Category Archives: South Orange County

Lake Forest California – April Sales Report

For the month of April 2009, the sales volume in Lake Forest was up again compared to the same period last year.  There were a total of 63 closed sales in the MLS, a 12.5% improvement to the 56 in April 2008.  The prices were substantially lower though.  The 29 sales of single ...

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Foreclosure Listings in South Orange County

Foreclosure properties continue to lead the market in Orange County home sales.  In the last three months, 2,438 out of the 5,907 sales (41%) have been bank-owned properties!  Sometimes, these homes are agressively priced to immediately attract buyers, which leads to multiple offers ...

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Before You Buy in an HOA!

If you are planning to buy a condo, or a house in Lake ...

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Should you Sell or Lease Your Orange County Home?

Decisions can be difficult In Orange County today, as well as many other places, there are home owners who are going through the difficult decision process of whether to sell their current home, or lease it and wait for ...

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Which Home Improvements will Buyers Pay For in South Orange County?

After reading Forbes Magazine's list of "Recession-Proof Home Improvements" I'm not sure I totally agree.  Since I have only seen cork flooring once, and haven't yet seen any bamboo counters, I wonder what people in South Orange County, California think about these. If you have a minute, please take my

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