The county\u2019s tax assessor told Bird Rock residents real-estate values have begun to rise again, but extremely slowly because of the lack of inventory on the market. “I was elected in 2010 and I reorganized to be more efficient, reopening two offices that had been closed putting all our forms online so there are no lines in our offices,” Ernie Dronenburg told the Bird Rock Community Council (BRCC) on Feb. 5 at the advisory group\u2019s monthly meeting at Voce del Mare Restaurant. Dronenburg discussed the status of real estate values and what to look forward to. Head of the San Diego County Tax Assessor\u2019s Office, Dronenburg oversees a department with five offices and scores of employees in charge of valuation assessments for 987,000 real-estate parcels countywide recording 939,000 legal documents totaling more than 3.5 million pages. Dronenburg said homeowners can fill out forms online to appeal their properties\u2019 value having it reappraised these days. “There\u2019s no obligation, no cost, you just fill the form in and use three comparables (similar properties),” he said. “It used to take two years for people to find out whether or not their (valuation) appeal was granted,” a time interval which has since been halved, he said. “This year our appeals are down almost 30 percent from last year,”\u00a0he said. “We get people answers and we get them quickly.” The real-estate market has reached a valuation turnaround, Dronenburg said, but he offered this caveat: “It\u2019s going to go up real, real slowly,” adding “the drag on the market is the lack of supply \u2014 not a lack of demand.” Dronenberg said there\u2019s a preponderance of “phantom inventory” \u2014 homes in financial limbo in between when they go into default and are foreclosed on and repossessed by banks \u2014 continuing to be a drag on the market. Another problem, he noted, is people whose homes are “under water” (valued at less than what\u2019s owed on them). “Historically when you come out of a recession, there\u2019s a big raise in housing prices through inflation,” he said, adding that scenario is yet to happen since the 2008 real estate downturn. “The bottom line\u00a0is those elements have caused a drop in the inventory, that\u2019s why you\u2019re hearing about the market going up, but real slowly.” Dronenberg predicted property values will rise\u00a0a total of 1 to 2 percent next year. In other action: \u2022?Michelle Fulks of Neighborhood Watch\u00a0warned residents that solicitors have returned to the neighborhood, cautioning neighbors against opening their doors to strangers, no matter the time of day. \u2022?BRCC board member Barbara Dunbar gave a report on the community\u2019s Maintenance Assessment District, noting there are ongoing problems with plantings and sprinkler heads damaged in landscaped medians due to vehicular incursions. She said landscaping may be patchy in some spots while plants are being replaced, adding it\u2019s more difficult in wintertime to get many plant species to grow. She encouraged residents to report landscape-related problems to info@bird-rock.org. \u2022?Dunbar noted four of nine median lights installed during a Jan. 13 dedication ceremony honoring the late George Sutton have developed electrical problems and are out. “We are in the process of dealing with it,” she said. \u2022 Teacher Lorene LaCava gave an update on Bird Rock Elementary School, noting a recent electronic-waste recycling event netted $3,500, which will be used for capital improvements at the school.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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