Orange County Real Estate Thoughts - Talking Points 27 Aug 2013 | 02:44 am

Fullerton, California... Home prices continued to post strong annual gains, and home sales recorded the first annual increase in six months, according to the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A....

Orange County Real Estate Thoughts - Mortgage Servicing Still Riddled with Problems 27 Aug 2013 | 02:41 am

Error-prone and even abusive practices still plague the mortgage servicing business, according to a new report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The report indicates that servicers...

Orange County Real Estate Thoughts-More and More Buyers Cant Afford to Buy a Home 26 Aug 2013 | 10:52 pm

With home prices continuing to rise, so is the number of people who cant afford to purchase a house, the Los Angeles-based California Association of Realtors announced last week. The percentage of ho...

Nixon the Envornmentalist? 24 Aug 2013 | 04:51 am

Yorba Linda, California.... The late Richard Nixons only public tribute of any note outside of his presidential library in Yorba Linda, California is oddly enough an environmental one.It is odd be...

Orange County Real Estate Thoughts-Affordability High Despite Rising Prices, Interest Rates 21 Aug 2013 | 07:45 pm

Even with home prices marching ever upward and mortgage rates bouncing back more than a full percentage point over last year, Capital Economics’ Paul Diggle insists housing affordability is still as g...

Orange County Real Estate Thoughts - FHA Offers Mortgage Backing 21 Aug 2013 | 04:23 am

Orange County Real Estate Thoughts - Home values appreciate in California 21 Aug 2013 | 01:45 am

Fullerton, California... Luxury home values in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego climbed in the second quarter of 2013 compared to a year ago, according to the First Republic Prestige Home Ind...

Orange County Real Estate Thoughs- Bidding Wars Ease with Growing Prices, Interest Rates 20 Aug 2013 | 08:37 pm

Buyer competition softened for the fourth straight month in July, “underscoring the market’s overall trend towards balance,” according to Redfin’s Real-Time Bidding Wars report. Nationally, the perce...

Orange County Real Estate Thoughts- FHA offers mortgage backing to the once bankrupt, Forclosed or Short Sold 20 Aug 2013 | 04:52 am

Potential homeowners who fell on hard times during the recession are being offered a lifeline back into the housing market, via the Federal Housing Administration. According to a letter sent to mortg...

Orange County Real Estate Thoughts - More Americans Say Buying a Home is a Good Financial Decision 20 Aug 2013 | 01:28 am

Placentia, California..... Americans hold a more positive view of the housing market, while an increasing share of renters plan to own, according to the 2013 National Housing Pulse Survey from the Na...