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When Housing Density Outruns Safety

Over the past several weeks, a series of events and expert warnings have converged to create a clear and increasingly urgent picture of what State mandated density is creating in the Foothill communities. A recent Los Angeles Times column e...

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November 2025 Five Markets at Glance

Robbyn Battles presents your November Market at a Glance. As a lifelong La Crescenta, Montrose, and Glendale area resident and a Realtor with more than 35 years of experience, I evaluate the numbers that truly influence local decisions for...

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Beautiful Spanish Charmer

Robbyn Battles here, and I want to tell you a little story about a home that feels like it was pulled from the pages of a moody, sunlit California magazine. Tucked into one of Glendale’s most beloved enclaves, 3470 Downing Avenue is the kind ...

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Free Photos with Santa and Snow 2025

Get ready for snow, La Crescenta and the Foothill community. Saturday, December 6th is shaping up to be a very special day. The forecast is calling for flurries at 10 a.m., and how can that prediction be so accurate? Because it is time once...

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November Monthly Letter

This month brings some exciting news. I have been named Vice President of Senior Homes and Trust Sales at JohnHart Real Estate in La Crescenta. I am expanding my services by building a team that will work exclusively with seniors planning a...

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Nine Density Housing Projects Across the Foothills

Across our Foothill communities, nine major projects will add 485 long term housing units and 16 short term suites, reshaping the corridor far more quickly than our current infrastructure can adapt. These developments stretch from La ...

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Scams against seniors Q&A

More than ever, seniors are being targeted by bold, highly sophisticated scams that use artificial intelligence, voice cloning, deepfakes, spoofed phone numbers, and personalized phishing. What used to be isolated grandchild in trouble calls ...

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October 5 Markets at a Glance

Robbyn Battles presents your October Market at a Glance. As a lifelong La Crescenta, Montrose, and Glendale area resident and a Realtor with more than 35 years of experience, I track what truly moves our local markets so homeowners, buyers, and...

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Anatomy of Two Solds, Two Sellers, Two Journeys

Anatomy of a Sold: Two Homes, Two Sellers, Two Very Different Journeys. This month’s feature includes the new seven real questions and answers from me, Robbyn Battles, inspired by the true stories behind these October sales. Every home ha...

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