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    www.labusinessjournal.com/article.asp?aID=78692787.4187 - [Cached Version]
    Published on: 7/11/2009    Last Visited: 7/11/2009  

    Mark Troth, co-owner of Troth Realtors/GMAC Real Estate in Lancaster, said he was seeing the results of pent-up demand as well.

    "It's not unusual to see two or three offers on a home," Troth said. "And some have 15 to 20 offers."

    According to HomeData, two of Lancaster's three ZIP codes had triple-digit increases in sales volume during June. Troth reported that about half the buyers came from the Lancaster area and the other half were transplants from the San Fernando Valley or the Los Angeles Basin looking to take advantage of low prices.

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    www.cityoflancasterca.org/Index.aspx?page=431 - [Cached Version]
    Published on: 8/13/2007    Last Visited: 10/15/2007  

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    Mark A. Troth, Vice ChairmanBroker and President, Troth Realtors/GMAC Real Estate
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    Mark Troth is the Broker and President of Troth Realtors/GMAC Real Estate, and is the third-generation member of his family to lead the company.Founded in 1957 by Mark's grandfather, Byron W. Troth, Mark co-owns the company with his sister and brother-in-law, Don and Debbie Anderson.
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    Mark obtained his real estate license at the age of 22, and has since become an accomplished real estate broker.Mark has received a number of awards, such as the prestigious Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager designation from the Council of Real Estate Brokerage Managers, the 2001 Broker of the Year award from the Greater Antelope Valley Association of Realtors (GAVAR), and the Antelope Valley Board of Realtors' 1986 Realtor of the Year.

    Mark served as President for the Antelope Valley Board of Realtors in 1988, and also served on GAVAR's Board of Directors and was its President in 2003.He served as a State Director and Regional Chairperson for the California Association of Realtors, as well as chaired as Tenant-Landlord sub-committee.

    Mark, however, does not count his accomplishments in multi-million-dollar club awards or production awards.He finds the rewards of the business to be the countless friends he has made from clients, and the referral business that he has built from previous clients.Mark believes that to be successful in any endeavor, you must just simply "do the right thing."
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    Born in Tujunga, California, Mary Faux, her husband Mark, and daughter Sara moved to the Antelope Valley from the Central Valley in 1986.

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    www.avpress.com/n/26/0626_s16.hts - [Cached Version]
    Published on: 7/2/2007    Last Visited: 7/2/2007  

    , vice chairman; Ken Mann, Camille's Sidewalk Cafe, chairman; Mark Troth, Troth Realtors GMAC Real Estate, chairman-elect; and Valley Press Director of Retail Advertising Jay Curran, vice chairman, share a laugh prior to the installation ceremony and banquet held Saturday at the J.P. Eliopulos Hellenic Center in Lancaster.
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    Chairman-elect for 2007-2008 is Mark Troth of Troth Realtors GMAC Real Estate, and treasurer is Gil Rojas.

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    www.avpress.com/n/13/1213_s3.hts - [Cached Version]
    Published on: 12/13/2008    Last Visited: 12/15/2008  

    "Every outlet, every interior door, the faucets, the garbage disposal, the water heater - all gone," said Mark Troth, the Lancaster real estate agent who will try to find a buyer for this foreclosed property, near Avenue J-10 and 61st Street West.

    The thieves behind this job took closet shelves, closet doors, the garage-door opener and the doorbell. They tried to get all three of the house's toilets, but they left them behind in the garage.

    "Not counting paint and carpeting, it might take $10,000 to rebuild everything," Troth said.

    At another property - a small, green, stuccoed ranch house in east Lancaster - someone took all the copper pipe running to and from the water heater, tearing up a fair amount of drywall in the process.

    "Anything that can be taken out of a house, we've seen it," Troth said, saying he has even seen people steal massive central air conditioning units.

    In the real-estate business for 30 years, Troth says this isn't the first time he has seen foreclosed homes become prime targets for opportunistic thieves.

    "It's something that is not new - we saw this in the (foreclosure) market in the '80s and again in the '90s," he said.

    "Probably we're seeing it start to build momentum now as the economy worsens," Troth said.

    It's a problem that can accelerate, Troth said, because more foreclosed homes mean more targets and fewer watchful eyes.

    "When the market started to go south, maybe only one house in a whole neighborhood might be empty," he said. "Now, one in five might be empty. There are fewer eyes watching, and there's less pride in the community. , The odds of someone caring enough to call it in go down."

    That makes foreclosure pirates more brazen: Troth said he once caught vandals in the act at 4 p.m. on a weekday.

    At least five men have been arrested since September for stealing appliances and air conditioning units from vacant Valley homes.
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    No," Troth said.

    "Is it uncommon? No."

    This kind of piracy doesn't just make Troth's job as a Realtor harder. It can drive down property values in a neighborhood and it can lead to an overabundance of absentee landlords and rental housing.

    "Only maybe a third of the time will a bank put a house like this back together," Troth said. "Usually, they'll just discount it."

    Take that house off Avenue J-10: If vandals did $10,000 worth of damage, then a $200,000 house suddenly becomes a $190,000 house.

    But Troth said a bank will more likely cut the price by much more than the amount of damage, because no one wants to buy a house at market price, then put thousands of dollars into it.

    "So the bank will have to take a $2 or $3 discount for every dollar of repair that needs to be done," he said. "You could have a $45,000 discount for $15,000 in damage."

    If that house on J-10 was worth $200,000, the bank might sell it for $180,000 or even $170,000, Troth said. But that discount isn't a good thing, he said, because it sets a precedent for other houses in the neighborhood.

    When appraisers look at recent home sales in an area, they don't see a $200,000 house selling for $170,000 because of damage done by vandals, Troth said: They only see a house selling for $170,000.

    "In a buyer's market like this, a buyer never wants to pay more than what the last guy paid," he said.

    "Buyers are very educated as to what the market is doing."

    That means it will be harder to sell other, nonpirated homes in the area for their full market value, Troth said.

    On top of that, Troth said, buying these discounted properties difficult for average home buyers.

    Someone buying a home with an FHA loan might have a down payment of between 1% and 3%, he said. After scraping together that down payment, many buyers don't have the money to install three new toilets, replace dozens of electrical outlets and replumb their water heaters.

    "It becomes unfinanceable," he said, meaning the house can only be purchased by someone with enough cash on hand. "We're seeing a lot of out-of-area buyers , and investor-type buyers."

    In neighborhoods where thievery is more common, he said the balance in an area could go from 90% of the homes being occupied by the families that own them to perhaps 60%.

    Troth said he doesn't want to demonize renters and said affordable rental homes are the first rung on the real estate ladder, but also noted that some landlords are less scrupulous than others.

    "There are instances where you get out-of-town landlords who become the landlords the city of Lancaster is trying to corral."

    Because foreclosure pirates can have such ill effects on neighborhoods, Troth said it has to be up to people who live near foreclosed properties to be vigilant.

    "If it looks suspicious, it probably is," he said.

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    www.aveconomy.org/NEW/members.html - [Cached Version]
    Published on: 3/9/2007    Last Visited: 3/9/2007  

    Mark A. Troth

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    www.aveconomy.org/NEW/sites.html - [Cached Version]
    Published on: 5/14/2006    Last Visited: 3/9/2007  

    Mark A. Troth1801 W. Avenue K, Suite 101 LLancaster, CA 93534 661-810-7662661-723-8845 Fax

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    AV Press: City cuts back, OKs program to fight crime - [Cached Version]
    Published on: 12/15/2003    Last Visited: 12/15/2003  

    Mark Troth, president of GAVAR, said his organization would support a campaign for the special tax.

    Sileo added to his objection to the downsized LAN-CAP program that at the November meeting the council asked for funding alternatives and that in response the council got "half a program" with rental property owners seemingly shifting the burden from themselves to others.

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    Antelope Valley Real Estate Market - [Cached Version]
    Published on: 2/19/2006    Last Visited: 9/6/2009  

    Mark Troth, owner of Troth Realtors GMAC Real Estate in Lancaster, said the recent slight increase in mortgage interest rates has not been an issue in the Valley.

    "So far, our market hasn't seen an effect. It's still churning as fast as it has in the last 2½ years," he said. He projects that as long as the rate, now at about 5.5% for a fixed rate mortgage, stays under 7%, home sales will stay hot. In his experience, 7% is a kind of "mental barrier" for buyers, the point at which sales begin to drop off. As long as rates don't go up fast, sales should stay active.

    "We have a very, very, very good rate," Troth said. Even the additional fees recently passed by Palmdale probably won't affect sales.

    "The most affordable houses are definitely here in the Antelope Valley," he said.

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    Antelope Valley Real Estate in High Demand, Short... - [Cached Version]
    Published on: 5/30/2003    Last Visited: 7/15/2003  

    According to Mark Troth, president of the Greater Antelope Valley Association of Realtors, "We have only a 1.42-month supply of resale homes currently.With an average monthly absorption rate of 451 units monthly and only 685 listings as of May 1, this shows why we face a very tight market in the Valley."

    Although local home prices rose 28 percent since 2002, the average listing price of a resale house is $223,000, which is still the lowest in the state, Troth said.

    "It's definitely a good time to be looking into the real estate market," he said.
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    Having a lower inventory of homes is creating a downward pressure on the market and upward pressure on pricing, Troth said.The cost of resale homes is not increasing as fast as last year because the process is slowing the change.

    "Appraisers can't justify the increased values that buyers are willing to accept," Troth said.

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    Board Room - [Cached Version]
    Published on: 4/18/2004    Last Visited: 4/18/2004  

    Immediate Past President - Mark Troth, CRS
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    MARK TROTH, CRB, CRS - As GAVAR President, Mark Troth plans to focus on completing the association's new 3,400-square-foot home during 2003 and continuing to dialog with the local cities and county."In expanding our horizons, we must address the issue of affordable housing for Antelope Valley families.We are rapidly reaching a point where workers can't afford a median price home," he said.

    "As REALTORS, we need to take a look at this and help to solve the problems."

    Mark is the Broker and President of Troth Realtors/GMAC Real Estate and is the third-generation member of his family to lead the company, which was founded by his grandfather, Byron W. Troth, in 1957.
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    As a believer in organized real estate, Mark has long been active in local real estate groups, having served Antelope Valley Board of REALTORS President in 1988, 1st V.P. in 1987, 2nd V.P. in 1986, Secretary in 1985, and Treasurer in 1984, as well as chairing almost every committee within AVBOR.

    In 1986 Mark was awarded AVBOR's REALTOR of the Year.Then in 2000 he decided it was time to become re-involved in the newly merged organization GAVAR, becoming a Director.He has served on the Professional Standards Committee, Finance Committee and chaired the Site Facilities Committee.

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