Rob Baldwin, Santa Clarita REALTOR®

It is with great pleasure and excitement that I have made the change to a new office in the Santa Clarita Valley.

SCV Home Buyer, specializing in of all things foreclosure properties. Bas Panch is the broker that truly has a gift for convincing banks to list there properties for a quick sale.

Currently the majority of the inventory does not even make it to the MLS. It gets sold to someone from our data base that has been pre-approved and has the resources to purchase quickly.

If you are a buyer and you would like to be added to our data base, please don't hesitate to contact me.

My name is Rob Baldwin, Santa Clarita, CA REALTOR®

Buyers, what are you thinking right now? I use the term "buyers" loosely. Let me qualify what I term are buyers.

A buyer is a person that has a strong desire and the need to buy something, anything. You can not classify a person a buyer by virtue of putting them in your car and driving them around for months. That's a person using you to site see your town and just might not be that interested in jumping in the pool yet.

OK, now that I have that out of the way, let me ask the question again. Buyers what are you thinking right now? Are you still waiting for the market to bottom? If so let me tell you a little secret. The only way to know you have hit the bottom of the market is when you look back on the past and realize that the graph is now pointing up. Ooops, too late, you missed it.

Now what? Consider this as an option. If you think the Santa Clarita market is still tanking. Then I want you to choose the home you really would like to have, tell me what you think the price should or could be, and I will then present your offer.

That's it, simple. Now what are you waiting for?

If you qualify, I can assist you in fulfilling your need!

Rob Baldwin Santa Clarita REALTOR®

It is a sad day in Santa Clarita, an old friend is on the verge of disappearing for good. Newhall Hardware is closing its doors after there liquidation sale is over. Why are they closing? It seems that competition from the big guys, the economy, and a new traffic patteren have all contributed to the final days..

If you asked anyone in the SCV where you could get an obscure object, most people would ask "have you checked Newhall Hardware" Man they had every thing.

Opened in 1947 by Don Guglielmino, whom owned and operated it until long time employee Victor Feany bought it in 1998. You could go there and ask just about any one a question on a "how to project". Most of the guys that used to work there were retired from the construction trade of some sort. And they would give you a good idea of what you needed, and how to use it effectively.

When you walked into the store one of the first things you did was go into the back and grab a handful of peanuts. As you walked the ailes folks would drop there shells. After your search, the check out was an experience. They did'nt have the new check out registers, they still had the old ones. You know the kind when you pushed the keys to ring up the sale, it would go "cha-ching" and the drawer would pop open.

With each passing day the winds of change take some things away, but always replace them with something new. We may not like it at first but like most things we learn to adapt and move on.

Good bye Newhall Hardware, thanks for serving the great people of the Santa Clarita Valley for all those years!