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Investors must be careful to use the 1031 income tax-deferred step-by-step exchange process for selling and buying replacement properties. Section 1031(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code generally provides that no gain or loss shall be recognized on the exchange of property held for productive us...
10/02/2013
Grand Opening to the public of new homes for sale at Pavilion Park - Great Park Neighborhoods - Saturday, September 28, 2013. "Harmony" new homes at Pavilion Park   This is opening of first phase of 726 new homes at "Pavilion Park" - OC Great Park Irvine.   "Springhouse" new homes at Pavilion Par...
09/27/2013
Orange County CA homes for sale listings were up during August 2013 to 5,062 units, which provides buyers with better selection and opportunity. Orange County home sales were at 3,477 units for August 2013, which is up 4.2 percent during August 2013 - as compared with same time last year August 2...
09/18/2013
Homeowners at Irvine CA are happy that buyers moving their opportunities and that selling continues on its hot streak this year - with strong sale and price numbers up and home values strong. Average Irvine home value increases have been very strong for the past 13 years. 507 Irvine homes were so...
09/10/2013
  Corona del Mar (Spanish for "Crown of the Sea") is a affluent town in Newport Beach CA and is located on the seaward face of the San Joaquin Hills. Corona del Mar CA (or CDM) real estate shows healthy selling prices this year and property value increases over the past 13 years. 184 Corona del M...
09/05/2013
  Developer "FivePoint Communities" will open its first phase of 726 new homes at "Pavilion Park" - OC Great Park Irvine - with site selection and selling starting the weekend of September 7, 2013 - and model homes to be open later this month. It already has city of Irvine permission to build 4,8...
09/03/2013
"Great Park Neighborhoods" by Five Point Communities is moving forward with building first phase of its new homes - "Pavilion Park" at Irvine CA. Eight different new home builders at "Great Park Neighborhoods" announced their first showings of lots available for selection at "Pavilion Park" - wit...
08/28/2013
Home sellers should find out amount of their income tax obligation on sale of their home in advance and not be surprised at tax time. When you sell your home, you would owe income tax on the amount of your "capital gain", which is determined by determining your "adjusted cost basis" - not based s...
08/27/2013
Property tax bills are expected to drop for some South Orange County CA homeowners at Dove Canyon, Robinson Ranch and Trabuco Highlands - where Mello-Roos districts formed a quarter-century ago expire later this year. Homeowners there should get the reduced property tax bills after October 2013 w...
08/20/2013
New homebuilders at O.C. Great Park Irvine have announced their first showings of lots available for selection and sale - "Birch Trail at Pavilion Park" - opening for pre-sales and lot selections on Saturday, September 7, 2013. This community features new homes from the upper $700s, with up to 5...
08/19/2013
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