SECTIONS

Relocation Guide
Check out our articles on taking the moo out of moving to Orange County.

Demographics
Find out city populations, median age, median income and more.

Schools
If you have a family, schools are important. This section lists the schools in each city and provides access to school scores.

Buying
There's a lot involved in buying a home: agency, title, disclosures, mortgages. It pays to get your ducks in a row.

Selling
What to do before you put your house on the market.

Home Sales Continue to Increase in October

Sales of single-family, re-sale homes in Orange County rose 94.8% in October compared to the year before. This is the fourth month in a row home sales have been up year-over-year.

The median price for single-family, re-sale homes in Orange County was flat at $480,000 from September Year-over-year, the median price was off 26.2%.

Orange County condo sales rose 8.9% from September, and were up 1000.2% year-over-year. The median price gained 1.7% to $295,000, a year-over-year drop of 28.9%.

Comprehensive statistical tables are on page two.

A complete set of charts for each city we cover is also available by clicking on the city in the City Trends section to the bottom right.

The real estate market is very hard to generalize. It is a market made up of many micro markets. For complete information on a particular neighborhood, call me.

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For our statistical tables, click next page.

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Tables and Charts

The tables on the second page provide a snapshot of the Orange County real estate market.

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ARTICLES
Annual Trends
Our annual graphs showing average and median prices since 1997.
Future Trends
We examine the factors affecting the Orange County real estate market for the foreseeable future.
C.A.R. Report
The California Association of Realtors latest press release.

CITY TRENDS
 Aliso Viejo
 Corona del Mar
 Coto de Caza
 Dana Point
 Irvine
 Laguna Beach
 Laguna Hills
  Laguna Niguel
 Laguna Woods
 Lake Forest
 Mission Viejo
 Newport Beach
 Newport Coast
 Rancho Santa Margarita