Recent content by Owen_IHB

Thanks all. I wasn't thinking of living there year round. I was just thinking it might be a good place for a beach house if the price was right. You can get a small place near the beach for much less than what you might pay in Laguna Beach or Dana Point. Sure you get what you pay for, and no...

Housing seems much cheaper there. What is the community like? It is just south of Camp Pendelton in Northern San Diego county. It seems you can get a place within walking distance to a beach for much less than around here. But I've never actually been there. Any comments would be...

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<p>Having trouble posting, let me try again:</p> <p>Are prices actually going down in Turtle Rock? I haven't seen that happening.</p>

Thanks everyone!

<p>Oops I hit return too quickly.</p> <p>So I am trying to figure out the math of how much to borrow on a home purchase. Hypothetical: Say I buy a $500K house and I have $500K. I am just trying to figure out if it makes sense to borrow.</p> <p>One option is to pay the house in full and...

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I'm not aware of any instances of houses in Turtle Rock going down in price, even since 2005/2006. There's not a lot of turn over there, so there may not be many data points. Has anyone seen falling prices in TR? Why is it the last hold out? Prices seem to be dropping everywhere else.

I know that there is a big difference between what a place SHOULD be worth if the rent is $4200 and what the place is actually selling for. From what I see, $4200 monthly rent gets you a place that is selling (or at listing) for about $1.3 million. I also see a house renting for $3500 per...

The summaries of the neighborhoods are great, but after a few days they are hard to access. For example, if I want to look at the summary of Turtle Rock, I have to scroll down and down, and I would never even think to look for it if I didn't know it was already there. My suggestion is to...

<p>Redfin obviously makes sense if you can find the house yourself. Irvine is a perfect example of where Redfirn will flourish, I think. The reason is that a buyer in Irvine does not need a lot of expertise to find a neighborhood or to find a unique house or to evaluate pricing. Every...

I don't think so. Turtle Ridge was finished 2+ years ago I believe. Shady Canyon is next to TR and has houses available directly from the builders. Shady Canyon houses are $5 million plus I believe.

stillConfused, you are correct. realty.wgcs.com lists houses as "closed" when the listing is expired, either because the house actually sold or if the listing just ended for some other reason. That is odd. But otherwise I think that is one of the best free sites around because it is fast...

Thanks! The open house listing is incomplete, but better than anything else I've seen. (I know of some other open houses in Irvine that aren't listed; in fact it only lists 31 open houses in all of Orange County for both this Saturday and Sunday). I'd give your message one of those...

The OC Register has a listing of open houses, but it seems woefully incomplete; it does not even list any open houses in Irvine http://ads.myoc.com/openhouse/ The Laguna Beach Board of Realtors lists open houses at: http://lagunaboardofrealtors.com/openhouses.aspx Any other...