October 2010

QR Codes In Santa Clarita Real Estate

October 30, 2010

Coming to a Santa Clarita real estate for sale sign near you, or maybe even via a promotional flyer and business card, QR Codes in real estate are on their way. We’ve begun to use them in our marketing strategy as well. Consumers are going mobile. As such, so are we. It’s a hell of [...]

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Where To Score The Best Halloween Treats In Santa Clarita

October 30, 2010

It only stands to reason, that the best communities to go Trick or Treating at for Halloween 2010, would be the more posh communities of Santa Clarita. I’ve heard this over and over again, for years. I think it makes sense. The community I live in, is totally average, and I’m just handing out lame stickers. Certainly [...]

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Santa Clarita Mortgage Video Update

October 30, 2010

Thanks to Keith Renno from The Renno Lending Team @ Prospect Mortgage for this week’s update. Keith touches briefly on the state of interest rates, and where they are at. Worth a listen if you’re shopping around for a loan and or in the market for a home. Enjoy!

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iPhone + Blog For Santa Clarita Real Estate

October 29, 2010

Finally, we’ve perfected our blog. Our Santa Clarita real estate blogs mobile version that is. Now, when you’re ready to do a bit of research on the hot topics of Santa Clarita real estate, and you don’t feel like breaking out your laptop, you can now turn to your iPhone, and view the blog in [...]

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Santa Clarita Pre-Foreclosures By Zip Code

October 28, 2010

Lets break down the 800#lb gorilla in the room, that are, the Santa Clarita pre-foreclosure homes. In total, there are approximately 2,050 homes in pre-foreclosure status, in the Santa Clarita Valley. That may actually be an exact number, as I’m basing it off of data from ForeclosureRadar.com – a very reliable source. 2,050!? That’s quite [...]

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Plum Canyon Bank Owned Home: Then & Now

October 28, 2010

PLUM CANYON BANK OWNED HOME: Then: $716,250* Minimum * record is private but loan amounts of original purcase added up to $716,250 Now: $448,900 That’s a 37.3% minimum decrease assuming it sells as a bank owned home at its current list price. That’s a nice yellow lawn discount! As a homebuyer in Santa Clarita, how much [...]

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Santa Clarita and Valencia Bike Trails

October 28, 2010

Santa Clarita and Valencia Bike Trails A Huge Draw To Homebuyers One of the main reasons people love Santa Clarita is the pedestrian friendly walking and biking trails. With over 60 miles of trails and paseos, Santa Clarita is truly an active lifestyle community. No matter which area of Santa Clarita you’re in, you’ll be [...]

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Best Santa Clarita Condos For First-Time Homebuyers

October 26, 2010

I can think of a few communities that would qualify for the subject title – BEST SANTA CLARITA CONDOS FOR FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS, but, today I’ll just highlight these two. We’ve talked a lot about them already here at SCREF. And we do so for one main reason. LOCATION! Santa Clarita real estate, and all real [...]

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Circle J Ranch Average Home Sales Price Shows Increase

October 25, 2010

Circle J Ranch Showing Strength With Average Home Sales Price Statistic: The other day I laid out a chart showing average Santa Clarita home sales prices by area. It showed 2010 average home sales prices per area, versus the same statistic for 2008. Most areas of Santa Clarita saw a net decrease in average home [...]

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Change In Santa Clarita Average Home Sale Prices Since 2008

October 22, 2010

Today we take a look at the average Santa Clarita home sale prices by area, and how they differ present day, from 2008 figures. I simply took all closed sales data available in the MLS, for each Santa Clarita MLS area. I looked at the average sales price in 2008 for each area, versus the [...]