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2011 Heat Map for Santa Clarita Real Estate

October 20, 2011

Trulia has an awesome heat map, that reveals pricing by geography. The map is color coded. The more green, the less expensive. The more red, the more expensive the real estate. Santa Clarita real estate pricing reveals that the most expensive homes tend to be in the 91381 and 91390/91387 areas of the SCV. No [...]

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Santa Clarita Mortgage Video Update: October 2011

October 18, 2011

Conventional loan for 3% down? Wow! That could be useful. Listen in and watch Keith Renno from the Renno Lending Team @ Pacific Funding Mortgage, and gain some insight as to what’s happening in the mortgage market, and how it may affect Santa Clarita real estate. There are so many condo and townhome communities in [...]

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Roof problems and your Santa Clarita home search

October 6, 2011

If you’re in the process of buying a home in Santa Clarita, or are about to embark on your home search soon, take a moment to read this, in the event you are considering homes with older roofs that have wear and tear issues. Roofing problems can be expensive. That expense however, doesn’t necessarily have [...]

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For Sale By Owner and your Santa Clarita home

October 5, 2011

Ever wonder to yourself, maybe you should sell your Santa Clarita home by owner? You know – For Sale By Owner? Save money on closing costs by doing so, such as commissions, and take home more money, at the end of escrow? Sounds great, but did you know that people who try to sell their [...]

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New appraisal addendum to help Santa Clarita energy efficient homes

September 30, 2011

The Appraisal Institute just came out with a new appraisal addendum, which will enable an appraiser to more accurately give credit for and analyze Santa Clarita homes with ‘Green” upgrades. It’s all about energy efficiency these days. Sellers love to tout their upgrades like, energy efficient windows, solar paneled roofs, and Energy Star appliances. It [...]

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Loan limit changes and their effect on Santa Clarita real estate market

September 30, 2011

On October 1, 2011, the maximum loan limits for conforming FHA/Conventional loans will change. The Santa Clarita real estate market will be impacted. But how much? Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, at he directive of the US Government, can no longer buy loans that have a loan amount more than $625,500. This is a change, [...]

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New Santa Clarita Mobile Real Estate Site Launches

September 21, 2011

We just launched our new Santa Clarita home search website, that’s mobile! Use it from your iPhone, your Droid, or whatever…just use it! It’s full of awesome, and we think you will like it. Don’t forget to turn on your phone’s GPS and get good use of searching for homes, with the mobile site’s GPS [...]

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35% of Santa Clarita bank owned homes demand specific loan approval

September 19, 2011

No doubt, if you’ve shopped for a house over the last 4 or so years, you’ve ran into Santa Clarita bank owned homes. Also known as foreclosures. Ok, or REO’s. For the buyer who must finance their purchase (isn’t that almost all of us?) you may run into an annoying bump in the road, of [...]

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Santa Clarita Realtors That Work

September 17, 2011

Some Santa Clarita Realtors work. And some perk. What does this mean? We’re a self employed bunch, us Realtors. And what with real estate being so important to the economy and all, the business of real estate should be treated seriously by those who work in it. The real estate industry is full of very [...]

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Tour of Crown Villas Stevenson Ranch and Floor Plan Review

September 2, 2011

Today we were checking out our newest listing in the Crown Villas community, located in Stevenson Ranch, and we thought we’d take you along. This Crown Villas community, unlike its sister community to the south, is gated. Located off of Stafford Canyon Rd, the views and landscape at Crown Villas is amazing. Our listing, has [...]