Santa Clarita realtor Richard Szerman from Alta Realty offers free assistance to mortgage holders seeking forbearance under the CARES Act, urging them to file soon, as he expects these programs to quickly come to a close. Szerman described the CARES Act as “Congress’s response to relief for the coronavirus for people with mortgages,” and said that he will be offering ...

Santa Clarita realtor Richard Szerman offers local homeowners free foreclosure defense through loan modification assistance. For more than a decade, Richard Szerman has offered free loan modification assistance to hundreds of Santa Clarita homeowners. Szerman states that his success rate for clients accessing this free foreclosure defense service is 80 percent, compared to the national average of 14 percent. Having ...

A realtor in Santa Clarita who specializes in foreclosure defense is explaining deferred mortgage payments now being offered by many banks as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Richard Szerman of Alta Realty Group first pointed out that there is a “big, big difference” between a forbearance and a deferment, and advised homeowners to pay careful attention to which term ...

A realtor in Santa Clarita is cautioning homeowners who may be having trouble with their mortgage not to believe everything their bank tells them about what can be done to solve the issue. Richard Szerman of Alta Realty Group regularly provides free loan modification and foreclosure defense services to the public, and often hears from desperate new clients who are ...

After a single mom from Saugus lost her home in an allegedly illegal foreclosure, a realtor in Santa Clarita is teaming up with his wife, a real estate attorney, in a pro bono fight for justice. When Sarah Adams* first contacted Richard Szerman of Alta Realty Group in a desperate attempt to get her home back after it had been ...

The median sale price for a single-family home increased 11.6 percent in 2019 when compared to the previous year, according to data published in the January 2020 edition of Realtor Report, the official publication of the Southland Regional Association of Realtors. The report found the median sale price of a single-family home in November 2019 to be $625,000, an 11.6 ...

“If we were to lose our home at this point, I don’t know what we do,” Maria Sandoval told KHTS during an emotional interview this week. A mother of three with disabled twin sons in their early 20s, Maria and her husband, Catarino, are the latest victims of what a realtor in Santa Clarita is calling the “zombie” second mortgage ...

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,” ...