January 2008

Santa Clarita Real Estate – Best Deals!

January 29, 2008

Tip Of The Day: If you’re like many Santa Clarita homebuyers, you sift through the various real estate websites, and try to decipher which homes represent the best deals, as part of your process of elimination when trying to find the right home. As a local Santa Clarita Realtor, I sift through our Santa Clarita [...]

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It’s Raining Buyers Out There

January 29, 2008

I get all bent out of shape when I realize I haven’t posted to my Santa Clarita real estate blog in a while, it’s been a few weeks. I had to find the time though to let you know that I’ve been absent for good reason. While it has essentially been raining cats and dogs for [...]

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$200,000 Drop In 23 Months

January 15, 2008

Loss Of The Day (Just Happens To Be Someone’s Gain Of The Day!): How would you like a 4 bedroom 2 bath house on a nice tree lined, hilly street, in Canyon Country, for just $279,000? Well, it’s a bit too late, but the opportunity was there, for about 24 hours. This house, address available [...]

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The Signal’s Editorial Board – “Now Is The Time To Buy”

January 15, 2008

I’ve become so used to reading negative reports about our real estate market in newspapers, bubble blogs, and watching television pundints declare it’s the end of the world, that I was caught a bit off guard when I read yesterday’s article from The Signal’s editorial board about the state of our “local” real estate market here in [...]

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Valencia Town Center Expansion – Here comes California Pizza Kitchen

January 11, 2008

UPDATE: For some reason this is a popular, yet old blog post. Obviously California Pizza Kitchen didn't end up at the Valencia Town Center as part of the Patios expansion. The location California Pizza Kitchen ended up at is the newer Bridgeport Marketplace, off of Newhall Ranch Rd., in Valencia. The exact address for CPK is [...]

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Vine at Castaic – Filling a Void

January 10, 2008

Yes, that’s a Wienerschnitzel, and no, it’s not the exact one they are building at the new shopping center called the Vine at Castaic, which is managed by Regency Centers. My heart almost stopped though, when I saw the famous hot dog chain’s sign go up at the newer shopping center that still has yet to be [...]

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Landmark Village Approved By Planning Commission

January 10, 2008

A large hurdle has been cleared, now that the Los Angeles Regional Planning Commission has approved Newhall Land and Farming Co.’s first phase of Newhall Ranch, called Landmark Village. Apparently there was a bit of a ruckus downtown, as environmentalist weren’t too happy, as they thought their protest, and objection to this approval, would fall [...]

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Santa Clarita Snow!

January 7, 2008

Well, maybe not within the city limits of Santa Clarita, but there’s snow on the mountains surrounding Santa Clarita! I think most of it was melted by the late afternoon though. Typical of Santa Clarita fake weather. Luckily the photos below were captured before the meltdown began. Excuse me for getting a bit pumped over the [...]

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Mike Meena of Augusta Financial Interest Rate Perspective

January 4, 2008

Mike Meena, of Augusta Financial, is one of the most respected real estate lenders in Santa Clarita. In the video blog below, he gives his perspective on where rates are at and how they compare to years past, as we start out 2008. Enjoy! [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=J3onVgEyCh4[/youtube]

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Santa Clarita City Council To Increase Developer Fee

January 4, 2008

In accordance with the City of Santa Clarita’s agreement with the county, to be part of the Consolidated Fire Protection District, the Council will vote, as required in the agreement, to “update” the Developer fee and Fire Station. In November 2007, The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to increase the fee for the [...]