Many have asked already so we thought we would share with everyone. The highly anticipated new community Aliento, in Santa Clarita Valley will be hosting their Grand Opening Event this weekend. We were lucky enough to attend the Realtor preview yesterday. The homes are gorgeous. Each development offers a single story model and each have a downstairs room option. Square footage ranges from 2000-3500 with plenty of floor plans to please everyone! The club house is stunning wit

In the month of December, the Homes for Heroes Foundation was able to assist several heroes with their challenging circumstances by providing over $5,400 in grants. Check out the list below to see who the foundation was able to help! Editors Note: This list is subject to change. Justin Wommack, a California firefighter and military veteran with a family received a $1,300 grant to pay for one month’s rent. A homeless, disabled veteran in Georgia (chose not to share his name),

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Where do home buyers go for a mortgage? To a bank, of course—or at least that’s what many might think. Yet a new force has taken over home financing, called “shadow banks.” So what are these non-banks exactly, and should we run for the hills? In a nutshell, these are the less conventional places that don’t provide savings accounts, only loans to buy homes. They include companies like Quicken Loans, which is one of the nation’s largest mortgage providers, Caliber, and loanDepo

The month of October was a great month for the Homes for Heroes® Foundation and those it serves. After all of the numbers were submitted and added, the foundation was able to provide over $13,000 in foundation grants to those in need. Check out the list below to see who the foundation was able to help! Editors Note: This list is subject to change. John Doe of Savannah, GA, a disabled veteran, received $1800.00 for past due rent. Tamika Barbour of Lorton, VA, an elementary te

Remote-controlled window shades, voice-activated TVs, and door bells with high-quality video were once limited to sci-fi novels, Hollywood movies, and TV shows like “The Jetsons.” But the future has arrived, and more tech-savvy homeowners are installing smart home technology. Color-changing lightbulbs, anyone? Nearly half of homeowners renovating their pads are adding new technology while they’re at it, according to a recent report from Houzz, a home remodeling and design web

For all of us at Homes for Heroes®, there is nothing more rewarding than being able to assist our nation’s every day heroes in buying, selling or refinancing a home and providing them with a meaningful “thank you” when doing so. However, it is extremely rewarding to us when our own real estate professional affiliates are heroes themselves and want to give back to their own. For Eric Green, this is exaclty how it is. Being a veteran firefighter of 22 years and in the mortgage

Do you really need to pay good money to have your air ducts cleaned? The short answer is “probably not.” But before you call up dad to chant “I told you so,” it’s important to understand why you probably don’t need to do it — and why we just italicized “probably.” (Because some people actually should. Sorry! Hope it’s not you!) Clean Air Claims In order for your forced-air furnace or HVAC to deliver warm and cool air into your rooms, that air has to go through a system of du

The month of September was a great month for the Homes for Heroes® Foundation and those it serves. After all of the numbers were submitted a

The washer/dryer combo was perfect! Such a delightful way to brighten laundry day — with a cheerfully colored front-loader set. They could actually make laundry fun! “They were this gorgeous, greenish-teal, and they looked great in my laundry room,” says Eliesa Prettelt, avid DIYer and author of “A Pinterest Addict” blog. But after barreling through three sets in four years, she knew she’d made a mistake. “They looked so pretty, but I had nothing but problems with them,” she

Weekends are meant for coaching a youth soccer team to victory, chopping your way through “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” or training for a 5K to help save the pandas — not working your way through a tedious, 30-item maintenance checklist. But then, taking care of the home you love is important, too. So how do you have your fun and keep a well-maintained home? It’s simple: Just be mindful of your home. You don’t need a rigid maintenance list. (They work best for Type A