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Thanks, wasn't slurring the rich at all. Just private schools as a choice. Speaking from personal experience -- my nephew wasn't performing well in a public school so the parents shipped him to a private school at great expense so that he could graduate. Also influenced by Al Pacino's "Scent of...

Ok, I should probably scale back my housing budget. I don't really want/need a 5bd at this stage. Just want a nice neighborhood with an academically good school. Thank you all for taking time to answer. This has dented Aliso Viejo's stance in my plans. My perception (possibly wrong) of...

I would not look at the actual price per sq ft. I would look at the 200% price change since 2000. Then allow for 3 things: -- 2% drop in prevailing 30yr conventional mortgage rates between late 90s and 2000s. That is worth about 50% of the home price appreciation -- funny...

Thanks! The news story is exactly the kind of local color I was looking for. Specific question: when you say that elementary schools "feed" intro University HS, does that mean that it is harder for a kid who went to a different elementary school to enroll into UHS even if the family moves...

to explain the table: 30Sep09 | 2.0 | -10.50 / -8.50 0.17 | 5 x 5 30Sep09 = property index change between Sep 07 and Sep 09 2.0 = 2yr (=2009-2007) -10.50 = if you want to pay the index, i.e. you are betting that house prices depreciate, you will receive negative 10.50% annual rate, so...

Brilliant resource, so I thought I'd give something back, being in the investment industry. There is a market for Total Return Swaps (TRS) where you pay (or receive) a fixed interest rate vs receiving (respectively paying) one of the recently constructed home price indices (these tend to track...

What a great resource! Schools. I am likely moving to OC next year. The job is in NB, so Irvine + AV seem to be the two housing choices. I have 3 boys who are 8, 4, and 1. Everyone seems to be pretty positive about Irvine schools, no so much for Capistrano District schools. Is there a real...

My first post here, so please don't slug me too hard for not using the search and the like.... I am likely to move to the area next year from Europe (job in NB), and the school choice is critical with my boys being 8,4, and 1. The house purchase choice seems to be between Aliso Viejo and...