Thursday, June 28, 2012

Don't Change the California Non-Judicial Foreclosure Laws

California non-judicial foreclosures 

California's non-judicial foreclosure law system works well and is fair to borrowers and lenders.

The California legislature should reject the cry of those who say we have too many foreclosures - and should not change the state's non-judicial foreclosure laws.

The Attorney General Harris so-called “Homeowners Bill of Rights” - is a deception - is against foreclosures - and won't help home or property owners.

Challenge for California real estate is not that we have too many foreclosures - it's that too many houses and properties are occupied by people who have defaulted on loans and stay there without making any payment.  

California Association of REALTORS® opposes this proposed anti-foreclosure legislation, which will be considered by the assembly and senate after "conference committee" the first week of July, 2012

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATORS SHOULD OPPOSE AND REJECT THESE ANTI-FORECLOSURE BILLS. 

  • Change of CA foreclosure laws will have unintended consequences of drying up mortgage loans for anyone except the most well-qualified borrowers.
  • Proposed anti-foreclosure laws would increase costs of all mortgages.
  • Would allow any borrower to file a private lawsuit, which will encourage Plaintiff trial lawyers to pursue frivolous litigation.
  • Language is vague about whether a person needs to be harmed to file a lawsuit and  awarded damages.
  • Would allow one-sided attorneys fees to be awarded to plaintiffs based on the broad definition of a “prevailing party”.  
  • Would restrict lenders' remedy of foreclosure, which they need to recover their security.
  • Would cause credit to be less available for borrowers and slow down housing recovery.
  • Would expose lenders to unnecessary lawsuit liability.
  • Would result in drying up housing inventory.
  • Would artificially slow down the foreclosure process, keeping properties off the market that are legitimately in foreclosure. 
  • Would invite bad faith defaults and lawsuits by those who would "game" the system.
  • Would over burden the already overwhelmed and underfunded courts. 
  • Would stop or slow down legitimate foreclosures.
  • Would force lenders to tighten lending standards at the expense of home buyers.
  • Current non-judicial foreclosure system in California works well and is fair to lenders and borrowers.

Protect property values

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATORS SHOULD "SAY NO" AND REJECT THE PROPOSED ANTI-FORECLOSURE BILLS.

California lawmakers should focus on fixing the state's money and budget mess, inspire economy and job growth, help private business and industry, while protecting taxpayers and property owners.  

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Harrison K. Long – 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® – now serving as a director at the Orange County Association of REALTORs® and an appointed director at California Association of REALTORs® – also an attorney member of the California State Bar Association #69137

 

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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Costa Mesa CA Real Estate Needs More Property Listings

COSTA MESA REAL ESTATE 

Costa Mesa CA real estate has markets like other areas at South Orange County - with not enough active listings - as compared with high number of short sales now under contract.

88 Costa Mesa homes are now listed for sale - with average listing price at $663,087.

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East Costa Mesa CA - SFR listings


Property  buyers like Costa Mesa - 211 Costa Mesa SFR homes have sold so far this year - with average sold price of $562,564.

 

Mesa Verde at Costa Mesa listings

 

Costa Mesa - condo listings

 

Costa Mesa CA - short sale listings


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89 Costa Mesa short sales are now in backup or pending on the MLS - which means that owners have accepted an offer and waiting for lender approval of the short sale process.

If you are a Costa Mesa CA home and property owner - whether or not you have equity - and considering to possibly sell - now is the time for you to contact an experienced Realtor agent.  

COSTA MESA LIVE

Contact us at 949-854-7747 with your questions about Costa Mesa CA homes and real estate

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Source of information is CRMLS and IDX links and includes listings and sales by all brokers and agents.

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Monday, June 18, 2012

Irvine CA Real Estate Sales Were Solid and Up During May 2012

IRVINE CA REAL ESTATE

Irvine CA is sought after by home and property buyers - for residential living and investment.

Irvine is famous for having good employment opportunities for people in private business, including Broadcom, Verizon Wireless, Allergan, Edwards Life Sciences, Hoag Hospital Irvine - location of the University of California Irvine campus - and some of the best public schools anywhere.

218 Irvine homes were sold during May 2012 - with average sold price of $691,0160 - and average time on market for sold homes at 91 days.

Irvine homes sales this year during May 2012 were up 11.7 percent as compared with May 2012.

195 Irvine homes sold last year during May 2011 - with average sold price of $682,122.

IRVINE HOUSING MARKET UPDATE

Irvine CA real estate continues to have excellent homes and properties listed for sale.

Northwood Village Irvine listings

Shady Canyon Irvine listings

Woodbridge Village Irvine SFR listings

Turtle Rock Irvine SFR listings

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Quail Hill Irvine SFR listings

University Park Irvine listings

Woodbury Irvine SFR listings

Turtle Ridge SFR Listings

Northpark Irvine SFR listings

 

Contact us at 949-854-7747 with your questions about Irvine CA homes and real estate.

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Source of information is CRMLS and IDX links and includes listings and sales by all brokers and agents.

Contact us about listing and sale of Irvine and Orange County CA coastal homes and real estate. ~ Professional REALTOR® agent representation and help for property owners, private trust estate representatives, estate administrators, executors and heirs, probate and trust attorneys, estate planners, income tax professionals, public guardians, fiduciaries, investor group managers, bankers, and individuals, with listing and sale of properties at Orange County, CA.

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Saturday, June 16, 2012

Home Loan Mortgage Payments Average is Way Down at Orange County CA Real Estate

EXCELLENT HOME MORTGAGE RATES

Purchase money home loan (mortgage) rates quoted on June 15, 2012 - at Orange County, CA - are excellent and amazingly good for buyers and those would would refinance.

  • 30 year fixed conforming - 3.625 percent - payment would be $4.56 per month per thousand dollars - 3.712 APR - with one point
  • $417k conforming loan now has average monthly payment of $1,901.52
  • Average monthly payment on $417k conforming loan is down 17.4 percent as compared with three years ago.

Purchase money loan rates quoted 3 years ago at Orange County CA - on June 18, 2009:

  • 30 year fixed conforming - 5.25 percent - payment was $5.522 per month per thousand dollars - with one point
  • $417k conforming loan 3 years ago had average monthly payment of $2,302.26.

These excellent home loan rates are helping to make Orange County CA real estate more affordable for buyers.

If you are a prospective home buyer at Orange County, CA, or want to get a better rate on your current home loan - contact an experienced mortgage broker - contact Jim Power, First Capital Mortgage - 949-295-6014.

ORANGE COUNTY PROPERTY NEWS

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I am not a mortgage broker or lender, and this is for information only and not the providing of legal, tax or mortgage loan services.   For more information contact Jim Power, mortgage broker, First Capital Mortgage, Laguna Beach and Irvine, CA.

Contact us about listing and sale of Newport Beach, Irvine, and Orange County CA coastal homes and real estate. ~ Professional REALTOR® agent representation and help for property owners, private trust estate representatives, estate administrators, executors and heirs, probate and trust attorneys, estate planners, income tax professionals, public guardians, fiduciaries, investor group managers, bankers, and individuals, with listing and sale of properties at Orange County, CA.

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Laguna Beach CA Real Estate - Homes for Less Than a Million Dollars

Laguna Beach, CA 

Laguna Beach CA is famous for the truly majestic ocean views from its hillsides, parks and many residential properties.

People are surprised that Laguna Beach has lots of charming homes listed for sale at less than one million dollars - 34 such properties at this time - some with nice ocean views.

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Live at Laguna Beach

Laguna Beach village homes

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Source of this information is CRMLS, does not include trustee auction sales, and does include homes listed and sold by all brokers and agents.

Contact us about listing and sale of Laguna Beach and Orange County CA coastal homes and real estate. ~ Professional REALTOR® agent representation and help for property owners, private trust estate representatives, estate administrators, executors and heirs, probate and trust attorneys, estate planners, income tax professionals, public guardians, fiduciaries, investor group managers, bankers, and individuals, with listing and sale of properties at Orange County, CA.

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Sunday, June 10, 2012

Newport Coast CA Properties Get Lots of Attention

NEWPORT COAST, CA 

Newport Coast has some of the pricey and most elegant properties for residential living in Southern California.

Panoramic views - quiet and serene - fascinating architectural designs - private locations - Italian and European style estates - whitewater sounds - Pacific ocean winds 

Newport Coast CA residents and owners know they have some famous neighbors. 

With some of Southern California's breathtaking open spaces - located close to famed Pelican Hill golf course - hiking and walking trails - luxury living - high private real estate values - many Newport Coast properties have expansive ocean views.

Newport Coast real estate

91 Newport Coast homes sold so far this year - as of June 10, 2012 - with average sold price of $2,320,051

 

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Pelican Hill - listings

Costa Azul -  listings

Newport Ridge Estates - listings

Crystal Cove - listings

Pelican Point estates -  listings

Rivage homes -  listings

NEWPORT COAST LIVE

Contact us if you want information about Newport Coast at Orange County CA property selling and leasing information. 

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Source information is CRMLS and IDX, does not include trustee auction sales or new homes by builders, and does include homes listed and sold by all brokers and agents.

Contact us about listing and sale of Newport Coast and Orange County CA homes and real estate. ~ Professional REALTOR® agent representation and help for property owners, private trust estate representatives, estate administrators, executors and heirs, probate and trust attorneys, estate planners, income tax professionals, public guardians, fiduciaries, investor group managers, bankers, and individuals, with listing and sale of properties at Orange County, CA.

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Friday, June 8, 2012

Orange County CA Home Selling Markets Now Solid with Buyers

ORANGE COUNTY HOUSING MARKET 

Jon Lansner at the Orange County Register reports about of local Orange County CA real estate markets.  I like his recent article - "Foundation builds for rebound in O.C. housing" - June 3, 2012, and here are some highlights:

  • April 2012 was the busiest Orange County home buying April since 2006.
  • 57 of 83 Orange County zip areas had year-over-year sales sales up - for thirty days prior to May 8, 2012.
  • OC beach towns recent home sales during that time were up 25 percent from last year.
  • South county inland areas had 14.3 percent home sale increase as compared with same time last year.

HOME SELLING 2012

I also like and follow Steven Thomas at his ReportsOnHousing.com, and here are some highlights from his article as of May 24:

  • "Market time” is benchmark on how many months it theoretically takes to sell the entire inventory in the local MLS for-sale listings at the current pace of pending deals being made.
  • “Market time” was 1.57 months for Orange County CA buyers to buy all homes for sale at current pace vs. 3.68 months a year ago.
  • All OC home selling markets were faster during this time than one year ago.
  • Home buyer demand at OC is very strong - with tight inventory of homes for sale.
  • Orange County home buyer demand is expected to remain strong through summer months this year. 

LIVE AT ORANGE COUNTY

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Information source is OCRegister.com and ReportsOnHousing.com

Professional REALTOR® agent representation - help for property owner/sellers, private trust estate representatives, estate administrators and executors, probate and trust attorneys, estate planners, income tax professionals, public guardians, fiduciaries, investor group managers, bankers, and individuals, with listing and sale of properties at Orange County CA real estate

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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Turtle Rock Irvine CA Real Estate - Exceptional Properties and Buyer Demand

TURTLE ROCK CREST

Turtle Rock at Irvine CA residents and property owners have much to be happy about.

Communities with some of the best and well-respected public elementary and other schools in Southern California

Job opportunities nearby with good companies in private industry, including Allergan, Hoag Hospital Irvine, Broadcom, Edwards Life Sciences, Blizzard Entertainment, Verizon Wireless, The Irvine Company and others.

 
Experience Turtle Rock with some of the best weather anywhere.
 
Located near the University of California at Irvine campus, public libraries, places of worship, Turtle Rock has lots of open parks and biking trails.

Turtle Rock Irvine - attractive neighborhoods, hills with views, fresh air and ocean breezes, public parks with tennis courts, some private  communities with homeowners associations - about 3,300 privately owned homes - and some of the outstanding and in demand residential properties at Orange County.

Turtle Rock Irvine

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42 Turtle Rock Irvine homes have sold so far this year (through June 4, 2012) with average sold price of $1,179,938.

Turtle Rock homes sold during the same time last year with average sold price of $1,118,444.

So Turtle Rock real estate sales and selling prices have remained stable from last year to this year.
 

Turtle Rock homes now listed for sale at Irvine CA real estate - click here.

With current inventory of homes for sale, average time on market to sell all Turtle Rock homes would be about 5 months, which is a balanced market.

explore turtle rock
 
 

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Source of some information is CRMLS and IDX link - does not include that for new homes for sale or sold, those at trustee auctions after foreclosure, and includes those listed and sold by all agents and brokers.

Professional REALTOR® agent representation - help for property owner/sellers, private trust estate representatives, estate administrators and executors, probate and trust attorneys, estate planners, income tax professionals, public guardians, fiduciaries, investor group managers, bankers, and individuals, with listing and sale of properties at Turtle Rock Irvine and Orange County CA real estate

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Friday, June 1, 2012

Irvine Chamber of Commerce Annual Mayor's Business Breakfast - May 18, 2012

Irvine chamber of commerce 

Irvine CA Chamber of Commerce is a successful enterprise supporting business and private development in the city - and hosted its annual Mayor's Business breakfast again this year on Friday, May 18, 2012 - which was attended by more than 350 people.

Mayor Kang with OCAR representatives

 
Photo of Mayor Kang and OCAR representatives courtesy of Fotograafe Photo Studio & Gallery, Laguna Hills, CA

 

  

 

Mayor Sukhee Kang was voted in four years ago to serve as mayor of the CITY OF IRVINE - with an idea to bring business and jobs from South Korea and the Pacific Rim to Irvine and South Orange County.

Mayor Kang in his speech recognized positive activities and accomplishments by people involved with public and private education and those in private business: 

  • Irvine is well-known for being friendly and helpful for private business
  • Large private companies such at Broadcom, Blizzard Entertainment, Hoag Hospital Irvine, Allergan, and Verizon Wireless, have corporate headquarters at Irvine
  • Irvine has 190,000 jobs within city limits 
  • Irvine as city sold 21,000 business licenses and permits last year
  • The Irvine Company leads the way in real estate with sustainable new communities
  • Thanks to Five-Point Properties for its first phase of development and home-building at the Orange County Great Park - located at Irvine - and to The Irvine Company for continued development and leadership
  • "Real estate agents who are the driving force showcasing Irvine and moving homes in our community, such as the Orange County Association of REALTORs®." 

Irvine, CA

  • Solar Decathlon at Orange County Great Park - planned for October 3 to 13, 2013 
  • Irvine's universities and colleges - UC Irvine, Concordia University, Irvine Valley College, and campuses for regional universities, University of La Verne, Brandman University, Cal State Fullerton, Pepperdine and USC.
  • Some of the best public schools anywhere at the Irvine Unified School District
  • Thanks to the Irvine Chamber of Commerce for its innovation and business leadership.

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Professional REALTOR® agent representation - help for property owner/sellers, private trust estate representatives, estate administrators and executors, probate and trust attorneys, estate planners, income tax professionals, public guardians, fiduciaries, investor group managers, bankers, and individuals, with listing and sale of properties at Orange County CA real estate

 

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