paperboyNC
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Reading this thread makes me so glad I bought when I did. Back then you got 2,000 sqft detached homes in this price range.
Looking for new communities in the $500-$600k range
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usctrojancpa
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best_potsticker_in_town said:
Wow, I sold the same Brookland Plan 1 floor plan for $516k and $518k back in the middle of 2016. A 6-7% ncrease would be huge for 6 months and with higher interest rates.
SoclosetoIrvine
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USCTrojanCPA said:
+1 for $500-$600k Baker Ranch is probably the best fit with no Mello and new
Or you can find a Caserta resale in Cypress village within that range, but 1.8% tax is pretty killer (ask me why I know)..
Also if you go further down in south OC, maybe Rancho Mission Viejo might fit the bill
Or resale but isn't too old, probably lake forest/RSM/Mission Viejo
potsticker
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SoclosetoIrvine said:
Doesn't RMV have just as high MR?
ArchPhotog
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That Baker Ranch product does look really nice.
The hard part for me personally is my work is based around Downtown LA, and that's even further south than Irvine. Why don't I buy nearer to LA you ask? I hate it up there.
The hard part for me personally is my work is based around Downtown LA, and that's even further south than Irvine. Why don't I buy nearer to LA you ask? I hate it up there.
ArchPhotog
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Lallo said:
Seriously. Theres a lot of development going on, but LA still has all sorts of 3rd-world pockets. I believe as President Trump comes to power that will force illegals living throughout the country to flee to sanctuary states/cities. That will make Santa Ana & all of LA even worse than they are now.
La Crescenta is nice! Though maybe a little old feeling for me. I have family in Irvine which helps, and I grew up there in the early 90's. Those were the days.
To get back on topic, it looks like our only sub-$600 new homes are:
Great Park
--Sterling - high $500's (models coming end of month, taxes+HOA will put you in an insane price bracket)
Eastwood Village
-- Avalon - low $500's
Cypress Village
-- Lantana - low $500's (is this still selling? This is the only product I haven't seen in person)
Portola Springs
-- The Vine - low $500's
-- Indigo - low $500's
-- Willow - low $500's
Am I missing anything?
The used product on the market right now is crap. Lots of hideous dated town homes with no curb appeal whatsoever.
ArchPhotog said:
I own a condo in Willow and sorry to new buyers, but everything in there has been pre-sold out, the handy-men told me a few months ago how chinese investors scooped 3 condos in cash with closing over an IPad in 3 days. Apart from that, the regular buyers have bought it all out due to lower interest rates earlier, and would you believe - a made up 8k discount by the sales office lol.
ArchPhotog
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I was really hip on Willow until I realized the major neighborhood design flaw. Not only is it on the toll road which roars quite a bit, the neighborhood street layout is totally flawed.
You can't entire it from Irvine Blvd in any way. You need to go all the way up Sand Canyon to Portola and wrap back around. Then getting out of the neighborhood you can't turn back left onto Portola. Its kind of unbelievable they build it that way. If Native Spring connected to Irvine Blvd it would be a much more desirable neighborhood.
You can't entire it from Irvine Blvd in any way. You need to go all the way up Sand Canyon to Portola and wrap back around. Then getting out of the neighborhood you can't turn back left onto Portola. Its kind of unbelievable they build it that way. If Native Spring connected to Irvine Blvd it would be a much more desirable neighborhood.
potsticker
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ArchPhotog said:
Lantana is selling. They opened in August 2016. You can get 3 beds for low 600's there, but it's tri-level.
paperboyNC
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ArchPhotog said:
Yup. Would annoy me a lot if I lived there.
ArchPhotog
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usctrojancpa
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Yeah, that's dumb how they didn't connect that street up to Irvine Blvd.
potsticker
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Maybe they were trying to take a page out of China's book:http://gizmodo.com/china-accidentally-built-an-apartment-complex-in-the-mi-1442963266
BruinDoc
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ArchPhotog said:
That would be a major hassle. I wonder if it cuts down on through traffic at all designing it that way, if it's not gated? I mean if it cuts down on through traffic that would be one benefit (ie. speeding traffic, kids playing outside in the street, car noise, etc.). But maybe not enough of a benefit that it outweighs driving all the way past Irvine Blvd to Portola, then circling back.
Ready2Downsize
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ArchPhotog said:
Looks like those are the homes between Hawthorn and the Toll Road. If they were to extend that street out to Irvine Blvd, looks like it could be an issue with people crossing over the lane that gets onto the Toll Road. Reminds me of having to go out the Tustin Market place and wait at the signal to turn right onto Jamboree....... very annoying but I suppose maybe a safety issue with the I-5 entrance just past the Marketplace.
marmott
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ArchPhotog said:
I live in Willow and to be honest I think it's a good thing that Native Spring doesn't connect with Irvine Blvd. The amount of traffic we would get from the PS on the other side of Portola Pkwy to get to Irvine Blvd would be very high.
It can look like a hassle but I used to rent a detached condo in Woodbury (just next to the one bedroom USCTrojan sold no so long ago) and getting out of there to get to Jeffrey was taking a similar amount of time.
marmott said:
Just what I was thinking. I bet it was deliberate to plan the street grid like that. You don't want all that cut through traffic on a residential street. Otherwise, you end up getting a situation like all those houses lining Irvine Blvd in Tustin, between Irvine and the 55. So many people use it as an alternate route to avoid I-5 North.
ArchPhotog
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Sterling should be opening next week. Does anything have any thoughts on this?
https://www.tripointehomes.com/southern-california/sterling-at-parasol-park/
Just a rough calculation, taxes + Mello + HOA's on a $595K home in that neighborhood will be roughly $975.00/month. That means to have a reasonable payment you'd need to put down $250K+ on a $595K home.
Still... I do like Art Deco.
https://www.tripointehomes.com/southern-california/sterling-at-parasol-park/
Just a rough calculation, taxes + Mello + HOA's on a $595K home in that neighborhood will be roughly $975.00/month. That means to have a reasonable payment you'd need to put down $250K+ on a $595K home.
Still... I do like Art Deco.