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Our students again have made significant gains on their standards for academic excellence tests! Contratulations to Rhodes Elementary which leads the County of San Bernardino as the highest performing school! Six elementary schools scored above 900 and ...  [Read More]
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Gail Griffin
21,502 new and resale homes sold in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, Ventura, San Bernardino and Orange counties in August, down 10.8 percent from 24,104 in July, and up 11.0 percent from 19,366 in August 2008, according to MDA DataQuick of San Diego.... ...  [Read More]
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Gail Griffin
I just received a letter marked Confidential in the mail from a Law Group. The letter has no company letterhead or logo and the company name was in small print at the bottom of the letter. The letter indicated my first mortgage originally funded by "my ...  [Read More]
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Gail Griffin
August 18, 2009 La Jolla, CA---Southern California homes sold last month at the fastest clip for a July in three years and the fastest pace for any month since December 2006. The median price paid rose slightly from June – marking the third consecutive ...  [Read More]
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Gail Griffin
The Chino Valley Unified School District must wait another five weeks before the State Senate will decide on Curt Hagman's bill to waive the $7.5 million penalty for the miscalcuated (shorted) minutes of each day during the last school year. The Senate ...  [Read More]
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Gail Griffin
The State Board of Education denied the Chino Valley Unified School District's (CVUSD) decision to make up an error in school attendance time at Dickson and Rolling Ridge Elementary schools. In an attempt to avoid a $7 million penalty for the error, ...  [Read More]
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Gail Griffin
The State Board of Education is holding the $7 million dollar fine over the heads of the Chino Valley School District. Although a bill introduced by Assemblyman Curt Hagman was unanimously passed by the state assembly and now waiting the state senate's ...  [Read More]
Posted:byGail Griffin
Gail Griffin
Curt Hagman's bill AB35XXX has passed the state assembly and is now waiting the state senate's approval. If passed, the state will reduce the make up days to 10 and waive the Chino Valley Unified School District penalties of $7.5 million dollars ...  [Read More]
Posted:byGail Griffin
Gail Griffin
Sales are up in California. See the report at DataQuick. Southern California median prices are going up. See the report at DataQuick . Record high foreclosures in CA. See the report at DataQuick . April Home Sales by County and City. See the report at ...  [Read More]
Posted:byGail Griffin
Gail Griffin
Curt Hagman, our Assemblyman has come to the rescue! He introduced a bill that was unanimously passed last week to waive the penalties caused by the time error at Rolling Ridge and Dickson elementary schools. The spreadsheet error in attendance minutes ...  [Read More]
Posted:byGail Griffin
Gail Griffin
It seems the students of Rolling Ridge and Dickson Elementary Schools are attending a 34 day detention due to a school district error! Students will have to attend school an extra 34 days as a result of the District's miscalculation of daily required ...  [Read More]
Posted:byGail Griffin
Gail Griffin
I wish to honor those close to me who have lost their battle with cancer: my father, my dear friend Gary, and my cousins Darlene, Loren, and my Uncle Clarence. I wish honor my sister Lynda and cousin Fred who are fighting the battle now, and couragous ...  [Read More]
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Gail Griffin
El Rancho, Gird and Los Serranos elementary schools will be closed as a result of a $44 million dollar budget deficit facing the school board. Over 160 of our certified elementary school teachers and 65 temporary teachers will receive preliminary layoff ...  [Read More]
Posted:byGail Griffin
Gail Griffin
Extraordinary Elegance! • 3,715 sq. ft., 3 bath, 5 bdrm 2 story "Tuscan" - MLS® $790,000 Chino Hills, San Bernardino County - Available for back-up offers. Extraordinary Elegance & stunning style throughout this beautiful Tuscan ...  [Read More]
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Gail Griffin
John Rowe, superintendent of Chino Hills State Park, gets a closer look at the devastation caused by a tidal wave of wind and fire that swept into the park Nov. 15. With flames shooting 80 feet into the sky, more than 95% of the 14,100-acre park was quickly ...  [Read More]
Posted:byGail Griffin
Gail Griffin
Did you purchase your home between late 2003 and mid 2007? If so, you may be paying too much in property taxes! Homeowners whose home values have gone down signifcantly may benefit from Prop.8 ( not the Prop. 8 of 2008) which is an assessment appeal allowing ...  [Read More]
Posted:byGail Griffin
Gail Griffin
The Chino Valley School District is one of the best in the Inland Empire and a big draw for home buyers in Chino and Chino Hills. Sending your child to a top rated school is just plain good parenting! The API score is the Academic Performance Index based ...  [Read More]
Posted:byGail Griffin
Gail Griffin
The nation’s banks are in less danger of failing today than they were during the savings & loan crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s, when more than 1,000 financial institutions failed and taxpayers funded a bailout totaling more than $125 ...  [Read More]
Posted:byGail Griffin
Gail Griffin
Here are a few notes on legal issues from the California Association of Realtors Board of Directors meeting in Sacramento on June 5, 2008. REO and vacant properties are being rented by crooks. They collect the first and last months rent plus the security ...  [Read More]
Posted:byGail Griffin
Gail Griffin
Per DataQuick, foreclosures in California were at the highest level in the first quarter of 2008 in more than 15 years. The lending industry's irresponsible practices during the real estate boom in 2005 and 2006 are the main reason for foreclosures ...  [Read More]
Posted:byGail Griffin
Gail Griffin
CQ Press, a reference and texbook publishing company has listed Chino Hills as the 16th safest city in the United States on the list of cities with a population of 75,000 or more. CQ Press is a division of Congressional Quarterly, Inc. and located in Washington ...  [Read More]
Posted:byGail Griffin
Gail Griffin
Have home prices bottomed out? This is a question I receive all the time from my clients. I have not been able to say for sure, but it now looks like it may be coming close. The link below is from a Yahoo message board regarding a market review from John ...  [Read More]
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Dominic & Hem-young deFazio
There are 3 ways first time buyers lose money by waiting to purchase a home. 1. Lost tax deductions. If you don't have a mortgage you will pay more federal and state taxes. The amount can be staggering, and the savings goes to you and not to the government. ...  [Read More]
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Gail Griffin
Check local real estate sales market statistics as they change. Information usually changes monthly, but some adjustments may change weekly. Homes Sales Market Watch  [Read More]
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