Irvine City Annual Memorial Day Celebration - May 30, 2011

Irvine's city leaders hosted their annual Memorial Day celebration at William Barber park and gardens on Monday, May 31.

It was a beautiful morning, and about 1,500 people attended, including active duty and veteran U.S. armed services men and women representatives.

Mayor Sukhee Kang served as master of ceremonies, and he was backed up by city council members Jeff Lalloway, Larry Agran, Beth Krom and Steve Choi.

Memorial day presentations were made by Don Wagner, CA Assemblyman from 70th district, and senior active duty and retired officers from the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps.

Hearty cheers were given for attending veterans of WWII, the Korean war, the war in Vietnam, and current wars in the Middle East regions.

Honor and respect was offered this day to the men and women of U.S. Armed services who gave their lives to protect us and our freedom.

Special recognition was made for the men and women from Irvine and Orange County who have given their lives.

Irvine's U.S. Marine Corps 2/11 battalion Adoption committee people were there to encourage help for families of the marines who will soon be deployed from Camp Pendleton to Afghanistan.

It was a good time for us to thank and show respect and honor for the amazing sacrifices made by men and women of our U.S. armed services.

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Orange County Home Buyers Beware of Amazingly Low Loan Rates

Orange County home buyers can still take advantage of excellent mortgage rates for purchase money loans. 

This week's home mortgage rate news from lenders and brokers had good news for home and property buyers that rates are even lower.

Conforming loans up to $417,000

• 30 year fixed - 4.375 percent - (one point) 
• 15 year fixed - 3.625 percent - (one point)

Expanded conforming loan up to $729,000

• 30 year fixed - 4.5 percent - (one point)
• 15 year fixed - 3.75 percent - (one point)

If you are a prospective homebuyer, now is the time to get organized and contact your local mortgage broker for qualifications.

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We don't do home loans and mortgages.  If you at Orange County, CA, and need home loan information, contact Tim Sibley, First Capital Mortgage, Corona del Mar @ 949-718-1511.

For professional and trusted real estate representation - Harrison K. Long - solutions for real estate and business - REALTOR® and broker associate, GRI - Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - 949-854-7747 (phone) - ExploreProperties@gmail.com(email) - CA DRE 01410855 - SFR short sale and foreclosure resource certified by the National Association of REALTORs® - also now serving as a director at California Association of REALTORs®.

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Top 5 Laguna Beach Short Sale Listings

Laguna Beach is one of South Orange County's most spectacular beach and Pacific ocean-oriented communities.

Laguna Beach now has 34 short sale home listings according to the Southern California MLS, and average asking price for these properties is $1,360,000.

1.  302 San Nicholas  - 2 bedroom condo home listed at Laguna with asking price of $369k, located at the Terraces - MLS S654065.

2.   1 Blue Lagoon  - 2 bedroom condo home with ocean views, asking price of $825,000, located in Blue Lagoon complex - MLS S633516.

3.  791 Barracuda Way - 4 bedroom custom home with ocean views located at Laguna Village, with asking price of $1,450,000 - MLS S618294.

4.  382 Ledroit - 3 bedroom custom home with ocean views at North Laguna, with asking price of $2,650,000- MLS U11000458.

5.  8 Barranca Way  - 5 bedroom custom home at Three Arch Bay, with spectacular ocean and sandy beach views, with asking price of $8,495,000 - MLS U10002876.

If you want information about Laguna Beach short sales or link to current short sale listings, please CONTACT ME HERE.

See Laguna Beach preforeclosure and REO bank owned properties - click here for link.

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For professional and trusted real estate representation - Harrison K. Long - solutions for real estate and business - REALTOR® and broker associate, GRI - Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - 949-854-7747 (phone) - ExploreProperties@gmail.com(email) - CA DRE 01410855 - SFR short sale and foreclosure resource certified by the National Association of REALTORs® - also now serving as a director at California Association of REALTORs®.

Contact us with your questions about Laguna Beach real estate, listing and selling of homes and properties @ Orange County, California, real estate.

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Irvine Expects to be America's Safest City Again This Year

 

Irvine, California, is expected to keep its unofficial title as "America's Safest City."  

Irvine saw a drop of property and violent crime in 2010, according to the FBI's preliminary Uniform Crime Report for 2010. 

 

Irvine had the lowest overall crime rate for large cities of 100,000 or more population. 

Crime rates fell throughout the country during 2010, according to the FBI, which good news is similar to many of Orange county's largest cities.

Orange, Santa Ana and Costa Mesa also saw a reduction in property and violent crime. 

Crime rates throughout the U.S. were down last year, according to the FBI, and most of Orange County's largest cities followed that positive trend. 

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Information source is OCRegister.com.

For professional and trusted real estate representation - Harrison K. Long - solutions for real estate and business - REALTOR® and broker associate, GRI - Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - 949-854-7747 (phone) - ExploreProperties@gmail.com (email) - CA DRE 01410855 - SFR short sale and foreclosure resource certified by the National Association of REALTORs® - also now serving as a director at California Association of REALTORs®.

            

Contact us with your questions about real estate, listing and selling of homes and properties @ Irvine and Orange County, California, real estate.

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Shady Canyon at Irvine Homes For Sale

 

Shady Canyon at Irvine is an exclusive residential community in South Orange County surrounding its private Tom Fazio designed golf course. 

 

 

22 homes are now listed for sale at Shady Canyon, and average asking price is more than $7 million.

The property at 22 Vernal Spring is a Sycamores collection home at Shady with more than 5,700 sf interior, 6 bedrooms, and asking price of $2,550,000.

44 Blue Heron is a vast property with more than 13,500 square feet of interior space located on site of more than one acre.  It's the most expensive listing and huge custom home for sale at Shady Canyon with asking price of $18,950,000.  This property has 5 bedrooms, 9 baths, Tuscan old world charm villa with an eighty foot infinity pool. 

See all Shady Canyon homes now listed for sale - click here for active link

Shady Canyon at Irvine has an amazing backdrop of rolling hills, miles of permanent open space, sycamore trees, wildflowers galore, cactus, California pepper trees, stone and granite outcroppings, native oaks and cedars.

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Some information here from Southern California MLS and does not include that for new home sales, or those sold at trustee sale after foreclosure.

For professional and trusted real estate representation - Harrison K. Long - solutions for real estate and business - REALTOR® and broker associate, GRI - Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - 949-854-7747 (phone) - ExploreProperties@gmail.com (email) - CA DRE 01410855 - SFR short sale and foreclosure resource certified by the National Association of REALTORs® - also now serving as a director at California Association of REALTORs®.

            

Contact us with your questions about Shady Canyon real estate, listing and selling of homes and properties @ Irvine, and Orange County, California, real estate.

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Costa Mesa Real Estate - Preforeclosure, Trustee Auctions, REO Bank Owned and Equity Sellers

 

Lender/lienholder results from trustee auction sales after foreclosure for Costa Mesa, California, homes are interesting.

7 Costa Mesa, CA, homes were taken back by lenders so far this month from May 1 to 21, 2011.  Lenders should get possession of these properties, clean them up, and place them for sale listed on the market sooner rather than later.

125 Costa Mesa homes are in preforeclosure where notices of default have been filed but not yet set for trustee sale auctions.

 220 Costa Mesa homes are now scheduled for trustee sale auctions after foreclosure at some time during the next 6 weeks.

If you want to see list of Costa Mesa homes scheduled for trustee auction sales, CONTACT US HERE and ask. 

247 Costa Mesa homes are now listed on the market by brokers with SoCal MLS, with average asking price of $536,000.

See East Costa Mesa single family homes listed - click here for active link

18 of the Costa Mesa homes now for sale on MLS are REO bank owned after foreclosure, and 75 are short sale listings. 

See East Costa Mesa condo homes now listed - click here for active link

 

225 Costa Mesa homes have been sold so far this year (per SoCal MLS), with average sold price of $503,607.

 

If you want more information about selling and buying Costa Mesa homes and properties, including equity sellers, preforeclosure, those set for trustee sale auctions after foreclosure, REO bank owned, and short sales, please CONTACT US.

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Some information here from ForeclosureRadar.com and Southern California MLS.

For professional and trusted real estate representation - Harrison K. Long - solutions for real estate and business - REALTOR® and broker associate, GRI - Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - 949-854-7747 (phone) - ExploreProperties@gmail.com (email) - CA DRE 01410855 - SFR short sale and foreclosure resource certified by the National Association of REALTORs® - also now serving as a director at California Association of REALTORs®.

            

Contact us with your questions about real estate, listing and selling of homes and properties @ Costa Mesa and Orange County, California, real estate.

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Excellent Mortgage Loan Interest Rates Available Now at Lowest Level This Year

 

It's is amazing and positive news for home buyers and sellers that home loan rates are now at their lowest level for this year 2011.

Interest rates on a 30-year fixed-rate home loan fell for a fifth week in a row and dropped to lowest level this year.   
  
According to weekly survey by Freddie Mac, the average rate for a 30-year mortgage was 4.61% this past week (the lowest weekly rate in six months).   
  
 This is also down 0.44 of one percent from the 2011 high of 5.05% in February, 2011. 

This week's rate is close to the 40-year low set in November 2010.  
  
Freddie Mac said that rates this week averaged as follows: 

(a) 30-year fixed - 4.61% with 0.7 points paid up front, or a loan fee equal to 0.7 percent of total loan amount

(b) 15-year fixed - 3.80% with 0.7 points paid up front

(c) Five-year adjustable-rate mortgage - 3.48% with 0.6 points paid up front

(c) One-year adjustable-rate mortgage - 3.15% with 0.6 points paid up front

Now is the best time for buyers to plan, get loan qualified, and take advantage of these incredibly low mortgage rates.

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Source of some information here is from OCRegister.com, May 20, 2011.  If you want information about your own situation and home loans, contact a qualified mortgage broker in your area.

If you are in Orange County, CA, contact Tim Sibley, First Capital Mortgage, Corona del Mar, CA @ 949-718-1511.

If you are in New Jersey, contact Jeff Belonger, mortgage broker @ 609-440-5133.

For professional and trusted real estate representation - Harrison K. Long - solutions for real estate and business - REALTOR® and broker associate, GRI - Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - 949-854-7747 (phone) - ExploreProperties@gmail.com (email) - CA DRE 01410855 - SFR short sale and foreclosure resource certified by the National Association of REALTORs® - also now serving as a director at California Association of REALTORs®.

            

Contact us with your questions about real estate, listing and selling of homes and properties @ Orange County, California, real estate.

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Turtle Rock at Irvine Home Sellers Need to Know

 

Turtle Rock village at Irvine home owners who are thinking about selling their property and moving should strongly consider preparing for that and get going now. 

These late months of spring, May and June, are times when Turtle Rock at Irvine weather is fantastic and when houses get the most buyer exposure. 

Turtle Rock village was developed by The Irvine Company with homes in 31 residential neighborhoods built between 1972 and 1988.

42 Turtle Rock homes at Irvine are now listed for sale, with average asking price of $1,057,832.

See Turtle Rock single family homes now listed - click here for active link.

34 Turtle Rock homes at Irvine have sold so far this year 2011, with average sold price of $880,305.

Last year 2010 during this same time (January 1 to May 19, 2010), 36 Turtle Rock village homes sold, with average sold price of $990,305.

 See Turtle Rock condo homes now listed - click here for active link.

Mortgage interest rates are still amazingly low for buyers these days (4.5% for 30 year fixed rate loan as advertised by lenders this week). 

But those rates are predicted to go up, and mortgage lending guidelines will be more strict as time goes by with standards tighter for buyers and borrowers.

Turtle Rock at Irvine buyers are actively looking now, so they can get the right home under contract, buy for move in prior to start of Irvine public school year during September. 

 

Now is the best time for you as Turtle Rock homeowner to plan for the listing and sale of your home.   

If you are a Turtle Rock Irvine homeowner and want to talk about real estate, possibly the list and sale of your home, PLEASE CONTACT US HERE and get valuable information to better understand your options.

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This Turtle Rock Irvine real estate update is based upon information from Southern California MLS, does not include that for new home sales, FSBOs, and those sold at trustee sale auctions after foreclosure.

For professional and trusted real estate representation - Harrison K. Long - solutions for real estate and business - REALTOR® and broker associate, GRI - Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - 949-854-7747 (phone) - ExploreProperties@gmail.com (email) - CA DRE 01410855 - SFR short sale and foreclosure resource certified by the National Association of REALTORs® - also now serving as a director at California Association of REALTORs®.

            

Contact us with your questions about real estate, listing and selling of homes and properties @ Turtle Rock Irvine and Orange County, California, real estate.

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