Archive for September, 2007

Santa Clarita’s Redevelopment Agency Backs Out of Offer to Purchase Real Property in Old Town Newhall

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The saga continues as the Old Town Newhall Redevelopment plans go through more false starts and wrong turns, with "back out" rapidly becoming this week's theme song. This week has been ... Read more..

Santa Clarita’s Redevelopment Agency Backs Out of Offer to Purchase Real Property in Old Town Newhall

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The saga continues as the Old Town Newhall Redevelopment plans go through more false starts and wrong turns, with "back out" rapidly becoming this week's theme song. This week has been ... Read more..

Mortgage Broker RealUmbrella Enters the FSBO Fray

Monday, September 24th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

A new player has entered the FSBO (For Sale By Owner) fray with limited-service offerings in an attempt to upsell FSBO buyers into becoming mortgage, escrow and title clients.RealUmbrella does not ... Read more..

Santa Clarita Bank Owned (REO) Homes

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

With rumors about sky-high rates of foreclosures becoming frequent news fodder these days both nationwide and in the Southern California area, a look at the Santa Clarita real estate market ... Read more..

Santa Clarita’s Home Sales Statistics for August 2007

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

DataQuick's August home sales statistics are in! There were some surprises in the Santa Clarita area home sales for August 2007, especially for Canyon Country.Compared to Los Angeles County's July numbers, there ... Read more..

Santa Clarita’s Home Sales Statistics for August 2007

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

DataQuick's August home sales statistics are in! There were some surprises in the Santa Clarita area home sales for August 2007, especially for Canyon Country.Compared to Los Angeles County's July numbers, there ... Read more..

Santa Clarita to Blow $60,000 to Back Out Of Flawed Back-In Parking Plan

Friday, September 21st, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The Santa Clarita City Council is finally backing out of its highly flawed back-in parking plan in Old Town (Downtown) Newhall, at a cost to the taxpayers of $60,000 for ... Read more..

US Borax Building in Santa Clarita Sold for $26 Million

Thursday, September 13th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Brentwood Capital Partners of Los Angeles has acquired the building on Tourney Road in Valencia previously occupied by US Borax for $26 million.The 117,000 square foot building consists of an ... Read more..

Santa Clarita Restaurant Ratings: Some Low-Rating Surprises!

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Restaurant ratings issued by the Department of Health (those letters you see in the windows) are the only guideline that we have as to the cleanliness and safety of the ... Read more..

California Foreclosures: Loans for Non-Owner Occupied Homes Driving Foreclosure Numbers Higher as Investors Take a Hike

Sunday, September 9th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released nationwide foreclosure statistics this week, showing that California, Florida, Nevada and Arizona "have more than one-third of the nation’s subprime ARMs, more than one-third ... Read more..