Diamond Bar Real Estate: July 2009

Monday, July 27, 2009

Diamond Bar Country Estate with View $3,998,000

Bed: 5
Bath(F,T,H,Q): 3,3,1
Sqft: 10,183
Lot SF: 82,000
YrBuilt: 2003
HOA: $175
Stories: Two Level

Description: Super upgraded custom in The Country. This home sit on a 25,000 Sq Ft flat pad. Huge kitchen with full size dirty kitchen. Media room with built in surround sound. Very large library with built in desks. Granite and marble in the bathroom with custom inlay. Oak ceiling in dining room and other areas. Gigantic 2 story family room with wet bar room. Large flat back yard with pool with fountains and sports court. Upgrades everywhere. Pray room. Just to many items to list.

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Diamond Bar Country Estate with City Lights View $2,398,000

Bed: 5
Bath(F,T,H,Q): 4,0,1
Sqft: 7,005
Lot SF: 104,104
YrBuilt: 1982
HOA: $205
Stories: Two Level
SchDist: Walnut Valley Unified

Description: In guard gated community "the country",gorgeous tudor estate with city lights view,5 bedrooms,4.5 bathrooms. formal living room,formal dining room,family room with brick fireplace,mutli-function media room,professional wet bar in bonus room,good size library,his and her office, two big master suite,private balcony &stairs lead to pool area,big size master walking closet,master bathroom has separate shower and bath tub,stain-glass windows and doors,lots of custom features,professional landscape with sparkling pool and spa,circular driveway with wide frontage,4 car garage has 0.75 bath(without permit),plenty space for extra parking,don't miss this particular home,call the owner first to show.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Diamond Bar Country Estate with Panoramic View $3,688,000

Bed: 6
Bath(F,T,H,Q): 9
Sqft: 10,417
Lot SF: 33,105
YrBuilt: 2003
Style: Mediterranean
HOA: $205
Stories: Two Level
SchDist: Walnut Valley Unified

Description: Beautiful Custom Home Located In "The Country", A 24-Hour Gate Guarded Community. Built In 2003, This Gorgeous 10,417 SQ. FT. Home Has A Very Open Floor Plan With A Spectacular View. Six Large Bedroom Suites, One BR Is Downstairs, 7 1/2 Baths, Library, Conference Room And A Private Covered Balcony. Crystal Chandeliers, 12 Interior Columns, Marble Floors, Gourmet Kitchen With A Separate Wok Kitchen, Granite Countertops In Kitchens & Baths, 8 FT. Doors, 8 FT. Garage Doors, 4 Car Garage With Epoxy Floor. 6.1 Surround Sound System With Speakers Throughout The House, 5 CAT 5 Computer Outlets, 5 Pre-wired Satellite Dish Outlets, Multiple TV & Phone Jacks, Custom Light Fixtures, Recess LIghts, Wet Bar Entertainment Area, Pool Table Area, Central Vacuum System, Four A/C Units, Elegant Remote Salt Water Pool & Spa. Custom Basketball Sports Court, Putting Green, Koi Pond, Gazebo And Dog Run. Security Cameras, Upgraded Window And Door Moldings, 15 Outdoor Columns. Must See To Appreciate.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Diamond Bar Remodeled House with Walking Distance to School $738,000

Bed:	5
Bath(F,T,H,Q):	4

Sqft: 2,694
Lot SF: 18,160

Stories:	One Level
SchDist:	Walnut Valley Unified

Description: Walnut School district! Grand looking single story with high ceiling, totally remodeled home finishing in 2008. Top-of-the-Line materials and appliances, new double entrance door, high quality side gate with five bedrooms and 4 baths, great room and huge 492 sqft permitted covered patio can be easily turned into living space, big Kitchen with Marble Counter tops; hardwood flooring; built in BBQ stand, outdoor Spa, Beautiful inside out! Very Convenient Location, Walking distance to School, Library, Market, Restaurants, Shops and Parks. Don't let your buyer miss this great opportunity!

Friday, July 10, 2009

Diamond Bar House with City Lights and Mountain View $1,368,000

Bed: 6
Bath(F,T,H,Q): 4,0,1
Sqft: 4,323
Lot SF: 22,934
YrBuilt: 1999
HOA: $194
Stories: Two Level
SchDist: Walnut Valley Unified
Elem: Evergreen Midsch: South Pointe Highsch: Diamond Bar

Description: "DIAMOND CREST" DESIRABLE GATED COMMUNITY.BEAUTIFUL CITY LIGHTS VIEW AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST HUGE LOT SIZE: 22,934 SF.CUSTOM DESIGNED TRAVERTINE FLOORING IN ENTRY, FAMILY ROOM, KITCHEN, AND HALLWAY.UPGRADED CARPET & WOOD SHUTTER THROUGHOUT EXCEPT MASTER BEDROOM.GOURMET KITCHEN WITH BUILT-IN REFRIGERATOR AND GRANITE COUNTERTOP IN LARGE ISLAND.SUPER FAMILY ROOOM WITH FIREPLACE AND BUILT-IN BOOK SHELF.MASTER BATHROOM WITH JACUZZI TUB, WALK-IN CLOSET, TRAVERTINE FLOOR, AND GRANITE COUNTERTOP.PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPING WITH LARGE SWIMMING POOL, SPA, BUILT-IN BBQ, OVERLOOKING GORGEOUS VIEW.VERY ENTERTAINING LARGE FLAT BACKYARD WITH LOTS OF PALM TREES & FRUIT TREES.VERY MODERN AND ELEGANT FIRST ORIGINAL OWNER.ONE OF THE SELLER IS CA REAL ESTATE LICENSED.

Thursday, July 09, 2009

Diamond Bar Beautiful Home with View and Swimming $790,000

Bed: 4
Bath(F,T,H,Q): 3
Sqft: 2,522
Lot SF: 28,187
YrBuilt: 1986
Stories: Two Level

Description: Beautiful home with a spectacular view of city lights and rolling hills. Many upgrades throughout the home including travertine floors, remodeled kitchen with built in refrigerator, pull out pantry shelves, granite counter tops and backsplash, infinity edge pool and spa, rose garden with fruit trees and more. Upstairs great room could be used as office or fifth bedroom. Security system installed with all doors monitored.

Diamond Bar City

Diamond Bar City History

Diamond Bar as with many Southern California communities, Diamond Bar's recorded history began with a Mexican land grant. On March 30, 1840, Governor Juan Alvarado deeded 4,340 acres, which included Brea Canyon and the eastern Walnut Valley, to Jose de la Luz Linares, who founded Rancho Los Nogales, or Ranch of the Walnut Trees. Linares died in 1847, and his widow sold a choice portion of the ranch to Ricardo Vejar for $100 in merchandise, 100 calves, and the assumption of her late husband's debts. Vejar already owned the Rancho San Jose to the east (now Pomona), and by acquiring the rest of Rancho Los Nogales over the next ten years, became the fifth wealthiest landowner in Los Angeles County, with over 10,000 acres.

A community icon...The Windmill can still be seen at the Diamond Bar Towne Center)

Unfortunately, Vejar's luck did not last. When the United States government took over California and resurveyed the old land grants, he ended up with only 464 acres. Then the great drought of the 1860's forced most of the area ranchers to borrow money to feed their cattle. Vejar had been trading with two Los Angeles merchants, Isaac Schlesinger and Hyman Tischler, and they loaned him $600 for supplies at an interest rate of eight percent per month. When the note, with compounded interest, was finally called in for over $28,000, Vejar couldn't pay, and his property passed to Schlesinger and Tischler in 1864.

The Rancho Los Nogales did not prosper under its new owners, and they were surrounded by hostile neighbors who remained loyal to Vejar. In 1866, they sold the ranch to Louis Phillips for $30,000, bringing his holdings to over 12,000 acres. Phillips sold a portion of the ranch to WiIliam Rubettom, who opened up a tavern and overland stage station for the Butterfield route near where the Orange Freeway (57) now crosses Pomona Boulevard. He called the community "Spadra," after his hometown in Arkansas, and this became the first named settlement in the Diamond Bar area.

In 1873, the Rancho Los Nogales was sold again, this time to Wilson Beach and George Butler. After that, the property became quite fragmented as parcels were sold off to many different owners. But in 1918, Frederich E. Lewis bought up most of the original Rancho Los Nogales again, and he registered the Brand of Diamond Bar with the California Department of Agriculture. Lewis sold the Diamond Bar Ranch to the Bartholome family in 1943, and they continued to raise cattle on it for the next thirteen years.

An aerial view of Diamond Bar in the 1970's ...

In 1956, the Diamond Bar Ranch looked much as it did in 1840, with its golden hills peppered by green stands of oak and walnut trees, and grazed by large herds of cattle. The changes of the previous century were nothing, however, compared to the plans that the Transamerica Corporation had for Diamond Bar. In that year, they paid $10,000,000 for 8,000 acres of Brea Canyon, and they master-planned a community that would eventually become home to some 50,000 people. The first model homes were built at the north end of town in 1960, and a development "boom" had begun that continues today.

Today's Diamond Bar is a young, upscale residential community of about 60,000, situated among the meandering hills and valleys of Brea Canyon. Located at the junction of the Orange (57) and Pomona (60) freeways, Diamond Bar is central to all of the Los Angeles basin. A twenty-five mile radius encompasses Pasadena, downtown Los Angeles, Long Beach, Irvine and Riverside. Inside that radius, can be found such attractions as Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm, Anaheim and Dodger Stadiums, the theaters of Los Angeles' Civic Center, the Rose Bowl and the Coliseum, the Santa Anita and Los Alamitos race tracks, the Mt. Baldy ski slopes and all of the Orange County beaches. The Ontario International Airport is only twenty-five minutes away, giving Diamond Bar residents an attractive alternative to Los Angeles International Airport. A two-hour drive lands you beside the waters of Lake Arrowhead, or in the snowy mountains of Big Bear. Whether you prefer the hills and canyons in the city, the nearby mountains, the sun on the surf, or the desert, Diamond Bar places you at the center of the active Southern California life-style.

All desired services can be conveniently found in Diamond Bar's shopping and business centers. The Diamond Bar Golf Course has 18 beautiful and challenging holes, and the Los Angeles Royal Vista Golf Course is just down the road. Diamond Bar's parks offer residents more than 80 acres of recreational facilities. Mt. San Antonio College and California Polytechnic University, Pomona are located at the north edge of town, while California State University, Fullerton is just ten minutes to the south.

Diamond Bar, CA

Top 100 rank: N/A^C
Population: 59,700

Financial
	City stats	Best places avg.
Median family income (per year)	$84,173	$90,316
Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted)	$69,051	$82,867
Sales tax	8.30%	6.74%
State income tax rate (highest bracket)	9.30%^I	6.38%
State income tax rate (lowest bracket)	1.00%^I	2.74%
Auto insurance premiums (Average for the state)	$2,076	$2,121
Job growth % (2000-2006)	9.57%	13.41%
Housing
	City stats	Best places average
Median home price	$583,825	$359,352
Average property taxes (2006)	$3,730	$3,585


Education
	City stats	Best places average
Colleges, universities and professional schools (within 30 miles)	49	29
Junior colleges and technical institutes (within 30 miles)	55	18
Test scores reading (% above/below state average)	66.7%	20.1%
Test scores math (% above/below average)	52.0%	24.8%
% students attending public/private schools (located within town limits)	97.0/3.0	91.1/8.9
Quality of life
	City stats	Best places average
Air quality index* (% of days AQI ranked as good)	32.1%	77.3%
Personal crime incidents (per 1,000)	2	13
Property crime incidents (per 1,000)	15	206
Median commute time (in minutes)	30.7	23.1
% population with commute 45 mins. or longer	31.9%	15.6%
% population walk or bike to work	0.8%	2.7%

Health*
	City stats	Best places average
Has health plan (% of residents)	83.2%	90.5%
Body mass index (avg. for residents)	27	27
Diabetes rates (% of residents diagnosed)	7.3%	9.3%
Hypertension rates (% of residents diagnosed)	28.4%	30.6%
Elder-care facilities^**	263	107
Meet the neighbors
	City stats	Best places average
Median age	37.0	36.8
Completed at least some college (% of residents)	72.9%	72.4%
Married	58.6%	60.8%
Divorced	6.7%	8.0%
Racial diversity index (100 is national average; higher numbers indicate greater diversity)	428.6	59.2
Amount spent on vacations (domestic and foreign, household avg. per year)	$9,056	$8,250

*County data
**Elder-care services refer to skilled nursing and assisted living facilities. Data from Total Living Choices.
(C) Cities with populations greater than 50,000 were not eligible for this year's Best Places to Live list.

(I) Income tax notes:
17 states have statutory provision for automatic adjustment of tax brackets, personal exemption or standard deductions to the rate of inflation. Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska and Ohio indexes the personal exemption amounts only.
For joint returns, the taxes are twice the tax imposed on half the income.
Tax credits.
An additional 1% tax is imposed on taxable income over $1 million

Estimated median household income in 2005: $78,800 (it was $68,871 in 2000)

Diamond Bar	$78,800
California:	$53,629

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $564,100 (it was $245,800 in 2000)

Diamond Bar	$564,100
California:	$477,700

Diamond Bar Real Estate