Santa Clarita Home Owner Associations What buyers need to know 2017-261

When wanting to buy or sell real estate, if there is a Home Owners Association, you need to do some additional investigations.

In some cases buying a home within a HOA controlled community can be a deal break for a real estate buyer. For example, there are certain communities which limit the number of pets a person can have. There are also certain communities which limit the size of said pets. That can be a deal break for some wanting to buy real estate, but who love their pets more than owning a home.

It's very necessary for a real estate seller to know what they can expect when a buyer approaches. If that buyer has pets, the seller may lose out if where they live is controlled by a home owners association. 

In most cases the sellers already know what the HOA allows and what it does not. Within a Santa Clarita real estate transaction, the home buyer should also be brought up to speed within the disclosure process. There will come a time when the HOA documents will have been ordered by escrow. The Escrow company will have the home seller pay for those documents. Even if the home owner has a copy, that will not suffice. Escrow deems it necessary to order them from the HOA directly. That is because there may have been changes, updates and other additions/deletions from the HOA documents the seller has in their possession.

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