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Seven Gables Extends its Community Outreach During the Holiday Season

1 Comment By Gina Santanello on November 29th, 2011
Tags: Anaheim Hills, community, Community involvement, Contribution, food drive, Salvation Army, Seven Gables, Tustin Categories: Communitiy

Making a difference in our communities. That’s not only one of Seven Gables’ “Core Values,” but a mantra that’s become a way of life for us and keeps the familial environment around here so tight knit. In addition to our ongoing partnership with Orangewood Children’s Foundation, our company has dedicated the past 15 years to supporting the Salvation Army with their holiday canned food drives and Angel Tree program. And the commitment has always been a mutually rewarding one.

Recognizing that food banks across the county, the state and the nation for that matter are now facing record shortages, Seven Gables and its associates decided this year to reach out to the primary markets it serves and ask others in the community to support its efforts. Our collection started on November 11^th and runs through December 12^th. To date, there’s been a steady delivery of canned goods and other non-perishable food items to our offices in Anaheim Hills and Tustin. While the efforts thus far have been great, the need is even greater. So we’re hopeful that these next two weeks will bring a windfall of donations for the benefit of so many.

As a way of showing our appreciation for any and all food donations, Seven Gables is having a weekly drawing for a $50.00 Trader Joe’s Gift Card.

Winners over the past two weeks include OC residents Terry McCracken and Helga O’Brien. There are still two more drawings scheduled for this Friday, December 2^nd and next Friday, December 9^th, so if you are interested in entering to win a Trader Joe’s Gift Card, please stop by either of our offices with any canned or other non-perishable food donation and simply fill out an entry form.

Seven Gables’ North Orange County office is located at 5481 E. Santa Ana Canyon Road in Anaheim Hills, and our Central County location is at 12651 Newport Avenue in the city of Tustin.

For additional information please call: 714.974.7000 or 714.731.3777.

Is Waiting Really Better Than Buying a Home Right Now?

1 Comment By Amanda Wernick on October 26th, 2010
Tags: 7G, American Dream, buying a home, Homeownership, Interest Rates, Real Estate Trends, Seven Gables, Seven Gables Real Estate, Wall Street Journal Categories: Real Estate, Uncategorized

Every day I scour the internet looking for trends and real estate news. Most of the time, I come across some really great articles. But more often than not, I find articles like this from CreditLoan.com. It seems as if bad news sells and the more “down” the story, the more readers flock to its sites and then make the assumption that the end is near.

The Wall Street Journal recently gave 10 good reasons why NOW is a great time to buy a home. I found them interesting and agree with them. I don’t play the stock market and I’m not a financial analyst, but let me tell you why I think today is a great time to buy a home in laymen’s terms:

Interest rates are at all time historical lows. This means that you can afford to buy more of a house than you could back in the late 80’s where interest rates were as high as 13%.
You invest in your community. In this time of connectedness (thanks to the internet), establishing roots seems to have made a comeback. Even local Realtors realize that being HYPER-LOCAL offers advantages to community growth.
You will be buying a piece of the American dream. Homeownership used to be something to aspire to. It told the world that you had made it. Yet in times of subprime loans and the monetary fiasco we currently face, many people lost sight of that and started treating their homeownership like a crazy weekend in Vegas!
Speaking of the crazy monetary market, if you had invested in Real Estate (assuming you didn’t refinance the heck out of it) your “investment” would have grown 43.4% in the last 10 years over bond and stock purchases according to MSN.com & Case Shiller.
Sense of pride. Ask your parents why they bought their homes; for that matter ask someone that is over 55 and they will tell you the stories of how they scrimped and saved to buy a home so that they could have something that was THEIRS. Something that they could pass on to future generations.
Building memories. Do you recall Thanksgivings at Aunt Bertie’s house or Christmas at Uncle Earl’s? Do you remember the feeling of family, closeness and togetherness? You can’t buy those, or pay for them. There is something special created in a home.
Tax advantages. Obviously you want to speak to your tax person, but here are just a few ways that you can benefit from owning your own home from HouseLogic.com.

What are your thoughts? Do you believe all the hype or are you going to jump on the opportunity that is happening now? Whether you agree or disagree, I welcome your feedback!

The Wooden Floor

5 Comments By Amanda Wernick on October 14th, 2010
Tags: 7G, Charity, community, Keep the Promise, orange county, Sandy DeAngelis, Santa Ana, Seven Gables, Seven Gables Real Estate, St. Joseph Ballet, The Wooden Floor, wine Categories: Communitiy, Real Estate

Friday, I was on caravan for the city of Santa Ana with Sandy DeAngelis. She is what I aspire to be when I decide to grow up! She is knowledgeable, resourceful, a true joy to be around and I am thankful to be a part of her Real Estate team. We started talking about Real Estate (what else is new) and then about community. She then started to share with me about an organization that I had never heard of. It is called The Wooden Floor. Have you heard of it? She started to bubble over with excitement when she was telling me about who they are and what they do for the community. I couldn’t help but become inspired and look deeper into who they are.

The Wooden Floor, “Formerly known as St. Joseph Ballet was established in 1983 to serve underprivileged youth in Orange County.” Watch an 11:00 minute video giving you a glimpse into their cause here.

Hard to imagine that Orange County, one of the richest counties in California would have such a need, but the need is rampant.

On Saturday October 9^th, 2010, The Wooden Floor hosted “Keep the Promise,” a wine tasting benefit to raise funds for their community. One young lady involved in the program had the opportunity to give her testimony. Her name is Meyby. In her words:

“Through the dance program, I have excelled to the top level 10 class. The discipline and focus in dance helps me in all areas of my life. I am enrolled in the tutoring program that also helps me with my homework and keep my grades up. I don’t have to go through the difficulties my parents had. Here you get to create a new future-one that has never been seen before. Thank you for supporting The Wooden Floor.”

I was so inspired by seeing the power behind this program that I “liked” them on Facebook and now follow them on Twitter as well (@TheWoodenFloor).

This Saturday, October 16^th The Wooden Floor will once again be holding auditions and it is reported that people will line up at the front doors starting at 4:00 IN THE MORNING.

Now there’s an organization filled with hope and inspiration.

Thank you Sandy for opening my eyes, yet again, to such a wonderful cause!

Orangewood Foundation-July Event-Back to school Gear

0 Comments By Amanda Wernick on July 26th, 2010
Tags: Contribution, donations, Orangewood Children's Foundation, Orangewood Children's home, Seven Gables, Seven Gables Real Estate, Tustin Community Categories: Communitiy

Orangewood Children’s Foundation

Once upon a time, we all were in school. We all dreamed of lazy summer vacation days, and then we all dreamed of reuniting with our friends at school in order to get caught up over what happened, showing off new clothes…the smell of new pencils and notebooks…Ah…Youth!

Of course today’s youth are exposed to a different culture…they have iPads, iPods, laptops and DELL notebooks….

None-the-less, they still look forward to going back to school to be with their friends.

Not everyone could afford new school supplies…then or now….and this month we are looking to help out these youngsters by providing them with much needed school supplies to get their year off to a great start and this is where you come in!

What can you contribute to the Orangewood Foundation that will make an impact on these kids? We’re not talking about buying laptops etc (though we’re not discouraging that either), just the basic necessities. Target, Walmart even CVS are replete with aisles of school supplies…stroll the aisles and then contribute what you can.

New pencils, pens, notebooks etc…whatever your budget will allow.

Feel free to drop them off at our offices:

12651 Newport Avenue, Tustin or

5481 Santa Ana Canyon Road, Anaheim Hills

Look forward to seeing you there!