Santa Clarita Real Estate

A homeowner in Ontario, California whose home was in foreclosure had started taking the home apart and selling the items on ebay and craigslist. Apparently a neighbor had seen the items leaving by the truck load and alerted city officials.
A number of the features were advertised for sale online - fixtures, baseboards, tile, grates, a […]

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In the news this week was the story about the migrating Mudhens and how the Bridgport HOA wants to eradicate them, battle will brewing on this one you can be sure of that.

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Market Watch
Market stats for the period of December 1, 2007 thru January 10, 2008
Santa Clarita saw a nice pace of sales closing and listings coming on the market, the totals for Santa Clarita Valley are;
Active Listings 1998 New Listings 267 Pending Sales 140
Closed Sales 132
The complete home sales stats for your neighborhood-

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Two Illinois men were arrested by Sheriff’s deputies after a resident reported that they were "aggressively" soliciting homes with door-to-door magazine sales in the 26300 block of Cardinal Drive in Canyon Country.
Watch out every body! they were in a area that I have a listing at in Castaic and wow they are very very […]

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Mapping at left shows approximate area of the proposed City of Newhall Ranch expected to grow to a mini metropolis of 21,000 homes at build-out. City planner promise fire, law enforcement and schools to be added as homes are added. 

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What’s Hot for 2008 Warm colors and natural materials are hot in 2008 interior design, with an emphasis on "retro glamour" and "chic" according to Davis Remignanti, Lead Design Consultant at Furniture.com. Some highlights from Remignanti 2008 design trends report,
Glamour - refined finishes and silhouettes. “The look is glamorous but in an approachable and […]

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Augusta Finacial, Santa Clarita’s premier lender has a New Year message about our local housing. Mike is Santa Clarita’s most trusted lender.  And an all around great guy a real pleasure to do business with. I’ll be adding Mike’s videos as her publishes them-generally about once a week or so.
 

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I really cracked up when I saw this one - it wasn’t too long ago we had the house stuck freeway here in Southern California.
I think we have a problem! Guess that is why they have weight limits on roads.

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Overpriced Listings…where are they now?
There have been so many in recent months. When I see them hit the market I can only think of one thing for the seller. Sorry. I really can’t understand why over the last couple of years the handwriting’s been on the wall…why are these sellers torturing themselves? These MLS […]

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Tom Schey had the idea - he and and his partner, environmentalist Kelly Meyer, made it a reality. Project 710 has achieved the distinction of becoming the first standard-framed home in the State of California to receive LEED platinum designation*. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and is a hallmark of high building […]

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