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2012 

  Newport Beach CA home sales have been up so far this year 2012 - as compared with last year 2011. 71 Newport Beach homes have sold with closed escrows so far this month - as of August 30, 2012 - with average sold price of $1,604,147.  101 Newport Beach homes sold last month during July 2012 - w...
08/30/2012
  New California Law will require disclosure by notice to home buyers regarding gas and hazardous liquid transmission pipelines.  Starting on July 1, 2013, every contract for the sale of California residential real property must contain a specified notice regarding gas and hazardous liquid transm...
08/30/2012
  Home owners who are short selling should be asked some important questions:  1.  Is your property already in active foreclosure?  Active foreclosures can be determined by search of public records.   2.  Do you have other debt?  High debt-to-income ratio will probably prevent them from getting a...
08/28/2012
  Turtle Rock Highlands Lusk is a most popular and sought after residential community for home buyers at Irvine CA real estate. Highlands Lusk is well-known for its large single family detached homes built during 1977-78 - with 168 total homes located on Bluff View, Cedar Ridge, Clear Spring, Fli...
08/27/2012
  Costa Mesa CA is a popular city for home buyers at Orange County - is located just inland from Newport Beach - about two miles from Newport Harbor. Investors and buyers have liked Costa Mesa CA real estate - which has had distressed properties and short sales. REALTORs® and brokers at Costa Mes...
08/20/2012
  Even after recent market rate upswings, purchase money and mortgage loan rates are excellent for home buyers and refinancing borrowers. Mortgage brokers here at Orange County CA on August 18, 2012, quoted the following rates on conforming loans to $417k: Thirty-year, fixed-rate mortgage:  3.875...
08/20/2012
  Irvine CA real estate has experienced an increase in all-cash buyer deals.  During the first six months of 2012, one-third of Irvine homes sold were for all-cash. More than 1,158 Irvine homes were sold during that time - with average sold price of $645,303 - at least one-third of those were sol...
08/19/2012
  Real estate investors like Orange County CA residential real estate and now have new advantages. Orange County’s home buying was up this year during July 2012 - Buyers purchased 3,087 homes in July, which is 25.7 percent more than in July 2011 - the largest year-over-year percentage increase in...
08/17/2012
 Irvine CA has a robust economy and home resale market.  1,356 Irvine homes were resold from January 1 to July 31, 2012 - average of 194 resold each month - with average resold price of $656,443 - according to CRMLS. Irvine also has some distressed properties and foreclosures in the pipeline. 86 ...
08/14/2012
  Orange County CA is in the fastest home reselling market time since 2006 - but the supply of homes for sale is at a seven-year low. OC home buyers have competition with each other now and limited choices - Number of OC homes for sale first part of August was lowest supply since 2005 - and down ...
08/13/2012
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