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Santa Clarita Community News & Information

Slashing Prices at River Village Valencia

November 30, 2007

Today, Lennar, the developer of River Village located in Valencia announced a dramatic price decrease on two of their available homes ready for immediate move in. One of the two homes is located in River Village’s Brookville community, and the other home is located in their Heirloom community. Brookville at River Village: Homesite #97 is [...]

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Old Town Newhall to Host Holiday Festivities

November 27, 2007

Old Town Newhall will be hosting several holiday festivities and events for children and adults to enjoy this year. The festivities will begin November 30, and end December 1, 2007. In total, three separeate events are planned: Friday November 30th, 3pm-6pm, the city will host the inaugural “Paint The Town” art project which will skirt along [...]

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Santa Clarita Economy: Standard & Poor’s Boosts City Credit Rating

November 27, 2007

The state of the Santa Clarita economy, appears to still be strong, especially Standard & Poor’s boosts the city’s issuer credit rating from AA- to AA. Citing the fact that Santa Clarita is primarily a wealthy residential community, that has a job market easily accessible to the broader Los Angeles Metorpolitan Statistical Area (MSA), Timmothy [...]

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Newhall Land and Farm Hit with Layoffs

November 17, 2007

 The cornerstone of the Valencia community and developer for the last 40 years of it - Newhall Land and Farm, is also seeing it’s share of economic struggles, as they made a “workforce reduction” on Tuesday. The West Ranch Beacon reported a “source” at the company said approximately 20 employees at Newhall Land were given notice. The [...]

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Santa Clarita City Council Salary Increase

November 12, 2007

  November 13, 2007, at the Santa Clarita City Council meeting, an ordinance will be introduced that’ll provide for a 5% increase in each city councilmembers’ salary. Do any of you know how much they make on a monthly basis right now? This kills me – just $1425.55! These are good people, and they work [...]

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Santa Clarita “Field Of Dreams” Council Showdown

October 31, 2007

 (Left: Frank Ferry unleashing the fury on Tim Ben Boydston) I LOVE politics, even more than I love my real estate job, which if you know me, you know that I love my job. I always thought Santa Clarita politics was quite boring though (but I still keep a close eye on the happenings), mostly due [...]

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Santa Clarita Buckweed Fire

October 22, 2007

If you or someone you know was affected by the enormous Buckweed fire located in the Santa Clarita Valley, and they are in need of a rental home due to their home being damaged or destroyed, please visit my Santa Clarita Valley real estate website www.TheScvAgent.com. From there, click on Rental Finder. You will be [...]

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Santa Clarita Marathon November 7, 2007

October 15, 2007

Interested in moving to the Santa Clarita area? Want to get an idea about the great people that live here in our community? Then I suggest you participate in the Santa Clarita Marathon, November 4, along with 3,000+ other runners. This year’s marathon will edge along some newer trails that were not present for last [...]

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