Rancho Santa Margarita Blog

The City of Rancho Santa Margarita will be hosting the 9th Annual Celebrating Family and Friends New Year’s Eve event 4:30-9:30 p.m. in Central Park on Thursday, Dec. 31st. This alcohol-free celebration will include entertainment, food booths and fun for the whole family. Admission is free! Stop in and see the Children’s Art Contest in the hallways of the Bell Tower Regional Community Center. The Center will feature drawings, collages, and fiber work from children throughout the community. It’s not too late to enter!
Celebrate the New Year with your family and friends.

Hope to see you there!

 Welcome the holiday season by decorating the front of your home with holiday lights! This year will be the third season SAMLARC will offer the Annual Holiday Lighting & Decorating Competition for residents. Judges from the Neighborhood Outreach Committee will be looking for creativity and showmanship while determining the best holiday spirit in the SAMLARC community. SAMLARC residents are able to enter as an individual home or as a neighborhood participant.

Fun story telling time for children ages 5 and up. Great time to relax and listen to stories with giant teddy bears this Thursday at 7 p.m. in the children’s section of the RSM Library. All children are welcome to wear their pajamas and join us for a fun night of story telling. For more information feel free to call (949) 459-6094 or come by the Library at 30902 La Promesa. For information on buying or selling your RSM home please feel free to call me at (949) 858-1770 or email me at margo@margomurray.com.

Your neighborhood realtor since 1988,

Margo Murray

Senate has unanimously passed the extension of the $8,000 home buyer tax credit and the House of Representatives have approved it. The bill now awaits the President’s signature.

The bill does two things, first the extension will push the December 1st deadline through till May 1, 2010. This is an $8,000 tax credit that is available now for first-time purchasers before May 1, 2010. Added to this bill is stipulation that prospective purchasers with binding contracts in place as of April 30, 2010, will be permitted an additional 60 days to complete the transaction. This gives time for those in the process of escrow to properly close.

Second, added to this bill is a new $6,500 tax credit for repeat buyers who purchase between December 1, 2009, and May 1, 2010. For those buyers who have used their home being sold as a principle residence consecutively for 5 of the 8 years, they will be able to receive the new $6,500 tax credit.

Both tax credits are given an extra 60 days to close if they are in binding contracts as of April 30, 2010. Also, the income limits have been expanded to $125,000 on a single return and $225,000 on a joint return. This is an incredible time for home buyers to take advantage of purchasing their first or new home in Rancho Santa Margarita.

For information on buying or selling your Rancho Santa Margarita Home please feel free to call me at (949) 858-1770 or email me at margo@margomurray.com.

Your neighborhood realtor since 1988,

Margo Murray

This Thursday at 7 p.m. the amazing Dana will mystify and bring wonder as she plays her tricks of magic. Things will disappear, appear, water pour from an empty bowl and things afloat in the air… all this and more tomorrow night, November 5th, at the Rancho Santa Margarita Library. These family nights are fun for the whole family, every first Thursday of the month.

For more information feel free to contact the RSM Library at (949) 459-6094 or stop by the Library at 30902 La Promesa in RSM. For help in buying or selling your RSM home please feel free to call me at (949) 858-1770 or send me an email at margo@margomurray.com.

Your neighborhood realtor since 1988,

Margo Murray

To celebrate it’s Grand Re-Opening the Rancho Santa Margarita Ruby’s will be serving free a la Carte Cinnamon Roll French Toast or a free RubyBurger with French Fries from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. TODAY Sunday, November 1st.

For more than 26 years, Ruby’s Diner has been offering a glimpse back to the 1940s with the bright red vinyl booths, white Formica tables, soda fountains and colorful Coca-Cola posters that echos the swing era. This Sunday next offers a chance for the community to become re-aquatinted with the classic Ruby’s Diner that is now company owned and operated.

For more information on the Grand Opening feel free to call Kim Myers at (949) 644-7829 or email at kmyers@Rubys.com. For information or help in selling or buying a home feel free to call (949) 858-1770 or email me at margo@margomurray.com

Your neighborhood realtor since 1988,

Margo Murray

This Friday, the Rancho Santa Margarita Library is host to the International Film Series. The Dinner Game, which is a comedy and french film from the creator of La Cage Aux Folles, will be shown with a discussion following. This film highlights a snobbish group of friends who compete to bring the biggest fool to a dinner party. Question is who is the real fool as the tables begin to turn and the comedy spins. It is a PG-13 movie for langauge, that has won three Cesar awards. Refreshments will be served.

Event starts: 7 p.m. this Friday October 16

Location: Rancho Santa Margarita Library
30902 La Promesa, RSM, Ca 92688

For any more information about the International Film Series at the Library feel free to call (949) 459-6094. For information about buying or selling your RSM home feel free to call me at (949) 235-8135 or send me an email at margo@margomurray.com.

Your neighborhood realtor since 1988,

Margo Murray

This week the Rancho Santa Margarita Library has a plethora of Cultural events and lectures from Coffee Night Wednesday night, to the Great California Shakeout Thursday Morning and International Film night on Friday. All information for these activities is available at the library website.

For tomorrow night, the RSM library hosts a fun Coffeehouse Night with local musicians who will be performing acoustic sets of original music, as well as coffee and refreshments that will be served. The event starts at 7 running till 8:30 this Wednesday the 14th of October. This event is for ages 16 and up, and takes place at 30902 La Promesa in RSM.

For more information concerning the Coffeehouse Night feel free to call (949) 459-6094. For information about buying or selling your RSM home feel free to call me at (949) 235-8135 or send me an email at margo@margomurray.com.

Your neighborhood realtor since 1988,

Margo Murray