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No, she didn't mention them.  The only other thing she said was regarding financing.  She asked how I would feel if the builder's approved lender (currently B of A) were to change to a lesser known bank.  

Based on the fact TIC has conducted so many of these "focus groups" over time, TIC should know better.  Shame on you, TIC!  I thought I had heard somewhere that TIC dissects everything related to real estate (including consumer thoughts)--up one side and down the other?  If so, my conclusion...

@PS: Yes, I believe I was in the same group as you!!   

If you're asking about the demographics, 70% were Asians and I believe the rest were White and/or Latin.       

I attended the study group as well and it was pretty frustrating sitting in there with those poor layouts.  At best, those plans that "Barb" showed us were really awful--in my opinion, worse than most of what's out there now.  And then at the very end of almost 2 hours, she springs that whole...

I definitely think the mentally ill should be entitled to safe, affordable housing but I think this situation could bring down the value of Stonegate and more specifically discourage families with children from moving there once they hear about it.      How do others feel about this?  Please...

I'm not Chinese but supposedly the word 4 has the same sound as the word "die" or "death" (not sure which) in the Chinese language.  So, this discourages a lot of Chinese buyers from buying a house with the number 4 in the address.  The entry opening to stairs deals with "feng shui," which...

You and shokunin are right.  The second # is merely the lot #.  I talked to the Maricopa rep today and he said that the legal address is: 35 Lyndhurst.  He said that's all the post office needs to deliver the mail.  He said there's a centralized mailbox system because "the post office no longer...

I agree, it's SO silly it almost kills me.  I hate buying into the ridiculous superstitions and I would normally just brush them off but when the Asian buyers are so strong as in Irvine, I want to know what they're thinking and why they're turned off by certain properties.  Whenever I see a...

No, I just try to avoid the number 4 in the address (i.e., 4 Lyndhurst, 44 Lyndhurst, 4 Lyndhurst #44, etc.)  This is based on the same logic laid out in the prior string regarding Asians and numbers.  I'm an Americanized Asian and don't mind the number but when I learned that Asian buyers don't...

Can someone explain why the Maricopa Homes in Stonegate have an address followed by a second number?  For example, a few of the Maricopa model three homes appeared on Redfin a couple of days ago (though I can't seem to find them right now) and the address reads something like: 28 Lyndhurst #39...

Orchard Hills is very beautiful and lush but I've heard that its proximity to the landfill makes it somewhat undesirable given its expected high price point.  I recently heard that the landfill is one of the largest in CA and that it houses a lot of hazardous waste.  Is this hazardous waste talk...

We are considering Maricopa now but we would rethink buying in that neighborhood if it's going to be rezoned for any high school other than Northwood HS.  Does anyone know if Maricopa would be subject to future rezoning? I think that's why NWP commands what it does--its proximity to Northwood...

Hi Julstride, we looked at this property too and it was just too little space for that money. I don't even think the house is 1,600 SF.  Gotta love that Mike Dunn. >:D  We loved the amount of lighting and the cul-de-sac location but we couldn't justify paying that much for so little space (and...

I agree, my gut tells me that TIC will have to make some changes if they want to sell their new SFR products (in Stonegate and Laguna Altura) at a faster pace.  They are struggling so badly to create any momentum on selling the Maricopa, Cortona and Toscana.  I'm definitely going to wait to see...