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Four Bedroom Remodeled Home in Rancho Niguel under 800K Four Bedroom Rancho Niguel home with beautiful upgrades and custom design on single loaded street. Perfect for a family with kids who will enjoy the custom tree house, biking trails and the Club at Rancho Niguel. Architect designed new stair...

“Steady as she goes!”… or Market Uncertainty? Orange County CA Real Estate Market Update:  “My crystal ball is cloudy”.  It has been cloudy since the crash of 2007 or maybe even since the craziness that started in the hot market of 2006. Right this minute sales in my local SoCal real estate marke...

 Open Houses in Rancho Niguel - Laguna Niguel, CA Open Houses are often a barometer of the housing market. In the spring of 2013 there were few and usually only one time per property. Why, because everything sold the first weekend. With the year over year appreciation at 15 to 20% in Laguna Nigue...

  What does it mean to purchase a home in “as is” condition?   I find that the public is often confused about the term “as is”. The term “as is” has changed somewhat over time. It is also used somewhat differently in REO (Real Estate Owned by the bank) and short sales than it is in the normal sta...

The home closing process and afterward in Orange County CA In any business, but especially real estate, it is possible to take for granted that the customer knows some basic things that Realtors deal with every day, but is not generally well known by those who only buy a home once every 5 to 10 y...

If you want to know what happened 30 to 60 days ago in real estate read the newspaper.  If you want the pulse of the market talk to a Realtor®.    The OC Register last week garnished the front page with a giant “O.C. Housing Market Red-Hot” headline. I think this columnist is late to the party, o...

  The Rate Rush is Over and Home Buyers Rethink Their Positions  Real estate is local. Here in Orange County CA we seem to be ahead of the curve. Whatever I read about on a national real estate scene, it seems like we have “been there and done that” in the OC. Here in the OC the push to buy homes...

  The Cornerstone Community in Laguna Niguel / Luxury Patio Homes with Low Maintenance Yards   The Cornerstone Community in Laguna Niguel was built from 2007 to 2009 in the northern corner of Laguna Niguel. Cornerstone was built by S and S builders and they are a beautiful modern design with larg...

Lantern Bay Villas in Dana Point California - True Resort Style Living   Lantern Bay Villas in Dana Point provides a care free, maintenance free lifestyle just yards from the world famous Dana Point Harbor. This community overlooks the harbor and many units have panoramic ocean views. All of the ...

Thank a VET for your property rights! Have you ever seen the email that goes around this time of year which says,It is the VETERAN, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the VETERAN, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. - And More!    I would add that you can...