June 2010

YouTube Channel For Santa Clarita Real Estate

June 30, 2010

Have you checked out our YouTube channel for Santa Clarita real estate yet? Why not? We call it "SCV Real Estate 360." We have well over 50 episodes in the bag already, and we make more everyday. It's an awesome resource for the curious homebuyer, or the homeowner who is thinking about selling their home, [...]

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Santa Clarita Real Estate Cell Phone Application Demonstration

June 29, 2010

Buyers rejoice! You can now use our Santa Clarita real estate application for your cell phone (smartphone) to find homes for sale no matter where you are. Our real estate application uses your cell phone's GPS to locate where you are, and subsequently, the homes that are for sale around you. Imagine driving through a [...]

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New Listing in Brighton Village at Northbridge Valencia

June 28, 2010

Check out our new Brighton Village home for sale. Brighton Village is located in the Northbridge area of Valencia. It's located on an exclusive cul-de-sac, and thousands of dollars in upgrades were just spent on this home. Some of those upgrades made on this Brighton Village home include, hardwood floors, stainless steel appliances, new carpet [...]

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Santa Clarita Home Loans: Interest Rate Update

June 28, 2010

Thank you to Keith Renno from The Renno Lending Team for providing us this Santa Clarita Home Loan Interest Rate Update. There is a lot happening in the real estate and mortgage markets. Prices are low, and interest rates on home loans are even lower! Find out what's happening, check out this update. Give us [...]

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Beautiful Saugus Mountain View Home Just Listed

June 25, 2010

Come check out our newest listing in the Copperhill area of Saugus. This is located in the Mountain View Homes community of Saugus. This home stands out from the others, in that it has been highly upgraded and put in model-like condition! Looking for a Saugus home? Tired of looking at dumpy bank owned foreclosures [...]

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Investigate The HOA Before Making Offer On A Santa Clarita Home

June 19, 2010

Before making an offer on a Santa Clarita home that is within a Homeowners Association (HOA), there are a few things you should find out about the HOA's "health" so to speak, especially if you are financing your home with less than 20% down and will be occupying the residence. Each lenders' guidelines are different, so [...]

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Grant Available For Some Santa Clarita First-Time Homebuyers

June 17, 2010

Grant money has been made available by the Southland Association of Realtors (SRAR), via the California Association of Realtors' Housing Affordability Fund. The grant, worth $4,000 to qualifying homebuyers has restrictions. It's specifically for Public Safety Responders, such as Police, Sheriffs, Highway Patrol, Firefighters, Paramedics, etc. In addition to that, the homebuyer must be a [...]

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Senate Approves Deadline Extension For First-Time Buyer Tax Credit – Some Santa Clarita Homebuyers Relieved

June 17, 2010

If you're a Santa Clarita first-time homebuyer that scrambled to get into escrow by April 30, 2010, and are currently struggling to close that escrow by June 30, 2010, in order to get your "up-to" $8,000 tax credit, you may be relieved to know that the Senate has just approved the extension of the June [...]

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Possible Federal Tax Credit Extension For Santa Clarita Homebuyers

June 16, 2010

For those of you Santa Clarita first-time homebuyers who entered into escrow by April 30, 2010, in the hopes of receiving the Federal Tax Credit for first-time homebuyers, you may be happy to know that the June 30, 2010 deadline to close your escrow, may be extended. This week an amendment was introduced in the [...]

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Santa Clarita Short Sale Tips – Episode 54

June 16, 2010

We are going to start putting out a series of episodes via our SCVRealEstate360 Channel @ YouTube, where we will share with you Santa Clarita Short Sale Tips. These will be tips for both Santa Clarita homebuyers and sellers of short sales. In this episode 54 of SCVRE360, I share with you today's top 3 [...]