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Real Estate

Since the mid 1950s, Arcadia has been referred to as a “Community of Homes.” Its motto is an official Arcadia hallmark and is incorporated into the city’s seal. But Arcadia’s geographical orientation, long before the beautiful homes were built, was an idyllic setting for what was and is today the envy of many southern California municipalities.

Incorporated in 1903, Arcadia is situated in the dynamic San Gabriel Valley, approximately 20 miles northeast of Los Angeles.

Arcadia experienced a growth spurt in the latter years of the 1930s. “New buildings, new businesses, public improvements and home construction were almost daily items of news,” wrote Arcadia historian Gordon Eberly. Subdivisions were opened in almost all sections of town, from moderately priced homes east of the Santa Anita Wash and north of Colorado Boulevard — to the more exclusive, beautifully landscaped homes of the Santa Anita Oaks. From the acreage acquired by Baldwin’s Rancho Santa Anita Inc. came several residential districts that developed over a period of years but ultimately encompassing a large segment of the northern part of Arcadia. Residences in Santa Anita Village, Rancho Santa Anita, the lower Rancho, Santa Anita Gardens, and the Colorado Oaks subdivisions all occupy what had been the last of the Baldwin lands.

And although not completely immune, Arcadia’s envious real estate values remain relatively insulated from the disparate market that has been weakening our real estate industry for the last year. For academic achievement, all 10 Arcadia schools have achieved statewide rankings of “10” (only 8 percent of LA schools achieved this rank, and only five other districts had every school achieve a rank of 10!). This educational prominence is a decisive factor in the preservation of Arcadia’s home values along with the seller’s propensity to obtain maximum resale values with less time on the market when it comes time to sell. Newcomers and existing homeowners alike can take comfort in knowing that perhaps the largest investment of their lives has a very bright and secure future in Arcadia’s Community of Homes.