Archive for December, 2007

Leases: Can you Break Them When Buying a New Home?

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 Posted in Santa Clarita Real Estate, safety triangle | Comments Off

Many homebuyers, especially first-time homebuyers, have lease commitments that they either have to break or let expire as part of the process of buying a new home.Can you break a ... Read more..

Old Town Newhall Redevelopment: MyNewMainStreet.com Launched to Promote Shopping and Entertainment

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 Posted in Local News and Updates, Newhall Redevelopment, Santa Clarita Real Estate | Comments Off

The City of Santa Clarita's newest efforts to promote redevelopment in the Old Town Newhall area comes in the form of a new website: MyNewMainStreet.com.MyNewMainStreet.com tries to make Old Town ... Read more..

For Sale: High Credit Ratings (FICO Scores) Manufactured by TradeLine

Monday, December 10th, 2007 Posted in Santa Clarita Real Estate | Comments Off

TradeLine Solutions has introduced a way to help people with no credit (or poor credit) to improve their credit scores practically overnight... for a fee.They call it "Seasoned Primary Accounts", ... Read more..

Newhall, CA Redevelopment: Santa Clarita City Council to Approve Acquisition of CarQuest Building

Friday, December 7th, 2007 Posted in Local News and Updates, Newhall Redevelopment, Santa Clarita Real Estate | Comments Off

As maligned as the Old Town (Downtown) Newhall Redevelopment Plan may be, especially in light of the upcoming expansion of the Valencia Town Center Mall and the planned The Avenue ... Read more..

Santa Clarita Short Sales on the Rise in Certain Areas

Thursday, December 6th, 2007 Posted in Foreclosures and Short Sales, Santa Clarita Real Estate, castaic golf course | Comments Off

Short sale (or preforeclosure) listings in the Santa Clarita area as of December 6, 2007 are definitely on the rise in some areas. Canyon Country homeowners are having the most difficulties, with ... Read more..

Santa Clarita Foreclosures: Top 20 Zip Codes for Los Angeles County Foreclosures Once Again Excludes the Santa Clarita Area

Thursday, December 6th, 2007 Posted in Foreclosures and Short Sales, Santa Clarita Real Estate, castaic golf course | Comments Off

Santa Clarita continues to have low foreclosure numbers compared to the rest of Los Angeles County for November 2007.Palmdale and Lancaster have maintained their top positions on the Los Angeles County ... Read more..

Hope Now Alliance Means All Hope Lost for Many Borrowers

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 Posted in Santa Clarita Real Estate | Comments Off

Members of the Hope Now Alliance have reportedly come to an agreement as to the final provisions of their so-called sub-prime mortgage bailout program.While previous reports stated that the Alliance ... Read more..

Hope Now Alliance: Another Sub-Prime Farce in the Making?

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007 Posted in Santa Clarita Real Estate | Comments Off

In Monday's update from U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, it was made clear that the sub-prime bailout termed the Hope Now Alliance will be not as far-reaching as many had ... Read more..

Santa Clarita, CA Retail Development: Plans for The Avenue at Santa Clarita Submitted for Approval

Saturday, December 1st, 2007 Posted in Local News and Updates, Santa Clarita Real Estate | Comments Off

Monteverde Companies has finally submitted its plans for The Avenue at Santa Clarita (previously called The Commons) to be built on the old Smiser Mule Ranch property at Calgrove and ... Read more..

Santa Clarita, CA New Homes: Lennar Announces More Delays for the Valencia West Creek Development

Saturday, December 1st, 2007 Posted in Neighborhoods, New Construction, Santa Clarita Real Estate | Comments Off

Lennar has announced that it will be consolidating its efforts into only a few of its projects within the Valencia West Creek and Valencia West Hills developments, even though plenty ... Read more..