.

Our Mayor, Chery Cox showed her support this morning by showing up with her husband, Also our wonderful broker; Joe Gummerson came out to represent!

Thank you to Martina Diaz and Sal Aguilera who were early birds this morning and supported this awesome cause! Go get em!

Opening Game Day!

Awesome Way to Start the Padres Season! If you were at the game yesterday, you felt the emotion, the excitement, and the great vibe of all the fans! Here at Ashlon Realty, we kicked off the season with a fun tailgate party and with some great Padres gear giveaways! Sal Aguilera, with the Martina Diaz & Associates team, had a lot of awesome treats to choose from.  If you inquired about a property or just signed up to receive some good information about todays market, you received a Padres mug, t-shirt, bat or Padres' goodie bag. The Johnson's (shown here) had just come from the Court and were Newly Weds...but could not walk away with out signing up for information for a home to start their new family! Congrats to them.  Be on the look out for our information booth on upcoming games, we will be located on the corner of 3rd and Jst in downtown. Or visit us at our home office located on Otay lakes Rd. in Chula Vista! We look forward to seeing you soon...Gooo Padres!