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Optimusprime: Maybe if we pool our families resources, we can make one of those Westpark seller's dreams come true and buy it at their current list price. On the other hand, let's let them suffer for a while longer! I recently sold my condo in Tustin Ranch (losing basically all my equity in...

I like the West Park area too...but the area bordered by Harvard, Irvine Center Drive, Culver and Warner, particularly the bigger homes on the bigger lots. Alot of the smaller homes are on postage stamp sized lots that has limited or restricted streetfront parking, very claustrophobic and yucky...

I think Irvine's great too....here are good some reasons in no particular order: 1. There are 3 Costco's within probably 5-8 miles (one near Barranca, one near the District, and another one in Tustin but pretty close to Irvine). 2. Lots of Asians...i know i know...we don't care very much...

awgee: thanks for your comment. I just recently read an article by a Washington Post report detailing his and his wife's current homeownership experience. They had bought their first home in Washington D.C. for about 495k (a townhome) using an ARM with very little down. They are both...

Effie: they had mortgages then? did they denominate in cattle or sheep?

LL: Thanks for the info on San Juan Capistrano. I wish I wasn't constrained by geographic location and other influences, but many factors conspired to leave me very few options besides Irvine/Tustin Ranch <my company is relocating our office to Irvine in September, my wife works in La...

LL and TR: thanks for the great info posted on these blogs...I drive around the Irvine neighborhoods and wonder which FB is currently a squatter in a house that should rightfully be mine muhahaha. We like the larger 2300-2600square feet houses in West Park that actually has a lot and yard, but...

Something seems to be wrong or off-kilter with respect to the Irvine housing prices (and of the OC in general). My wife and I make more than 2.5x the median household income in Irvine, and yet, we can't even afford (or rather, we don't want to afford) the median SFR house in Irvine since 1750...

<p>Janet...ouchies on the sale of your second home </p> <p>I just sold my place in Tustin Ranch and took a de facto loss after expenses and upgrades and seller incentives that is equivalent to 2/3 of an entry level engineer's salary...and we closed in July 30, 2007. </p> <p>In light of the...

Hey Irvine123...i don't suppose your company is in the process moving part of its operations to a brand new campus in Irvine in the next month or 2, is it? Just curious ;)

<p>Hi Wendy...</p> <p>We recently sold our condo in that exact same complex, and now we're renting, saving money and waiting for a SFR >2000sqft to be priced more realistically so we can buy :p</p> <p>It's a nice area, and within walking distance of the park on Robinson and Jamboree. The...

<p>IrvineCommuter: I think Stanford waives the family contribution to tuition when you make under 60k/year...me thinks early retirement is in the works for me and da wife (or find a cash paying job!). Go Cards!</p> <p>Awgee: I don't know the answer to all your questions, but I can think of...

<p>That is some serious dough for a depreciating asset.</p> <p>My wife and I can afford those payments, but I think 750k now gives you only around 2000 square feet in an older neighborhood. I think I'll pass for now and wait until rates and/or prices settle down to more sane levels. I do want...

<p>bkshopr,</p> <p>Thanks for your great post. I sent it to my wife, and she loved it. I have a couple of Feng Shui books which I skimmed, and not sure if I believe any of that stuff, but there is definitely something up with orientation and layout. </p> <p>We hate front/back doors aligned...

<p>Hi Whynowwhynot,</p> <p>My wife and I were in your situation over 2 years ago...we were tired of renting (10 years), wife just got out graduate school and studying for her board exams, we were getting married and had relatives coming over, and i was living with the in-laws for a few months...

<p>Hi all,</p> <p>I've been lurking on the IHB, and wanted to let y'all know that I appreciate the trenchant RE analysis and humorous daily entries posted by IrvineRenter.</p> <p>Per my signon name, I am a recovering homeowner. My wife and I bought a condo in Tustin Ranch in 2005 and have...