October 2007

Lennar’s Valencia 3 Day Sale Underway

October 19, 2007

Starting today, October 19, Lennar is having a 3 day sale extravaganza. They are offering discounts on homes in the villages of West Creek, West Hills, and River Village. This sale will include up to 20% off the sale price on invnetory homes, or up to $100,000 off! In order to accommodate the buyers they [...]

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Lower Your Los Angeles County Property Taxes!

October 19, 2007

Did you know that can submit an application for a temporary reduction in assessed property value when your home has experienced a “decline-in-value”. Whatever your properties current assessed value was as of January 1, 2007, if you can show the Los Angeles County Assessor that your home is actually worth less (lower market value), as [...]

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Closing Costs Estimates Before Offer

October 17, 2007

I wanted to share with you future home buyers out there a bit of insight, okay, a “Tip Of The Day”. If you are planning on making an offer to purchase a home, to include a credit from the seller for closing costs, make sure you understand if that credit is going to cover your recurring [...]

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Tip Of The Day: MLS Search

October 16, 2007

For you Santa Clarita home buyers out there, those of you that are a part of the 80+% of people who search the Internet for homes prior to buying one, I want to make sure you never, ever, ever, do a search like this: City: Los Angeles Bedrooms: 4+ Price: 699,999 – (minus) Whats wrong [...]

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Los Angeles County Median Home Sales Price Declines

October 16, 2007

With all the turmoil in the real estate market, its hard to believe that this is the first time the Los Angeles County median home sales pricehas declined since July 2007 when it dropped just $5,000 to $545,000. Now, Septemeber’s numbers are out, and Dataquick is reporting that the median sales price for Los Angeles County [...]

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Closing Escrow: A Real Estate Comedy

October 15, 2007

This looks like a movie I have to see! Us Realtors I am sure will be laughing at ourselves big time! I am sure it will make me wonder why and how I am associated with such an awkwardly diverse group of people (NAR). Good luck finding it! Its only playing in a few select [...]

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Santa Clarita Short Sales – Inventory Report

October 15, 2007

I wanted to update you on Short Sale (Short Pay) inventory levels within the Santa Clarita Valley, and its respective areas. While the number has been increasing, overall, it has not been skyrocketing. I expect this number to enter into the 300 and 400+ range overall in Santa Clarita as we head into 2008. The following [...]

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Santa Clarita Marathon November 7, 2007

October 15, 2007

Interested in moving to the Santa Clarita area? Want to get an idea about the great people that live here in our community? Then I suggest you participate in the Santa Clarita Marathon, November 4, along with 3,000+ other runners. This year’s marathon will edge along some newer trails that were not present for last [...]

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Santa Clarita Real Estate: Listing Inventory Report

October 14, 2007

The inventory of Santa Clarita homes for sale has actually been holding very steady over recent months. This is good news, in that we really can’t afford a much larger inventory of homes, due to the lacking size of the buyer pool out there. A growing portion of active homes for sale in Santa Clarita [...]

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Castaic Commercial Center Underway…

October 12, 2007

Grading and preparation seems to be underway finally for a vacant lot of land across the street from the Ralphs grocery store in Castaic off of Castaic Road. The commercial center, which will be named “Castaic Corner“, is currently being leased out by NAI. The 23,000 square foot center will have two components as currently [...]