Newhall, CA

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As a dentist in Santa Clarita, I can tell you that Halloween always brings me new patients. It's my goal to minimize the negative effect of candy to my patient's teeth. It isn't just the kids that suffer each year with this.

Any type of sticky, gooey food that is left on the teeth for even a few hours will cause problems down the road. It seems like Halloween brings out the kid in all of us. We bit into candy apples, hard candy, and even eat peanut brittle and taffy. All of this is very hard on the teeth, and as a result I see cracked, chipped, and broken teeth more often after Halloween than at any other time of the year.

This can all be avoided if we just use good common sense at this time of the year. If you would not usually eat something because of the potential damage to your teeth, don't eat it now, either. And remember to brush and floss slowly and carefully on Halloween night. You and your family can still have fun while thinking of your dental health as well.

What do you plan on giving out this Halloween?

Dr. David Goldberg, DDS
Santa Clarita Dentist - General Denistry

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Give your Home a Selling Advantage
by Joshua Suess
Homeowners are hungry for an advantage - something that can give their home an edge over the competition. These advantages fall into one of two categories: price and condition. But for a great deal of homeowners, prices are already low enough… and that leaves option two.

Compare it to buying a car. If you’re looking at two cars and they both cost $20,000 and one has all the bells and whistles, which one would you buy?

Translation: Before you put your home on the market, make a few simple upgrades. Paint the walls. Plant some petunias. Clear some counter space.

In real estate circles, such changes are called staging. In the same way you might consider detailing your car before you slap a for-sale sign on it, staging your home can generate the additional eye appeal that can lead to results.

Potential home sellers can attempt to stage their own homes or use a professional. Either way, the investment is well worth it. The key is not to get too cute. Home shoppers are looking for potential, not perfection as you define it. Those merlot-colored walls? Cover them with something neutral. The family photos? Save them for your next house.

You need to cut clutter. If a buyer is looking at 10 homes and doesn’t remember your floor plan because they remember the family photos, that’s bad.

Eliminate any indigenous scents; just because you love the smell of fried garlic in your home doesn’t mean potential buyers will agree. Staging is all about presenting your home in the best light. After all, you’re not living in your home. You’re selling it.

Joshua Suess is with the Suess Home Selling Team at Re/Max 702-4640 www.SuessSellsHomes.com

Have we Hit the Bottom?
By Joshua Suess

So, has the housing market finally bottomed out? This is a topic where everyone seems to have a different opinion. The media certainly doesn't help clarify the situation and tends to cause more confusion for home buyers and sellers. Let's take a look at the statistics to get an unbiased, factual point of view about our local Santa Clarita real estate market.

A buyers' market is one where there are more sellers than buyers, of course, but specifically it's when there are more than six months of inventory (homes) for sale in the Multiple Listing Service. With that said, here are how many months of inventory the following price ranges have here in Santa Clarita.

· $0 - $99,000 has 9.8 months of inventory (buyers' market)

· $100,000 - $199,999 has 4.9 months of inventory (sellers' market)

· $200,000 - $299,999 has 5.5 months of inventory (sellers' market)

· $300,000 - $399,999 has 4.2 months of inventory (sellers' market)

· $400,000- $499,999 has 4.4 months of inventory (sellers' market)

· $500,000 - $599,999 has 5.2 months of inventory (sellers' market)

· $600,000 - $699,999 has 8.5 months of inventory (buyers' market)

· $700,000 - $799,999 has 12.8 months of inventory (buyers' market)

· $800,000 - $899,999 has 17.7 months of inventory (buyers' market)

· $900,000 - $999,999 has 31 months of inventory (buyers' market)

· $1,000,000 - $1,499,999 has 28.7 months of inventory (buyers' market)

· $1,500,000 - $1,999,999 has 29 months of inventory (buyers' market)

· $2,000,000 and above has 12 months of inventory (buyers' market)

* Information obtained from Tempo MLS is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

Joshua Suess is with the Suess Home Selling Team at Re/Max 702-4640 www.SuessSellsHomes.com.