Awards to Bill Monning, Dana Kent, Hugo Morales, Damian Trujillo

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THE MARKET IS STALLED!

As of 9/06, there are 35 Active Single Family listings in Aptos and the Average Days on Market is now up to 53 days! (versus the beginning of year when almost 100% of homes on the market were selling in <14 days). Average List Price is $2,182,454 and Median List Price is $1,800,000. This compares to the Median Sales Price of homes sold in Aptos in the past 30 days at $1,400,000. So there is a signifi cant gap in asking price versus sales price now, and days on market continue to grow. The High Sale last month was 2240 Pleasant Valley at $4,450,000 (4 bed, 3.5 bath, 5250 SF on 3.5 acres) after 188 days on market. High sale in Rio Del Mar was 611 Bayview, (4 bed, 4 bath, 2170SF) sold for $2,925,000 after 25 days on market and an original list price of $3,250,00. Low sale was 208 Cloister (1 bed, 1 bath, 573SF) for $645,000 after 45 days on market. There were 248 Active listings in the county as of 9/06, and the Average Days on Market is up to 63 days! The Average List price for the County is $1,965,438 and the Median List Price is $1,499,000. With the long days on market, it is a good time to be a Buyer as there should be a lot more room for negotiation. There is some hope amongst relators that perhaps the summer slowdown is ‘over’, and that the fall will pick up again; time will tell.

INTEREST RATES

As of 9/06, Bankrate.com quotes the National Avg. 30yr-Fixed Mortgage Rate is 5.95% and both the 15-year and 10-year ARMS are also over 5.25%.

FALL CLEANING IDEAS

It’s that time of year to prepare for winter, even though we are having a heat spell. Here are some important home exterior cleaning tasks to complete this fall. • Clean out gutters • Rake leaves • Power-wash windows and siding • Clean patio furniture and store away • Have your chimney and furnace inspected and cleaned before use. • Remember to change your furnace fi lters frequently

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Awards to Bill Monning, Dana Kent, Hugo Morales, Damian Trujillo

The Center for Community Advocacy’s 29th annual “Dia de Los Muertos” tardeada (afternoon party) and awards ceremony will take place Nov. 4 in CSU-Monterey Bay’s Otter Student Union Ballroom.

The event will honor the 2022 recipients of CCA’s Ben Heller Award, retired State Sen. Bill Monning and Dr. Dana Kent, M.D., and Volunteer Hero Award, journalist Hugo Morales of Radio Bilingue, known among the farmworker community for broadcasting important public affairs. CCA bestows the awards annually to those who have shown courage, leadership and a strong commitment to the farmworker community.

CCA will honor Monning’s efforts to create safe and equitable work environments for agricultural workers. Senate Bill No. 1087 protects farmworkers and creates a safe work environment and Senate Bill No. 168 gave farmworkers the ability to get back the wages they were entitled to.

CCA will honor Dr. Kent for improving the health conditions of all patients, including the farmworker community.

The Sam Karas Farmworker Leadership Award will go to Emmy-winning NBC Bay Area News reporter, host and producer Damian Trujillo, who will serve as event emcee.

A Greenfield native, Trujillo worked with his family in the agricultural fields of the Salinas Valley, picking garlic, broccoli, cucumbers and strawberries.

Each year on March 31, Trujillo celebrates Cesar Chavez Day by honoring the birth and legacy of the late civil

Hugo Morales

rights and labor movement activist by feeding farmworkers.

Family, friends and students gather to make sack lunches to distribute to 250 farmworkers as a thank you for their tireless work. Each year the Trujillo family awards a college scholarship to the son or daughter of a farmworker in Greenfield.

Trujillo’s life is depicted in the 2012 half-hour documentary “From the Fields: An American Journey.”

CCA has much to celebrate, including completing yet another year of training farmworkers in leadership roles that enable them to negotiate with their landlords for improvements in their housing units.

Those same skills have empowered these farmworker leaders to become purveyors of preventive health information at their housing sites and teach farmworker parents to read in Spanish. n

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