Wednesday, February 21, 2007

The San Clemente Real Estate Podcast

The February edition of the San Clemente Real Estate Podcast covers recent activity in the Orange County real estate market.

We will also share the 5 most important factors to selling, as well as, talk about pre-existing homes vs. new construction.

Featured special guest is Terri Murphy of US Learning.

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Don't hesitate to give us a call, 949-285-3739, with any questions you might have after listening.

Happy listening!

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Sunday, February 18, 2007

Orange County Home Sales - January 2007

The National Association of Realtors reports consumers are responding to more favorable housing market conditions and are expecting sales to gradually rise throughout 2007. Time will tell whether or not this holds true locally, but let's take a look at January statistics.

January figures for Dana Point show the number of new listings increased 18 percent compared to January 2006. Sold listings were down 31 percent during the same time period and market times increased 27 days or 40 percent. The average sales price increased by $11,535 or 1 percent.




New listings in Laguna Beach increased by 29 percent in January, while the number of homes that sold dropped by 38 percent. Market times increased by 27 days or 35 percent. During this same time frame, the average sales price increased 46 percent to $2,136,750.



Laguna Niguel reported 10 percent less new listings in January 2007 compared to January 2006. Market times were up by 78 percent as the number of homes sold dropped 8 percent. Sales prices in Laguna Niguel showed a strong gain of 21percent with the average sales price of $915,231.



Mission Viejo average sales price declined 2 percent to $700,123, while sales decreased by 34 percent and market times increased by 71 percent. The number of new listings decreased by 11 percent.


The San Clemente average sales price increased 14 percent or $1,108,520, compared to January 2006. The number of new listings was up by 8 percent, while sales dropped 37 percent. Meanwhile, the average market time increased 35 days or 52 percent.
San Juan Capistrano's average sales price, also, increased 29 percent this January, rising to $1,164,175. New listings were lower by 16 percent. Market times increased 46 days or 92 percent and sales were down 41 percent.

Interested in what the housing market is doing in your neighborhood? Visit EmailHouseValue.info. We would be more than happy to email you the market activity - Actives and Sold statistics - in your Neighborhood!

All stats are compiled from the Southern California Multiple Listing Service. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

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Saturday, February 10, 2007

2006 State Of The Market Housing Report

The California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.) 2006 Housing Report was just released documenting CA home sales fell last year after four years of impressive gains, the
share of first-time buyers was the second lowest on record and price appreciation slowed.

Additional findings:

* sales of existing single-family homes decreased 23 percent
* price appreciation slowed dramatically as the year progressed.
* buyers using a second mortgage climbed from 38 percent in 2005 to 43 percent in 2006

Interested in buying Orange County real estate. Visit GuideToLocalRealEstate.com to view all real estate listings or contact us, 949-285-3739, for professional representation.

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Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Cute Beach home

This cute beach home in the North Beach area of San Clemente offers the rare opportunity to live near the beach in a 3-Br, 2-Ba home for under $800,000.

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Home inventory continues to decline

Available home inventory in the Coastal Orange County, Ca market is declining. Buyers are re-entering the market as the indicators are that the market has stabilized and sellers are getting more realistic with their asking price. It may be a good time for buying a home as the market tightens and interest rates remain low.

Make informed decisions! Get the latest insight to what is happening in the Coastal Orange County Real Estate Market with detailed information of monthly comparisons of Active, Pending and Sold listings. The Orange County Coastal Real Estate Market information is detailed on Monthly Real Estate Market Trend graphs by city.

Or you can view a monthly year to year comparison report at Market Report.

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Friday, February 02, 2007

San Clemente Real Estate Podcast

The latest edition of the San Clemente Real Estate Podcast is now available. In this month's Podcast we share insightful tips for protecting your property investment and walk you through the key steps of our annual insurance check-up. We also discuss Orange County market trends.

Listen and enjoy!

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