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RSM LifestylesRSM LifestylesRSM Lifestyles is designed to present a fresh and indepth perspective of Rancho Santa Santa Margarita and the canyon communites. This blog will attempt to cover all aspects of Rancho Santa Margarita including local businesses, news, events, community Articles
Property Tax Re-assessment - What To Do If You Missed The Deadline
2008-06-03 15:00:00 I was contacted by a couple of my readers today who were requesting comps to include for with their requests for re-assessment. Both parties indicated that they had spoken with a representative at the Orange County Tax Assessor’s Office on Monday. They were both told to fax their requests in even though ... More About: Property , Deadline , Assessment
Lyon Monterrey Estates - Short Sales
2008-04-28 15:00:00 There are definitely easier ways to purchase a home than going through the lengthy process usually associated with buying a short sale. But if you’re a buyer that’s in absolutely no hurry, who has a great deal of patience, a sizable down payment and excellent credit - a short sale may be an ... More About: Sales , Lyon , Estates , Short , Monterrey
?By Appointment Only? - A Sure Way to Delay the Sale of Your Rancho Santa M
2008-04-27 23:47:00 This morning I read Why Isn’t My Home Selling by fellow-blogger and Realtor ®, Kris Berg of San Diego. She touched on a subject that has been driving me nuts lately: the pronounced increase in the number of “By Appointment Only” listings. Apparently this trend is not limited to South Orange County Real ... More About: Sale , Santa , La Ventana
Orange County Property Reassessment Deadline Extended - Lower Your Property
2008-03-30 21:31:00 If you’ve purchased your Orange County home in the past few years, please contact me. It is likely that your Assessed Property Value is higher than your home’s current value. Your property taxes were determined by a formula tied to the purchase price of your home. If your home has decreased in ... More About: Orange County , Deadline
Coastal Commission Votes No on 241 Toll Road
2008-02-09 03:57:00 This past Wednesday I attended the California Coastal Commission meeting to participate and see first-hand how the California Coastal Commission would vote regarding consistency certification for the completion of State Route 241. The turnout was impressive. An estimated 3000+ citizens showed up to make their voices known. Given the number of ... More About: Toll Road , Road , Toll , Votes
OC?s Great Park Balloon - It?s Free, It?s Fun & You Can See For Miles
2008-02-03 21:34:00 If you haven’t had the opportunity to go up in The Great Park Balloon yet, you’re missing out. The Great Park Balloon is the largest tethered balloon in the country. That’s right…tethered. Very securely tethered on a thick metal cable. It’s not the hot air balloon ride that I’d ... More About: Free , Miles
City of RSM & RSM Chamber Sponsor Rancho Santa Margarita Business Resource
2008-01-29 14:00:00 Mark your calendar! The RSM Chamber of Commerce and the City of Rancho Santa Margarita are hosting RSM?s first business resource fair on January 30th from 4:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The event is geared to support Rancho Santa Margarita business owners by providing a one-stop venue for business owners to connect with ... More About: Business , Sponsor , Resource
Rancho Santa Margarita & RSM-Trabuco Canyon Home Sales for the Week of Janu
2008-01-28 02:03:00 View Larger Map SoCal MLS reports a whopping 8 home sales for the week of January 20, 2008 - January 26, 2008 in Rancho Santa Margarita and portions of Trabuco Canyon . Here is the breakdown: Standard Sales : 33 Calle San Luis Rey Original Purchase information currently unavailable Price Tag 2008? $585,000 7 Via Perico The seller purchased this ... More About: Home , Week
What to Expect When You Move to Rancho Santa Margarita
2008-01-27 14:45:00 Tonight I came across one of my first blog posts about Ranch o Santa Margarita. The post tells about how I felt when I first moved to Rancho Santa Margarita, and why I decided that Rancho Santa Margarita was the place where I wanted to raise my family. I wrote the post before ... More About: Expect , Move
Coastal Commission Meeting on the Foothill 241 Toll Road Extension Has Been
2008-01-26 03:54:00 The February 6th meeting of the California Coastal Commission regarding the extension of the 241 Toll Road has been moved from its original location at Oceanside City Hall to Wyland Hall at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. An extra 18-20 miles each way for Rancho Santa Margarita residents. Given that the meeting ... More About: Extension
FHA & Conventional Loan Limit Increases May Ease the Strain For Many Rancho
2008-01-25 13:47:00 Are you one of the many Ranch o Santa Margarita homeowners stuck in a jumbo adjustable rate mortgage? Unable to refinance into a fixed rate mortgage since Wall Street’s abrupt decision last August, to stop buying jumbo loans from Lenders? Is your credit score intact and your loan-to-value reasonable? You could be in ... More About: Loan , Strain , Ease
Light Snow Blankets Portions of the Santa Ana Mountain Foothills
2008-01-24 20:39:00 I’ve been waiting for the perfect Saddleback Mountain snow shot for years now. I’ve missed three golden opportunities in the past five years. Two years ago, immediately following a heavy snow on Saddleback, I headed up to the top of Vista Del Lago in Mission Viejo. Vista Del Lago, which crosses ... More About: Santa , Snow , Light , Santa Ana
Rancho Santa Margarita Homes Sales by Area
2008-01-22 20:36:00 In any type of housing market it is import to consider the activity in one’s immediate neighborhood. In a slow or down market both buyers and sellers are wise to capitalize on every scrap of information that they can use to their advantage in negotiating the best deal. The chart below shows SoCal MLS ... More About: Sales , Trabuco Canyon , Santa , Homes , Area
Five Rancho Santa Margarita Homes Hit the Auction Block this Week
2008-01-22 14:11:00 Five Rancho Santa Margarita homes in judicial foreclosure are scheduled to hit the auction block this week. 3 Vista Sierra x in Vista La Cuesta. Auction Date: 01/23/2008. This property does not show as currently listed on SoCal MLS. The seller purchased the property in December of 2005 for $525,000. 7 ... More About: Homes , Week , Block
Rancho Santa Margarita Skate Park YouTube Video
2008-01-16 18:42:00 From time to time I run across articles, posts and videos that provide a little more definition to Rancho Santa Margarita. This YouTube video taken at Rancho Santa Margarita Skate Park is a perfect example. While I have no idea of the skater’s identity, or who shot the video, the video itself provides a ... More About: Video , Youtube
Good Tuesday for Foothill 241 Toll Road Proponents
2008-01-16 05:36:00 Last November, Jubal at Red County’s OC Blog wrote about Senator Tom Harmon’s reconsidered political position regarding the proposed completion of the Foothill 241 Toll Road . “Kudos to Sen. Harman for joining the side of the angels on this issue. Needless to say, gaining the support of someone with Harman’s strong green credentials is ... More About: Schwarzenegger , Good
Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 - Which RSM Home Owners / Sell
2007-12-23 02:46:00 Good news for many distressed home owners who are upside-down in their homes! H.R. 3648 has been signed into law by President Bush. The primary purpose of this bill is to temporarily provide relief to financially-devastated home owners by shielding them from the additional burden of potential federal income tax on any amount written ... More About: Home , Mortgage , Debt Relief , Debt , Sell
Blog Action Day - Conserve Water in Rancho Santa Margarita
2007-10-16 07:35:00 Blog Action Day is an opportunity for thousands of individual bloggers across the world to participate in a united effort. This year’s topic is the environment. Given that Rancho Santa Margarita and Southern California are faced with an impending water crisis, I thought it appropriate to write about water conservation methods and ... More About: Blog , Water , Conserve
Median Home Prices - What the Numbers Really Mean
2007-09-20 08:13:00 I have been asked by many clients lately to clarify housing market statistics that they have seen both online or in the paper, or have heard on the news. I’ve found that most of my clients have a fairly solid idea of the basic real estate market as well as many of the ... More About: Home , Numbers , Ally , Median , Prices
Daybreak OC Arrives - ?It?s Your News Orange County?
2007-09-11 09:34:00 September 10th marks the first day of Daybreak OC, the new two-hour weekday-morning news program that caters strictly to Orange County residents. While many who live in Orange County are skeptical about the program, I have been looking forward to it since May, when I originally blogged about it. I think it’s high time that ... More About: News , Brea
Arena Soccer takes over RSM?s Skate Central - Opening Day is September 16th
2007-09-07 19:49:00 One of the things I really love about Rancho Santa Margarita is that the City promotes positive change. I have to admit that when I learned that Skate Central was going to be shut down I was disappointed. The outdoor roller hockey rink was a great idea and it seemed to serve a ... More About: Soccer , Opening , Arena
Rancho Santa Margarita?s Highest & Lowest Priced Home Sales in 2007 to Date
2007-09-07 00:53:00 Highest Priced Sale - and the winner is… 28 Indian Pipe in Dove Canyon holds the record for the highest MLS-reported sales price in RSM this year. The property, which originally listed for $1,699,000 sold for $1,500,000 on 8/30/07. SoCal MLS records show that the property was on the market for a mere ... More About: Sales , Home , Santa , Ranch
HB City Coucil Passes Mandatory Pet Microchip Program - Will Rancho Santa M
2007-09-05 22:00:00 Annie Burris of the The Orange County Register reported today that Huntington Beach’s City Council voted to implement a mandatory pet program which includes spaying, neutering and requires the insertion of microchips in all dogs and cats residing within the city. HB is the first city in California to mandate micro-chipping of pets ... More About: Santa , Program , Chip , Tory
?Earthquake Weather? in Rancho Santa Margarita
2007-09-04 06:47:00 Last week I was joking around with a friend about the fact that Orange County was due for an earthquake and that the weather that day was standard issue ?Earthquake Weather .? I say ?joking around? because I?m a fairly educated individual and as far as I know, there is still no current scientific evidence ... More About: Santa , Ranch
Property Tax Reassessment - What Orange County Residents Need to Know!
2007-08-29 23:21:00 AB 1042 was introduced to facilitate a means for county governments to streamline the process of property tax reassessment by allowing the County to accept online assessment appeals. The current process requires homeowners to appear at the County in person. With passage of AB 1042, reassessments will be more convenient for homeowners, ... More About: Property , Orange , Trabuco Canyon , Orange County
Rancho Santa Margarita Labor Day Events: 5K Run/Walk; Heathy Community Expo
2007-08-29 09:09:00 Close out the summer and get ready for the new school year by participating in Rancho Santa Margarita’s 3rd Annual Healthy Community Expo & 5K Run/Walk. Join others in your community and who knows? Maybe you’ll even take home an award. Rancho Santa Margarita is a very active community and this ... More About: Events , Labor
Comparing Apples to Apples in the Housing Market
2007-06-18 23:57:00 When it comes right down to it real estate housing market reports can be deceiving. This is due in part to the nature of statistics. They can and are often manipulated. It is also often difficult to tell whether apples are being compared to apples or if there’s an entire fruit ... More About: Market , Housing , Apples , Mark , Compa
Homeless in Orange County
2007-06-17 00:22:00 On the way to my Open House in Irvine today I saw something that really rocked me emotionally. I saw a despondent-looking man, whom I took to be a homeless veteran, sitting on the curb at the side of the road, just staring across the street at the former El Toro Marine Base. ... More About: Orange , Orange County , County , Homeless , Less
Robinson Ranch Real Estate Housing Market Report - May 2007
2007-06-16 05:00:00 To give you an idea of where the housing market stands in Robinson Ranch, there were nine new listings for the month of May. In the same month last year there were six. This month’s only sale was a short sale and it was on the market for 249 days. Let ... More About: Estate , Real Estate , Market , Report , Housing
Red Flag Fire Season! Are you Ready?
More articles from this author:2007-06-15 08:51:00 It’s a red flag fire season. Are you ready? There was a time many years ago that I could have raised my hand and answered that question with an immediate, “yes!” I was the poster child for emergency preparedness. I had my emergency supply of 5-gallon Sparklett’s water bottles; and emergency kit ... More About: Season , Trabuco Canyon , Fire , Flag , Seas 1, 2, 3 |
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