Pasadena

      We are excited to announce that we are partnering with the Habitat for Humanity organization on building The Desiderio Homes in Pasadena. Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit that helps build homes to give families the opportunity to build long-term financial security and break the cycle of poverty. The project is being built on the former Desiderio Army Reserve Center, a total...

  Pasadena Foothills Association of Realtors Charitable Foundation is a foundation that supports charities actively involved in the Pasadena community through financial donations. They have a special emphasis on charities with low administrative overhead and disadvantaged and needy populations. The REALTORS® of the foundation work to help provide scholarships to graduating high school students and...

Millennials are one of the largest groups driving our economy currently. They are the generation of change through willingness to learn faster, multitask and use social media outlets as a means to communicate. Millennials, born from to 1981 to 2000, are making up what looks to be the largest group the U.S has ever seen encompass the home buyer pool. According to realtor.com they, “currently make up...

Fore more than twenty years, Pasadena Dance Theatre has been teaching aspiring dancers in its conservatory while its professional company has performed both classical ballet and contemporary dance. Each year, the company mounts a production of Tchaikovsky's ever-popular Nutcracker , . around the holidays in the historic San Gabriel Mission Playhouse. It's a lovely way to take a break from shopping for...

You've probably heard of the Gamble House, a definitively important example of the Craftsman style as developed by the architects Greene & Greene. A little further down Orange Grove Blvd. you'll find its somewhat less well-known but equally (if differently) noteworthy counterpart, the Pasadena Museum of History (pasadenahistory.org). The Museum began in the 1920s as a single filing cabinet but has...

httpss://obs.carnegiescience.edu The Carnegie Observatories 13th Annual Open House   Some of the benefits of working in real estate, along with always meeting new people, is the fact that I'm also constantly learning of new and interesting events happening around Pasadena in which most people aren't even aware of. Of course, what's the use of knowing these awesome secrets without being...

Photo by Michael Jacobs All cash purchases for homes in Los Angeles are at their highest level since 2011, according to an article by KPCC. One out of three homes sold in California were paid for in cash, during Q1 of 2014.  Some of the higher percentages of these cash sales are in wealthy communities such as Beverly Hills, Arcadia and San Marino.  In Arcadia alone, nearly 60% of sales last...

, .     There is some big news in Pasadena Real Estate, Entrepreneur David Sacks and Rising Realty have bought a piece of Pasadena building history, purchasing three century old buildings in Historic Old Pasadena and plan on transforming them into a hub for tech start-ups. The three older buildings are at a busy intersection on Raymond Avenue and will be transformed into a hub for...

Are you aware that Fannie Mae Conventional 97 mortgage loans with 3% down payment are set to expire on November 16th 2013. Don't let this opportunity pass you by. The Fannie Mae conventional 97 is a product which allows for a 3% downpayment, ultra-low mortgage insurance rates and provides financing to non FHA approved condos.   If you are a buyer you should take advantage of this opportunity...