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Orange County Real Estate Market Update
Friday, May 11th, 2012 at 10:03am. 141 Views, 0 Comments.
“HOME SALES JUMP $58 MILLION IN 2012”
Orange County home sales generated $3.18 billion in the first quarter of 2012. That is up nearly $58 million.
-Jeff Collins, Orange County Register Real Estate Section 5/6/2012
“HOMEBUYERS SPRINGING TO LIFE THIS SEASON”
Newport… Read Full Post »
Surterre Reaches Company Milestone
Monday, April 30th, 2012 at 11:40am. 178 Views, 0 Comments.
Surterre Properties® posts highest quarter of real estate sales since company inception.
Surterre Properties - a leading, full-service real estate firm in Southern California - recently announced that it recorded a company record $376 million in residential real estate sales volume for January 1, 2012 through March 31, 2012. Surterre also reported the company has seen a 70 percent increase in escrow openings in Q1 of 2012 ($544 million) vs. Q1 of 2011 ($321 million).
“I think it’s remarkable what our company has been able to accomplish since we opened our doors in 2006, especially in such a challenging real estate market,” said Gary Legrand, president and CEO of Surterre Properties. “I thank and congratulate all the talented professionals at… Read Full Post »
Orange County Real Estate Market Update
Friday, April 20th, 2012 at 10:57am. 180 Views, 0 Comments.
“FORECAST SAYS RENTS WILL RISE FOR 2 YEARS”
Renters, beware! Landlords will have the upper hand in the pricing game for the next 2 years. Rents are to rise 5.1% over the next 2 years.
- Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register Real Estate Section 4/15/2012
“ECONOMIST SEES SIGNS OF ACTIVITY”
·Housing starts up 19% from the pace over the prior 12 months
·At… Read Full Post »
Orange County Real Estate Market Update
Friday, March 30th, 2012 at 2:49pm. 250 Views, 0 Comments.
“O.C. HOME MARKET CATCHING FIRE”
Homes are flying off the market. The housing inventory is running on empty. The foreclosure and distressed/short sale inventory is at a low not seen since they started flooding the market back in 2007.
The last time demand was this hot in the month of March, it was the tail end of the housing bubble, 2005.
-Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register… Read Full Post »
Orange County Real Estate Market Update
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 at 12:23pm. 171 Views, 0 Comments.
“DITCHING THE DAILY DATACOASTER”
Columnist vows to broaden focus to more telling year-over-year trends.
-Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register Real Estate Section 3/16/2012
“RISING RENTS MAY SIGNAL A RECOVERY”
A slowly improving employment picture has boosted the… Read Full Post »
Orange County Real Estate Market Update
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012 at 11:52am. 184 Views, 0 Comments.
“INVESTORS BUYING FORECLOSURES”
Investors and other private homebuyers have picked up their pace of home buying at Orange County foreclosure sales.
-Jeff Collins, Orange County Register Real Estate Section 3/4/2012
“APARTMENT RECOVERY IN 2012 LOOKING SOLID”
The national rent growth in 2012 will be 5.5%. Orange County is… Read Full Post »
Orange County Real Estate Market Update
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 at 12:33pm. 217 Views, 0 Comments.
“ABSENTEE BUYERS AT A RECORD HIGH”
Investors bump up region’s sales. Investors and some second-home purchasers accounted for a record-high proportion of homebuyers in the region: 26.8 percent.
-Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register Business Section… Read Full Post »
Orange County Real Estate Market Update
Friday, February 10th, 2012 at 9:41am. 256 Views, 0 Comments.
“REPORT SHOWS DISTRESSED HOMES ARE SELLING FAST”
There is actually a foreclosure “shortage” in Orange County. The Orange County market that appears sluggish has distressed properties selling fast.
Distressed properties are selling 1.7 times faster than non-distressed. 95 of the listed O.C… Read Full Post »
Orange County Real Estate Market Update
Friday, February 3rd, 2012 at 10:30am. 227 Views, 0 Comments.
“TRENDS”
Reports on housing.com found that as of January 19, the number of new Orange County pending sales was up 15 percent compared with the same period a year ago.
-Jonathan Lansner, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER BUSINESS SECTION 1/29/2012
“FORECLOSURES ARE A HOT TICKET”
Maybe that foreclosure “shadow supply” issue is not as bad… Read Full Post »
Orange County Real Estate Market Update
Monday, January 30th, 2012 at 11:47am. 164 Views, 0 Comments.
“FORECLOSURES TAKE ALMOST A YEAR”
It took lenders about 332 days to complete the process in 2011, up 11.4% from 2010. Defaults and foreclosures are down
Notices Of Default
2006 5,865
2007 13,786
2008 24,816
2009 29,679
2010 18,909
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