Santa Clarita Real Estate Blog

Low enrollment at West Creek Elementary delays school opening for at least a year. West Creek Elementary School, which is connected to Lennar’s West Creek and West Hills developments in Valencia, will not open this year as planned. The school is expected to open in 2010 instead. Saugus Union School District officials have elected to [...]

Lennar is negotiating with creditors to buy back Newhall Ranch land at a discount from its bankrupt Landsource venture. Lennar and its Landsource venture are apparently working on a deal with Landsource’s creditors to buy back the Newhall Ranch property just west of Valencia in the Santa Clarita Valley. This deal would create a new company comprised of [...]

New “required use” rule would prevent home builders from offering incentives or discounts to buyers that use the builder’s designated lenders. Home builders have been providing “incentives” for homebuyers for a long time now, with buyers typically getting allowances for rate buy-downs, flooring and other upgrades as part of their new home purchase package, as long [...]

Builders cut home sizes and building costs in hopes of selling more homes and increasing their bottom line. KB Home has announced plans to introduce smaller homes with simplified designs in an effort to attract first-time homebuyers and to increase their sagging bottom line. Gone are the McMansions of a few years ago, to be replaced [...]

LandSource and certain subsidiaries, including Newhall Land and Lennar, have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Lennar’s Santa Clarita developments in West Creek, West Hills and RiverVillage offering new incentives.

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RiverVillage in Valencia to Feature Classic and Vintage Luxury Solar Homes

Miscommunication between Lennar’s offices prompts temporary removal of SOLARplus offerings at Patina at West Creek Valencia.

Lennar about-faces on its SOLARplus homes, cancelling all but one phase and then reinstating them a few days later.