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2010 

It's a Gift to the County of Orange. The Irvine Company and its owner Donald Bren has gifted a rugged 20,000 acre parcel of land to the County of Orange. This 20,000-acre parcel at Black Star Ranch was part of original Irvine Ranch, landscape of steep canyons, native grassland and sycamore woodla...
06/30/2010
Leslie Appleton-Young is the chief economist at California Association of Realtors and provided this May 2010 California housing market update.  Click here to see the CAR.org video -     _________________________________________________________________________ Review of spring home buying season...
06/29/2010
    Home loan mortgage interest rates continue to be a 60 year lows, which is fantastic for buyers and making sellers happy too.  ______________________________________________________________________________ We've been working with a client who wants to buy a home here at Orange County in the r...
06/28/2010
Selling your home always involves income tax considerations for possible gain and what is taxable.   ____________________________________________________________ The IRS has a good web site with information about income tax and form 523 on sale of your home - click here for link.   Taxable Gain ...
06/28/2010
   The ORANGE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS property at Costa Mesa This CA state owned property was subject of land use election on June 9, 2010, when voters confirmed its use as fairgrounds and agricultural. The CA Governator office has now reached tentative agreement for sale of this OC Fairgrounds proper...
06/24/2010
  The Orange County, CA, supply of resale homes listed for sale in May 2010 dropped to five months and 24 days.  It would theoretically take that long to sell all homes now listed at the May 2010 sales pace. That's the lowest O.C.'s "unsold inventory" has been during 2010 and among the lowest sin...
06/24/2010
  See this great and fun Orange County "Walking on Sunshine" video at YouTube - click here.       ______________________________________________________ Harrison K. Long, REALTOR® & broker, Explore Group, Coldwell Banker Previews, Irvine, CA.  CA DRE #01410855.  ExploreProperties@gmail.com. 94...
06/23/2010
 View from north to south towards Laguna's Main Beach It's a special place and enjoyed by many people.  Those who are privileged enough to find a home at Laguna mostly try to stay there.  From high above the ocean at Arch Beach Heights, the drama and sound of the Pacific ocean will take your bre...
06/22/2010
Shady Canyon trail - hiking area at Irvine, CA, on this the longest day of the year - June 21, 2010   Special place for our fun and exercise (hiking, running) at the end of this fantastic day   See Shady Canyon homes for sale - click here for free active link.    ________________________________...
06/21/2010
It's Newport Beach housing market update time, and we enjoy looking at this spectacular city with focus on beach, surf and boating activites. Newport Beach is one of most sought after residential and beach communities in Southern California, with homes located at and near the beach, surrounding t...
06/19/2010
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