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Low inventory marks home market recovery

Editor's Note: This is the first of a two-part series on the local real estate market. Today's story focuses on the homeowner, or seller. The series concludes next Sunday with the focus on the buyer. In a stabilizing real estate market, marked by rising home sales and moderate price gains, a severe shortage of homes listed for sale characterizes this particular housing recovery. The lack of inventory in Santa Clarita is the "major factor slowing ...

March 17, 2013 | By Jana Adkins Signal Business Editor | Local Business


Homebuilder buys more lots for SCV homes

KB Home acquired 54 finished lots in a land purchase agreement with Newhall Land for a new community called Charleston at River Village in Santa Clarita, the homebuilder announced on Wednesday.

March 14, 2013 | By Jana Adkins Signal Business Editor | Local Business


Learning how to get revenue from your website

Merely attracting streams of visitors to your website doesn't automatically translate into revenue growth for a business, said Erick Arndt, founder of SCV Startup.

March 10, 2013 | By Jana Adkins Signal Business Editor | Local Business


Campaign launched to attract new homebuyers

On the heels of growing builder confidence, and more new home starts than during the Great Recession, a new-home trade association launched a campaign to spotlight homebuilders' new homes, including those new home communities in the Santa Clarita Valley.

March 05, 2013 | By Jana Adkins Signal Business Editor | Local Business


Foreign Trade Zone can benefit businesses

Exporters and importers, as well as the warehouse and distribution companies that support them, reap multiple benefits when they operate inside a Foreign Trade Zone – or FTZ, said experts at a recent meeting.

March 03, 2013 | By Jana Adkins Signal Business Editor | Local Business


Roman Holiday closed for good

The wine bar business, Roman Holiday, which announced Feb. 12 it was working to re-open after a dispute between partners forced its closure, is definitely closing, sources say.

March 01, 2013 | By Jana Adkins Signal Business Editor | Local Business


Art house movie group interested in SCV

Santa Clarita residents have been loosely campaigning for quite some time to have an independent art house movie theater open locally. According to one executive, there is still hope that a theater chain airing independent films may one day locate in Santa Clarita.

February 28, 2013 | By Jana Adkins Signal Business Editor | Local Business


Santa Clarita counts on tourism for funds

Last year was a busy one for the city of Santa Clarita and its tourism partners, according to a city official.

February 27, 2013 | By Jana Adkins Signal Business Editor | Local Business


Economists paint future a subdued rose

The economic recovery still has a way to go before total household income rises to pre-recession levels, but recovery is occurring, economic experts said during a Santa Clarita Valley conference this week.

February 22, 2013 | By Jana Adkins Signal Business Editor | Santa Clarita Valley News


Studio Santa Clarita Video Show launches

Studio Santa Clarita, a video feature magazine looking at daily life in the Santa Clarita Valley, is now showing on signalscv.com. On page A2 of The Signal daily print edition, you can also scan the QR code and watch the latest show on your mobile device.

February 15, 2013 | By Jana Adkins Signal Business Editor | Santa Clarita Valley News


$5 million expansion for Mercedes dealership

Building a new dealership in one of the toughest recessions in history is no easy task, but Mercedes-Benz of Valencia managed to do just that.

February 14, 2013 | By Jana Adkins Signal Business Editor | Local Business


Wine bar operator is working to reopen

Roman Holiday hopes to re-open soon, said one of its owners. The cocktail and wine bar closed Jan. 18 when two of the three partners decided to exit the business. It's currently undergoing a change in ownership, said Gunner Resendez, the third partner. Located at The Patios at the Westfield Valencia Town Center, Resendez said that while he can't give the public an exact date as to when Roman Holiday will re-open, he is working ...

February 12, 2013 | By Jana Adkins Signal Business Editor | Local Business


Pizza restaurant betting on Santa Clarita

Feeling confident in the economy and their product, and betting on Santa Clarita, Ventura-County based Toppers Pizza is fully renovating two buildings in the city to open as restaurants later this year.

February 10, 2013 | By Jana Adkins Signal Business Editor | Local Business


Panel helps businesses deal with healthcare reform

Affordable healthcare may not be so affordable, according to a panel of healthcare reform experts.

February 08, 2013 | By Jana Adkins Signal Business Editor | Local Business


Film Office breaking records for productions

The city's Film Office is celebrating its 10-year anniversary this month and in a nod to its success, a spokesman with the city also announced 2012 was another "record year" for local filming.

February 07, 2013 | By Jana Adkins Signal Business Editor | Local Business


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Boston Scientific’s Spinal Cord Stimulator System Restores Quality of Life

Former Navy SEAL and Army Special Operations member, Richard Holt ofVentura, was one of more than 26 million Americans suffering from chronic back pain until one of his doctors recommended he take advantage of Boston Scientific's spinal cord stimulator innovation – the Precision Spectra Implant.

June 18, 2013 | By Jana Adkins Reprinted from the SCV Business Journal | Local Business


Fueled by increased demand Green Convergence’s growth doubles yearly

California accounted for nearly one-third of the nation's solar installations last year, according to a national trade association.

June 18, 2013 | By Jana Adkins Reprinted from the SCV Business Journal | Local Business


STEM jobs can boost economy

A research firm study finds that "STEM" jobs in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math - which drive economic growth - are largely available to workers without a four-year college degree.

June 14, 2013 | By Jana Adkins Signal Business Editor | Local Business


Calif. and Texas have strongest GDP growth in the U.S. in 2012

While U.S. gross domestic product grew by 2.5 percent in 2012, California's grew at 3.5 percent, according to a report released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis last week.

June 14, 2013 | Signal Business Editor | Local Business


Electricore awarded $750K for study

Electricore Inc. of Valencia was awarded $750,000 from the California Energy Commission for a "battery standardization" study for electric vehicles, said an executive with the firm.

June 13, 2013 | By Jana Adkins Signal Business Editor | Local Business


Signal website attracts record viewers

More people read, watched and viewed The Signal in print and online during May 2013, than in any month in the 94-year history of the company, said an executive with the newspaper on Thursday.

June 07, 2013 | By Jana Adkins Signal Business Editor | Local Business


California leading nation in Q2 growth

When Santa Clarita's April jobless rate dropped to the lowest rate in five years - the city's improving economic picture mirrored statewide forecasts by economic experts on Wednesday.

June 06, 2013 | By Jana Adkins Signal Business Editor | Local Business


Family business is thriving

Working in the glass business since he was 15 years old, Stuart Crawford, owner of Santa Clarita based-Valencia Custom Shower Doors, thought he should strike out on his own and do a better job for customers.

June 05, 2013 | By Jana Adkins Signal Business Editor | Local Business


SCVEDC reveals companies it has helped

A spot check of the companies the Santa Clarita Valley Economic Development Corporation said it worked with in 2012, to attract and retain companies and jobs locally, appears to support the agency's report.

May 26, 2013 | By Jana Adkins Signal Business Editor | Local Business


UPDATE: Santa Clarita's EDC president resigns

The man who built the infrastructure for the Santa Clarita Valley Economic Development Corp., and ran it as president and CEO, Jonas Peterson, submitted his resignation this week.

May 23, 2013 | By Jana Adkins Signal Business Editor | Local Business


Movie ranch to be reviewed

The Disney/ABC Studios at The Ranch project is slated to be reviewed at a public hearing held by the Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning June 19. And, both Disney and the city of Santa Clarita are hoping for a good outcome.

May 22, 2013 | By Jana Adkins Signal Business Editor | Local Business


Roundtable: The Business of Commercial and Residential Building

A perfect storm is beginning to brew on some construction fronts.

May 21, 2013 | By Jana Adkins SCVBJ Staff Writer | Business Journal


New Santa Clarita homes debut at open houses

After a long stagnant period in the new housing market, housing starts surged 47 percent from March 2012 to March 2013.

May 21, 2013 | By Jana Adkins | Local Business


Builder debuts homes overlooking riverbed

KB Home opened its newest community of new homes Saturday, the Charleston at River Village in Santa Clarita.

May 19, 2013 | By Jana Adkins Signal Business Editor | Local Business


Lights back on in the Santa Clarita home improvement industry

Operating Santa Clarita-based Deckers Electric since 1999, Owner Randy Deckers said business is probably up 10 percent this year.

May 17, 2013 | By Jana Adkins Signal Business Editor | Local Business


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