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California Real Estate

Santa Clarita Homebuyers: Application Deadline For California Tax Credit Expired

August 16, 2010

The Franchise Tax Board in California set the deadline to fax in your application for the first-time homebuyer tax credit, to August 15, 2010. They enough applications already, to surpass the $100 million dollar cap, allocated for the up-to $10,000 tax credit, for first-time homebuyers in California. Listen in as Brian discusses the tax credit and [...]

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Is Your Santa Clarita Realtor Using The New Residential Purchase Agreement For Your Home Purchase?

May 4, 2010

The lawyers and powers that be at the California Association of Realtors rolled out a new Residential Purchase Agreement (RPA) a few weeks ago. If you're buying a home, your Realtor should have you sign the new RPA, which reflects a revision date of April 2010 (it will look like 4/10 on the purchase agreement). [...]

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State Tax Relief On It’s Way For Santa Clarita Short Sellers

April 9, 2010

The California Legislature passed a bill, now on it's way for Gov. Schwarzenegger to sign, that will provide state tax relief to many Santa Clarita homeowners who performed a short sale on their home, selling it for a loss, and below what they owned on their mortgage. It will certainly help those who are contemplating performing [...]

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Potential To Double Dip On Tax Credits Santa Clarita First-Time Homebuyers! Episode 44

April 6, 2010

Here I talk about how first-time homebuyers in Santa Clarita have a special opportunity to try and get up-to $18,000 in tax credits combined. Q: Combined how? A: If you can get under contract for a home (open escrow) by April 30, 2010, which is fast approaching, and if you can close that escrow between [...]

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Santa Clarita Mortgage – About The $10,000 Calfiornia Tax Credit

March 31, 2010

Here is another video message from Keith Renno, of The Renno Lending Team. Here, Keith goes over Santa Clarita Mortgage interest rates, and the popular new California Tax Credit of $10,000 for first-time homebuyers. If you're ever in the market for a Santa Clarita home, and you'll be financing, give The Renno Lending Team a [...]

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$10,000 State Tax Credit For First-Time Santa Clarita Homebuyers

March 24, 2010

Both houses of the California Legislature have passed a new homebuyer tax credit geared toward first-time homebuyers. All that's needed is Governor Schwarzenegger's signature on the new bill, which is expected any day now. There are plenty of Santa Clarita homebuyers that will want to take advantage of this. The only down side is that [...]

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February 2010 Foreclosure Report

March 18, 2010

Sean O'Toole, of Foreclosure Radar, posted this video today to YouTube. It's an excellent source for details on where the foreclosure market was at, as of February 2010, in California. Foreclosure Radar is just that…radar for foreclosures! It's cool, and we offer it for free, to you, at our Santa Clarita real estate website. Check [...]

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It’s official – President Obama Signed Home Buyer Tax Credit Extension

November 6, 2009

Today President Obama signed the bill that extends and expands a tax credit to home buyers. For all the details on the tax credit you may be eligible for when purchasing a home now, or in 2010, check out our blog post from yesterday: Santa Clarita Home Buyers: Congress Passes Tax Credit Extension. Call The [...]

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Santa Clarita Home Buyers: Congress Passes Tax Credit Extension

November 5, 2009

Attention all Santa Clarita home buyers! Today, Congress almost unanimously passed the extension of the home buyer tax credit. They also expanded it to include existing homeowners. There are several other details that added flexibility to the tax credit, which hadn't been included in the first go-around for most of 2009 when the first time [...]

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Neat building in Van Nuys

October 21, 2009

We’re down here in Van Nuys today, taking care of business for some of our new listings hitting the market soon, and thought I’d snap a shot of this cool looking office building that’s right next to the Van Nuys Civic Center. Does anyone know the name of this building or it’s history? It looks [...]

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