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California home sales are growing as values fall. A chart of October's median home prices gives a picture of the local real estate landscape. Arcadia's median home price in October, 2008 was $697,500, down 12.1% from the median price of $793,500 in October, 2007.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31303
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 26, 2008
Pages
p. A15
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 26, 2008
Pages
p. A15
Subjects
Home prices
Housing
Real Estate
Item ID
31498AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's median home price dropped to $719,000, down 3.2% in June 2009 from June 2008. A chart shows June median home prices in San Gabriel Valley areas.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31586
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2009
Pages
p. A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2009
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Housing market
Median home prices
Item ID
31782AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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California home prices continue to increase. Chart shows the change in median home prices from March 2004 to March 2005. The median home price in Arcadia went up 7.5% in the last year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29478
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 26, 2005
Pages
p. B3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 26, 2005
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Real estate--residential--home prices
California Association of Realtors (CAR)
Housing market
Item ID
29663AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A chart shows local median home prices for February, 2006. From February 2005 to February 2006, Arcadia's median prices jumped 20.7%.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29967
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2006
Pages
p. C3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2006
Pages
p. C3
Subjects
Real Estate
Housing
Home prices
Item ID
30153AN
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Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles County's median home price is rising. In July, 2009, it was $339,430, up from $319,860 in June 2009, but well below $395,240 a year ago. Broker Chris Vigil thinks the market has hit rock bottom. Arcadia's median home price in July 2009 was $663,000, up from $626,500 a year ago (July, 2008). A chart shows figures from surrounding cities.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31621
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Mome prices
Housing market
Real Estate
Item ID
31818AN
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Newspaper Index
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Home sales rise sharply in February with a 69.3% increase in sales in Los Angeles County over the same period a year ago. People are buying up foreclosed homes as prices drop in the San Gabriel Valley. Arcadia home prices came down 6.6%, whereas Azusa's home prices fell 45.3%. The median price of a single family home in the county was $298,000 in February, compared with $465,000 last year. Arcadia's median home price was the highest in the San Gabriel Valley, at $635,000. A chart of February median home prices is shown.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31417
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Foreclosures
Homes
Housing
Real estate market
Item ID
31610AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Median home prices in California surged to a record $305,940 in March, up 19 percent from last year. In Arcadia, prices averaged $355,000, up 9.2 percent.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30319
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 16, 2002
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p. 1, 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 16, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 8
Subjects
Homes
Real Estate
Item ID
30505AN
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Newspaper Index
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San Gabriel Valley home values went up in May, the third month in a row in which median home prices rose across the state. Arcadia had the highest median price at $700,000. A chart compares SGV cities.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31540
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2009
Pages
p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2009
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Home prices
Housing
Item ID
31736AN
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Newspaper Index
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Home prices in California have dropped almost 42% from a year ago, November, as a glut of foreclosed homes drove first-home buyers to buy on the bottom end. Statewide, a single-family home cost a median price of $285,680. In Los Angeles County, the San Gabriel Valley housing market is in bad shape. According to the California Association of Realtors, prices around the San Gabriel Valley ranged from lows of $256,000 in La Puente to highs of $692,500 in Arcadia, which saw a slight drop of only 4.8%, compared to last year.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 24, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 24, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Economy
Housing
Real Estate
Recession
Item ID
31526AN
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Newspaper Index
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As median home prices dip throughout Southern California, many local homes are being foreclosed. In 2007, there were 215 foreclosure filings in Arcadia. See chart for figures on surrounding areas.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30943
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 24, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 24, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Foreclosures
Houses
Housing market
Item ID
31138AN
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Newspaper Index
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A chart shows median prices of homes in August of this year compared with the same period last year. Arcadia prices increased 20.5%.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 26, 2002
Pages
p. C3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 26, 2002
Pages
p. C3
Subjects
Housing
Item ID
24730AN
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Newspaper Index
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A tile tapestry was unveiled on the northwest wall of the Arcadia Public Library on Friday, April 8, 2005. More than 200 individual tiles were painted by the public to depict life in Arcadia. A photo is included.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29469
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - 2001-2010
Public Art
Tile tapestry
Liu, Sarah
Peppers, Justin
Peppers, Joanne
Wang, Vivian
Item ID
29654AN
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Newspaper Index
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A chart shows school enrollment numbers from 1998 to 2004. More than 40 percent of the public school districts in California are experiencing declining enrollment. Experts say it is due to a decline in the birth rate and families' migration patterns.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29449
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 13, 2005
Pages
p. A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 13, 2005
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Enrollment
Schools - West San Gabriel Valley
Item ID
29634AN
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Newspaper Index
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Increased home values means the City of Arcadia will receive more money from property tax.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28913
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Property Tax Valuations
Real Estate
Item ID
29104AN
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Newspaper Index
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Getting a permit to install solar panels on homes in the San Gabriel Valley is costly. A Sierra Club report shows that San Gabriel Valley cities charge more than other Southland communities. The average permit cost to install a typical 20-panel system in Southern California is about $493. Arcadia's fee is $283. A chart shows the fees of surrounding cities.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31559
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Energy
Environment
Solar panels
Solar power
Item ID
31755AN
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Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles County's unemployment rate rose to 5.5 percent in December 2005, up from 5.1 percent the previous month but down from 6.5 percent a year ago. Arcadia has a 2.7 percent jobless rate.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2006
Pages
p. B3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2006
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Los Angeles County
Jobless rates
Unemployment
Item ID
30066AN
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Newspaper Index
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For fiscal 1999-2000, city revenues are projected to be more than $1.5 million higher than previously projected.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27423
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 10, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 10, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Budget
Revenues
Item ID
27620AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The median price of an existing home in Los Angeles County rose in January with the biggest percentage increase occurring in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27811
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 26, 2004
Pages
p. C3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 26, 2004
Pages
p. C3
Subjects
Housing
Item ID
28008AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles County's unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 percent in November, down from 4.3 percent the previous month and 5.3 percent a year earlier. Arcadia's jobless rates appears on the chart at 2.1 percent, along with rates for other cities.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30331
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 2006
Pages
p. Local 3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 2006
Pages
p. Local 3
Subjects
Jobless rates
Los Angeles County
Unemployment
Item ID
30517AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed taking 8% of the property tax that cities receive. That would mean a loss of $1,202,358 for Arcadia. A chart shows how much other local cities may lose.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31480
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 21, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 21, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
California state budget
Property tax
Recession
Item ID
31674AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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