December 2010

1st Annual New Years SCV Mountain Bike Ride

December 30, 2010

We like to Mountain Bike Ride here at The Robert & Brian Team. We like it, a lot. So, we decided to make an annual event of one of our favorite past times. Introducing the 1st Annual New Years SCV Mountain Bike Ride. Where: Tapia Canyon Trails in Castaic. Meet at the Castaic Sports Complex [...]

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Santa Clarita Mortgage Video Update – December 30, 2010

December 30, 2010

Thank you to Keith Renno at The Renno Lending Team of Prospect Mortgage for sharing this video update. In it, Keith discusses the ever changing mortgage interest rates and where they’re headed. As always, feel free to contact the Renno Lending Team, and Keith, over at the Santa Clarita Mortgage website. I recommend seeing what they are [...]

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No CFD Fees at Plum Canyon Ranch

December 28, 2010

CFD FEES AT PLUM CANYON RANCH? Today I called Shapell Homes, the builder who’s building out Sage and Heatherton at Plum Canyon Ranch. I’m happy to tell you, that there will NOT be any CFD fees (Community Facility District Fees). I also called the Regional Planning Dept at Los Angeles County, and they confirmed that [...]

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New 2011 California Laws And Their Impact On Santa Clarita

December 27, 2010

Several new California laws will go into effect on January 1, 2011, and some of them will affect the local Santa Clarita real estate market, as well as certain practices. New laws going into effect January 1, 2011: Senate Bill 931 (effective Jan 1, 2011): No Short Sale Deficiencies: A seller’s first trust deed lender [...]

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Photos + Video – Sage and Heatherton at Plum Canyon Ranch

December 22, 2010

Everyone keeps asking us about Shapell Homes new community in the Plum Canyon portion of Saugus, called Plum Canyon Ranch. The two communities currently under construction, are called Sage at Plum Canyon Ranch, and Heatherton at Plum Canyon Ranch. Based on this document here from Los Angeles County Planning, it appears that the 4 tract [...]

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Santa Clarita Natural Gas Pipelines Now Disclosed

December 21, 2010

Looking for a home to buy in the Santa Clarita Valley area, and concerned about underground pipelines that carry natural gas or other hazardous liquids? Well, due to an outcry from the public and property owners about the condition of Natural Gas Pipelines running near or underneath populated communities, First American NHD and JCP-LGS have [...]

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Preliminary Floor Plans: Sage and Heatherton at Plum Canyon Ranch

December 19, 2010

Shapell Homes has come out with the preliomiary floor plans for the its two communities, Sage and Heatherton at Plum Canyon Ranch. Models appear to be in the process of being built now. The floor plans look really nice. The great news is that much needed one story floor plans will be built, per the preliminary [...]

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Realty Executives Santa Clarita 2010 Holiday Toy Drive

December 17, 2010

It was a pleasure to participate in our brokerages (Realty Executives Santa Clarita) 2010 Holiday Toy Drive, where we collected toys, all to be given to the Marine Toys For Tots Foundation. In addition to the gifts donated by agents from Realty Executives Santa Clarita, someone had a connection with Wham-o toys, and their toy [...]

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Santa Clarita Real Estate Without The Stuffy Attitude…

December 17, 2010

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to all Santa Claritans! We had a blast in 2010. Now, if Santa would only listen to a few requests, it just might go out with a bang! We’re looking forward to bringing some good, juicy SCV content here at SCREF, in 2011.

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Santa Clarita Foreclosure Homes To Rise As Bank Of America Foreclosing Again

December 13, 2010

We will almost certainly see some sort of an increase of Santa Clarita bank owned foreclosures as we head into 2011. This is a positive development for homebuyers. A negative development for sellers and homeowners who don’t want to see any deterioration in values. It was announced on Thursday, and put back into action today, that Bank [...]