Homes, Living and All Things Local
After hearing that our January unemployment was the fourth highest ever you would never realize that our January unemployment was only half as bad as the unemployment rate in Dec. of 1974. And, only 1/3 of the unemployment in June of 1956.
My last post was early May. (by the way – May winners of my snail-mail contest will be published later today) What a busy month! Real Estate activity in the Foothills picked up in May beyond anyone’s expectation – what a welcome development! Prices are still controlled by the foreclosure market. Foreclosures remain a very [...]
Is it or Isn’t it – Sold? Marc Twain once commented that the “The report of my death was an exaggeration”. A recent paper reported that the Foothill Nissan location had been sold for $18 Million. Well, you guessed, reports of its sale were greatly exagerated. I have it on the best authority that this [...]
Foothill Nissan has been a fixture in La Crescenta for 30 years or more. But, no more. In the last few days they have left. A week ago they closed up shop and now it’s all gone. Ruth Longoria at the Crescenta Valley Sun has the details in her article. The old Foothill Nissan site [...]
Sunland/Tujunga homeowners are vexed (and getting vexed(er)). This “big box” store will change the charater of the area. In which case Home Depot will be coming and Sunland will be going (to pot?).Homeowners feel that almost any general merchandise store – think Target or similar – is the way to go.  What do you think? [...]
