A Santa Clarita realtor recently helped a family in Saugus save their home from foreclosure by issuing them a loan to “flip” the house so it could be sold at a price that nearly doubled the net proceeds the family would have previously gotten. For years, Richard Szerman of Alta Realty Group has offered the Resale Renovation Program, which gives ...

A realtor in Santa Clarita is continuing to give renters money to help them buy a house through a unique offering called the Rental Rebate Program. “This is not an exaggeration — we will literally give you money to help buy a house,” said Richard Szerman of Alta Realty Group. “We literally give away money based on your rent.”  The ...

Santa Clarita Realtor Richard Szerman of Alta Realty Group is continuing to raise awareness about several innovative programs he offers to the community, where residents can receive free foreclosure defense services, as well as grant money to help them buy or sell a house. “I’m a realtor, we have a real estate company, but it’s so much more than that,” ...

A Santa Clarita realtor who previously offered sellers a grant to fix up their house through the Resale Renovation Program is now offering an expanded version of the program for houses in need of significant improvements. Richard Szerman of Alta Realty Group has given sellers in the past 1 percent of the house’s projected sale price to make basic improvements, ...

For 81-year-old Wayne Dunlap, the years-long battle to save his home from a seemingly unjust foreclosure, all the while fighting two different kinds of cancer and living with a heart condition, has become a matter of life and death. Wayne has atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat that has caused two valves in his heart to leak, creating the need for ...

A Santa Clarita realtor is encouraging the community to “make noise” about the rising number of seemingly unjust foreclosures he believes are set in motion as a result of banks and servicers no longer having any “oversight” forcing them to behave ethically today. “Because there is no oversight, these guys can do whatever the heck they want,” said Richard Szerman ...

A Santa Clarita realtor is continuing to raise awareness about the free foreclosure defense services he offers to the community, in addition to several other unique real estate services. Richard Szerman of Alta Realty Group partners with homeowners at risk of foreclosure to go head to head with banks in an effort to find a solution that will keep them ...

A Santa Clarita realtor is thanking the Santa Clarita community for the “dramatic effect” he’s seen as a result of residents’ responses to a series of KHTS stories about local families unjustly facing foreclosure. Rich Szerman of Alta Realty Group offers free foreclosure defense services to the public, and enlisted the help of KHTS in recent years to share the ...

A Santa Clarita realtor is refusing to give up a years-long fight to save a Canyon Country couple’s home after a “zombie” second mortgage forced them into a foreclosure slated for Jan. 24. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. In 2009, Art and Jackie Torres were reportedly informed by their lender at ...

A Santa Clarita realtor is asking residents to call on their elected officials to act on two critical mortgage reforms he believes are necessary to prevent a slew of unnecessary foreclosures in the coming years. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. With housing prices starting to “stall,” interest rates going up and ...