The local Santa Clarita real estate market is all the buzz lately.  In fact, we have found that there are so many people that have questions that are not being answered that are all real estate related.  We have done our best to outfit our Santa Clarita macbox with all of the terms by which most people are searching for real estate by topics.

Investors – Market Update – Foreclosure Update – Highest and Best – Price Reductions

Try any of the terms below in our MacBoX to get the latest intel on the local Santa Clarita Market.

Local News

West Side Calendar – Find out what is happening in the Santa Clarita Valley in the coming week.
http://www.the-signal.com/section/36/article/65515/

Ivy League school janitor graduates with honors – Don’t they like Custodial worker better?Search for Paris911 on line
http://www.the-signal.com/section/36/article/65519/

UPDATED: Search on for missing woman – I hope they find her soon, I am sure her family misses her…
http://www.the-signal.com/section/36/article/65465/

UPDATED: At least one person injured in multi-vehicle crash on southbound I-5 just south of Hwy 14 – There were probably a lot of “lookie loo’s” on this one, as usual…
http://www.the-signal.com/section/36/article/65499/

Facebook CEO turns 28, IPO could be $100B gift – 28 years old??  Don’t they say that Youth is wasted on the Young?  I hope he starts traveling :-)
http://www.the-signal.com/section/36/article/65477/

Prep Sports

Canyon’s Courtney Ziese: The stage is met – I like sports, but not too much.. Everything in moderation…
http://www.the-signal.com/section/19/article/65505/

CIF track and field: League’s top on display – Best runners, jumpers, vaulters, and more…
http://www.the-signal.com/section/19/article/65461/

CIF volleyball: Just like old times – I used to be able to “set a spike” very well….
http://www.the-signal.com/section/19/article/65455/

CIF track and field: Foothill is on track – I knew a guy in college, Mike Sinclair, he would run a 4.9 40 yard dash and weighed 307 pounds.  Very Fast…
http://www.the-signal.com/section/19/article/65463/

CIF volleyball: ’Cats keep clawing – Sharpen those nails…
http://www.the-signal.com/section/19/article/65459/

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If you are a buyer in the current Santa Clarita real estate market, you are going to want to know the answer to this question.  In fact, if you are a seller, it may be the time to start making “other” real estate related decisions. What if I were to tell you that everything is [...]

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Is that house I found on line really for sale

We know you love to search on-line. Even after we set our clients up on a real estate search, they still search for homes on-line.  We talk about the syndication websites and about how they are built with lead generation in mind and how they are going to sell our clients personal and private information. [...]

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The information below is typical of what a lender needs for a pre approval for your home, condo or town-home loan.  All items are necessary at the time of your “Face to Face” meeting.  If you are unable to provide them at that time, please get them to the lender as soon as possible afterwards. [...]

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Outside of the games that are being played to hook leads and increase the Business Reach of Real Estate agents.  This Foreclosure Radar Resource that we offer our clients is a total Game Changer. We have worked with specific clients that have specific neighborhoods in mind, have used the Foreclosure Radar System, approached the property [...]

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When we write content about Real Estate, there nothing quite like a Video to drive the point home.  That way the “reader-viewer” can see the expressions on our face and add to their determinations and opinions. So hence the reason we always tell our clients to meet with their chosen Real Estate professional “In Person”. [...]

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Santa Clarita Open Houses at houses that are not for sale….

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We have quite a weekend coming up in the Santa Clarita Valley.  I have also posted the latest headlines from the Santa Clarita Signal Newspaper below this post. I think that most buyers are frustrated with the current real estate market because they are not getting the full story from their chosen agent(s). The typical [...]

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Would you please show my clients the property

How many times has this happened to you?  If you are a real estate consumer, I hope never.  In fact, I hope you would be working with agents that value you enough to make the time to show you properties.   Using Local Agents aside, your chosen real estate professional should be available to serve [...]

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Visit the LA Police Academy in Elysian Park

I remember back in the day, running through the hills of Elysian Park in Los Angeles.  After my certification with the LAPD, the next step was the ominous ”Black Line” day at the Police Academy.  All of us new recruits were wearing our Sunday BEST and were all exceedingly nervous.   The “traditional” screaming(motivation), started upon our [...]

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How should I react when everyone keeps insisting I should be buying a house and not renting even though I cannot afford to buy?

A recent question from a reader of this Santa Clarita real estate blog.  I tell you Thomas, never let anyone influence any decision, that you make, which will take you 30 years to pay off. Homeowner ship is a GREAT thing.  In fact, when you are ready to purchase a home, it will be one [...]

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Santa Clarita Real Estate and Local News Headlines April 29, 2012, remembering working during the Riots

Remembering working the LA Riots Those were interesting times, I only had 2 years on the PD, had just wheeled to my “off probation” division – Northeast (NOE), and was a PII dog.  PII dog, is police vernacular for being a full fledged police officer and not a “boot”, which is police vernacular for an offer that [...]

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“Beauty Is a Bridge” coming to the Valencia Town Center Mall

For the record, we who call the Santa Clarita Valley cities our home, are not “uncultured”. Photo and Charity Event Coming to the Westfield mall in the beautiful city of Valencia CA, is a four month Photographic display by Local Santa Clarita Photographer Ted Dayton.  The start date of this will be May 16th, 2012. Besides some [...]

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