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2-income family saving $5K a month is probably normal, especially when those savings are towards a future-down-payment-of-a-dream-home. 1-income family saving $5K a month, after paying mortgage, now thats a millionaire-next-door stuff. Having said that I am probably same as akim, when it comes...

I hope you added BIG utility bills in maintenance costs, especially Water and Electricity. For resale of homes with pools, the buyer group will be narrow as those with kids will stay away though they may be in the same price range. Jacuzzi is probably OK to keep, since its smaller than pool...

Calling IndieDev...  ;)

Yes (backs to tustin ranch road)...and has PFChangs-type vent system  :o Other than these 2 factors - its a great buy and shows well too!

For those who are OK with 1989 builts - this one seems to have interesting price/sq ft:http://www.redfin.com/CA/Tustin/13072-Cortina-92782/home/4754879

Sure. TIC is probably training their sale staff to carefully analyze "trends". Santa Cruz in WBE will have tough resale market, with so many 'hoods in competition. Though "resale value" is last thing on any buyer's mind - it IS on buyer's mind. So TIC, all the best for selling SC in WBE!

Congrats Akim! If you ask me, it depends on the person if he wants to (or afford to) buy a Porsche or Honda. Though because Porsche has reduced 20% price, it may still be higher compared to a 20% reduced Honda - for a typical Honda buyer! In my opinion - As long as you can afford your monthly...

We have bought from sears and set one up last before week-end.http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00627776000P?mv=rr This is tournament size table (I personally dont like smaller tables built for convenience, since it is NOT the same for decent players). We bought above since it was dead...

Do you know of any older (>1990) ones with CWG that are 700K or less?

We almost bought these due to less price per sq ft. But being attached (1-side) and true condo - when we compared monthly costs (PITIA + MelloRoos + HOA + Others) - there were resale true SFRs that were cheaper overall. Moreover the location (sandwiched between sandcanyon and 133) did not help.

For eg. the pictures in this topic (http://www.talkirvine.com/index.php?topic=1514.0)

I am not able to see pictures that are posted in a few threads? How do i see them, is there anything I need to enable in my browser?

Not just in Irvine, in general summer months have highest avg listed price compared to winter months (3-5% more), simply because with holidays out of the way people get out of their current homes in search of their next home. There is obvious reason of school year, where parents can not afford...

Yes. For Resale, - Mello-roos is low but exists and its been paid since it was built - so you have to live with it for another few years (depending on bonds expiry date). For New homes - Mello-roos is high and it is for min of 30 years (thats when bonds are typically set to expire). For us -...

For us, there were 3 factors to consider for resolving "new vs resale" issue: a. Price point - Most of SFR in Irvine/TustinRanch has a price point that is bloated. OR there are some condos sold as SFR (Eg. SantaCruz, PrimRose et al). We like new house smell but not that much, especially when it...

Thats about right. In buyers market, the selling price is 3-8% less than listed price on an avg. While that holds true for most resale properties, looks like new homes also are following the same percentages. Poor early birds, who bought at 100% of listed price!

We have big O (TustinRanch) just like you mentioned above and we like it a lot. But then this is our first home! What I like is our kitchen has more than one entry (or exit?), that makes the traffic to not stagnate or rub each other while going in and out of kitchen. Family Room/Kitchen are...

You have repeated yourself (easy to copy and paste, eh?) on same recommendation  (http://www.talkirvine.com/index.php?topic=842.msg16956#msg16956) - hence the "conclusion". Either you are super satisfied customer or you are... But "?" as suffix makes it a doubt and not a conclusion. No worries!

OKKid = Henry/Wife/Relative/Friend?

If your goal these days is to scare buyers, reduce the demand and there by reduce irvine prices so that you can buy your dream home in Irvine - I doubt its going to happen, unless there are few symptoms of what you say (err...write)!