October 7, 2026
Quote of the Day
I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left.
~ Voltaire
This Day in History
October 7, 1975: Palestinians hijack the Achille Lauro. Four Palestinian terrorists board the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro shortly after it left Alexandria, Egypt, in order to hijack the luxury liner. The well-armed men, who belonged to the Popular Front for the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF), the terrorist wing of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) led by Abu Abbas, easily took control of the vessel since there was no security force on board.
At first, the terrorists demanded that Israel release imprisoned PLF members and sought entry to a Syrian port. But when Syria denied the request, the terrorists lost control of the situation. Gathering the American tourists on board, the terrorists randomly chose to kill 69-year-old Leon Klinghoffer. The wheelchair-bound American was shot in the head and thrown overboard.
Klinghoffer’s cold-blooded murder backfired on the terrorists. The world’s outrage forced PLO chief Yasser Arafat to cut PLO ties with the terrorists and to demand that Abbas end the situation. On October 9, Abbas contacted the terrorists, ordered them not to kill any more passengers, and arranged for the ship to land in Egypt.
Meanwhile, the elite U.S. Navy SEALs were dispatched to raid the Achille Lauro. But by the time they arrived, the terrorists had already gotten off the ship in Egypt and boarded a plane to Libya. The United States then sent out two F-14 fighter jets, which intercepted the plane and forced it to land in Italy. A three-way standoff between the PFLP terrorists, the Americans, and the Italian Army on the runway in Sicily ended with the Italians taking Abbas and the other terrorists into custody.
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Ojai Weather
Sunny – High 96 / Low 62
Total precipitation for the season – .04 inches
Lake Casitas water capacity – 95.0%
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
10:00 a.m.
One new listing has come to the market since last Friday:
501 N. Montgomery Street – $1,300,000
Pic of the Day
Friday, October 2, 2026
11:00 a.m.
There are three new listings on the market:
1108 McNell Road – $4,250,000
1708 Orchard Drive – $1,479,000
11020 Rodeo Road – $4,300,000
Recently cancelled, withdrawn, or expired listings – back on the market as “new:”
- 386 Larmier Avenue – $989,000 (this had recently expired on 9/30).
Have a great weekend!
Pic of the Day
Thursday, October 1, 2026
10:55 a.m.
There are no new listings for today. Here are a couple of market updates, one of which is depressing:
MORTGAGE RATES
30-yr fixed: 7.54%
15-yr fixed: 7.18%
30-yr Jumbo: 7.66%
30-yr FHA: 7.15%
30-yr VA: 7.17%
We’ve seen interest rates increase more than 1% since this time last year. On the other hand, the Ojai housing market has been decent and still seems to be a level playing field between seller and buyers:
Pic of the Day
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
9:25 a.m.
There are no new listings for today.
Pic of the Day
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
10:25 a.m.
Four new or “coming soon” listings have come to the market since Friday:
940 Devereux Avenue – $949,500
1188 Woodland Avenue – $1,350,000
708 Cuyama Road – $3,800,000 (coming soon, 9/30)
301 Riverside Road – $950,000 (coming soon, 10/12)
Recently cancelled, withdrawn, or expired listings – back on the market as “new:”
- 10674 Creek Road – $699,000 (this had been recently withdrawn on 9/16).
Pic of the Day
Friday, September 25, 2026
2:20 p.m.
There is one new listing on the market:
10812 Encino Drive – $2,898,000
Have a great weekend!
Pic of the Day
Thursday, September 24, 2026
10:00 a.m.
There are four new listings on the market:
1275 Mariano Drive – $1,200,000
505 S. Ventura Street – $1,450,000
909 Grandview Avenue – $1,349,000
2175 Maricopa Highway – $1,295,000
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I doubt this sign is necessary
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
9:45 a.m.
No new listings have come to market since Friday, but a previously expired listing is back on the market:
- 501 W. Eucalyptus Street – $1,500,000 (this had expired on 8/31).
Pic of the Day
Friday, September 18, 2026
9:30 a.m.
There are three new listings on the market:
800 Oak Grove Court – $2,495,000
711 Drown Avenue – $1,400,000
1885 Maricopa Highway #17 – $399,000
Pic of the Day
Thursday, September 17, 2026
9:45 a.m.
There are no new listings on the market, but a previously expired listing came back on the market:
- 757 McNell Road – $1,685,000 (this had recently expired on 8/31).
Pic of the Day
“My Momma always said life was like a box of….is it just me, or is it hot out here?”
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
9:45 a.m.
One new listing has come to the market since Friday:
2045 S. Rice Road – $1,639,000
Recently cancelled, withdrawn, or expired listings – back on the market as “new:”
- 12400 Ojai Santa Paula Road – $3,995,000. (This isn’t new, rather additional acreage was added to the listing that was previously separate.)
Pic of the Day
To sustain its high metabolism, the humminghorse must consume twice its body weight in calories each day.
(I realize this might be a donkey, but “hummingdonkey” didn’t have quite the same ring to it.)
Friday, September 11, 2026
11:15 a.m.
There are four new listings on the market:
479 W. Lomita Avenue – $979,000
601 Foothill Road – $6,200,000
1230 Foothill Road – $2,095,000
(This property was already in escrow when it was listed in the MLS)
Calle Moreno land parcel – $1,200,000
Recently cancelled, withdrawn, or expired listings – back on the market as “new:”
- 1225 Shippee Lane – $10,900,000 (this had recently been cancelled on 9/8). As of this writing, there are no photos for the current listing. Here’s a link to the old listing that has photos.
Pic of the Day
Nice fixtures
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
10:30 a.m.
There are no new listings, but there was a property that came back on the market as “new” (it had previously expired on 8/6):
- 124 S. Padre Juan Avenue – $875,000
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House designed by Vincent Van Go
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
12:40 p.m.
There are three new listings on the market:
229 Olive Street – $890,000
506 Crestview Drive – $1,350,000
122-126 Bundren Street – $910,000
Pic of the Day
“You will burn in hell for making me pose for this photo.”
– The Cat
Friday, September 4, 2026
11:35 a.m.
There are no new listings for today. Have an enjoyable, long weekend!
Pic of the Day
Gardener hijinks – switching fertilizer with Roundup
Thursday, September 3, 2026
11:55 a.m.
There are three new listings on the market:
124 N. Poli Avenue – $825,000
212 N. Carrillo Road #B – $744,448
1202 Loma Drive #120 – $429,000
Pic of the Day
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
12:55 p.m.
One new listing has come to the market since Friday:
713 Tico Road – $995,000
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