U.S. Home Prices are increasing slower according to two respected sources: Corelogic/Case-Shiller Home Price Index (HPI) Confirms 11.3 Percent Increase in U.S. Home Prices in 2013 (From Q4 2012 to Q4 2103) Corelogic/Case-Shiller is Predicting Increase of 5.3% in U.S. Home Prices in 2014 (From Q4 2013 to Q4 2014) National Assn. of Realtors Reports…
I hope you will find the following snapshot of local Real Estate inventory interesting! Each month I like to put together a report to let people know what the market is doing in the LA and Orange County area. All information is pulled from the MLS so you can have confidence that these numbers are…
Mr. James Irvine and the Irvine Company Headquarters in Newport Center The Irvine Company grew from the premise of a 185-square-mile (480 km2) ranch founded by James Irvine I,Benjamin and Thomas Flint, and Llewellyn Bixby in 1864 from three adjoining Mexican land grants. Irvine and his partners began by purchasing the Rancho San Joaquin, which…
There are few retail centers currently in construction across America, and the upcoming Pacific City development in Huntington Beach, Calif., is ranked among a more select class—it is one of a handful of retail centers being developed along the beach. “The Pacific Ocean is our anchor, basically,” said Linda Berman, senior vice president of strategy…
The Newland House as it looked in 1948 and now. The Newland House Museum (pictured above) is the oldest residence built in the city of Huntington Beach and is maintained by the Huntington Beach Historical Society for all to see. This house was built in 1898 for Huntington Beach pioneers William and Mary Newland and…
I hope you will find the following snapshot of local Real Estate inventory interesting! Each month I like to put together a report to let people know what the market is doing in the LA and Orange County area. All information is pulled from the MLS so you can have confidence that these numbers are…
Home sellers in hot real-estate markets — where there’s not enough for-sale inventory for the number of people who want to buy — may not feel compelled to go all out in preparing their home before listing. This could be a huge downfall in thinking. Home sellers should do these minimum: Keep the house free…
Do you ever wonder how Sellers respond to multiple offers? Here is an infographic that helps better understand their decision process. If you are a buyer It looks like offering the highest price initially is the best approach. But when we look a little closer that is not always the case. That is why you…
I hope you will find the following snapshot of local Real Estate inventory interesting! Each month I like to put together a report to let people know what the market is doing in the LA and Orange County area. All information is pulled from the MLS so you can have confidence that these numbers are…
I found this article on real estate mogul Warren Buffett extremely interesting. Although it doesn’t pertain directly to the Huntington Beach real estate market I found that his insight into markets can be extremely informative. If you’ve ever longed for real estate investing advice from the “Oracle of Omaha,” your wait is over. In his…