Newport Beach Real Estate Blog - Part 2

Weekend Mortgage Rates News Update

January 24, 2009

Welcome to the Newport Beach Real Estate Weekend Mortgage Rates News Update. My aim is to bring you the most current mortgage rates for your weekend house hunting and decision making. One of the great things about being a Coldwell Banker real estate agent, is having working relationships with great companies and, of course, the [...]

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Corona Del Mar Real Estate – Market Report – December 2007 to December 2008

January 22, 2009

Real estate news recently released by DataQuick,  reflected a 25.4% decrease of the average single family home sales price in Orange County. With the interest in Corona Del Mar real estate market trends, learning how Corona Del Mar realty compares for the period December 2007 to December 2008, is important for buyers and sellers of [...]

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Newport Beach Real Estate – Linda Isle Holds Steady

January 21, 2009

Linda Isle is one magnificent aspect of the Newport Beach housing market. There are 104 bay front homes where “location” plays an important part of pricing homes to sell.  Facing Pacific Coast Highway, facing Bayside Drive, inside the horseshoe, facing towards the turning basin, you get the idea. The location makes a difference. Supply and [...]

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Newport Beach Housing Blog aka Newport Beach Real Estate Blog

January 16, 2009

If you are looking for the Newport Beach Housing Blog – you found it! I am proud the OC Register real estate columnist/blogger Jon Lanser has chosen this blog to help distribute the news and views of the Newport Beach housing market. This blog covers, besides Newport Beach, Corona Del Mar, Newport Coast and Crystal [...]

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Crystal Cove Real Estate ~ Homes for Lease

January 11, 2009

Crystal Cove Real Estate continues to baffle. Currently, 62% of the homes for sale are for lease. That’s staggering. This ratio is the highest “For lease” percentage of the local areas which include, Newport Beach, Corona Del Mar and Newport Coast. The last time I reported  the “For Sale/Lease” ratio it was 51%. I thought [...]

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Homemade Wine in Newport Beach ~ Labor of Love Turns Gold

December 31, 2008

The highlight of my year was winning a Gold Medal and “Best of Class” for my 2006 Pinot Noir in the California State Fair homewine competition. Made in my garage, the grapes came from Foley Estate Vineyards, Santa Rita Hills in Santa Barbara County, California. The wine lived in a 30 gallon French Oak barrel [...]

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Newport Beach Real Estate ~ Market Report ~ November 2007 to November 2008

December 25, 2008

Real estate news released by DataQuick on December 16, 2008,  reflected a 34.4% decrease of the average single family home sales price in Orange County. With the interest in Newport Beach Real Estate market trends, learning how Newport Beach compares for the same time period, November 2007 to November 2008, is important for buyers and [...]

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Newport Beach Real Estate ~ Is it Time to Buy?

December 8, 2008

I found an intriguing article for first-time home buyers. In truth, this article applies to all considering buying or selling real estate in today’s market. Finally, someone who is not a real estate agent is agreeing with me – now is the time to start thinking about buying! As a Newport Beach Realtor, when I [...]

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Crystal Cove Real Estate ~ Deal of the Month!

December 7, 2008

Breaking News: 2/13/2009 – Price Reduction: $2,995,000. The deal is getting sweeter. What’s up with the street named Coral Cay in  Crystal Cove? There are seven homes for sale on this street. One of them is going to be a deal for someone. At least by today’s standards. Check out the listing information for 3 [...]

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Crystal Cove Real Estate ~ Market Update

November 12, 2008

Just a few days ago I was asked by someone about current values and my opinions about Crystal Cove real estate. Aside from the anomaly of one recently sold property, selling prices have held slightly above $1,000 per square foot for Crystal Cove homes. In a nutshell, I think between now and the first of [...]

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