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I am ...shocked I guess, that people wanted the Irvine homes over these when these seem SO much cheaper for a comparable product.  I mean, its not like this is a bad location -- even though brea and yorba linda are really nice suburbs in general I consider them 'far' from the center of oc where...

we LOVE the idea of a loft - we use our second smaller bedroom as our computer room right now and we'd rather have that open space - plus we could set our desk up differently so we coudl both dual monitor. I do wonder if it is harder to keep cool though - i notice sometimes when i go up to...

those seem like they are competitively priced for the area...they should do fine.  Aren't they a lot cheaper than the 2010 homes were?  (I didn't pay much attention). I hate the way the front looks in teh sketch though. Blech.

Yes - the HOA itself (the association of homeowners) uses the money only on the costs of maintaining hte common areas, BUT many of them also pay a certain amount to a management company, and the management company is a regular company operating (presumably) for profit, but the HOA fee that goes...

how many people are actually HOME and in a position to be bothered by recess noise?  I mean aside from the small work from home population and people who work night shifts and sleep during the day, is recess noise really a factor for most people?

that gigantic lot is pretty nice....in 30 years you could sell it and a developer could put like 50 condos there or something.  thats like 5 sfr homes if you do em Irvine new home style and people will have jetpacks in 30 years anyway so they won't need so much parking.   

the kind of people who own the kind of houses affected by an increase in capital gains tax don't care about making huge profits on their home sales - they either bought investment properties or showcase properties or homes for their families.    It affects those people for their OTHER kinds of...

yeah mello roos is not hard to avoid as long as you stick to the older areas - you can get a brand new house in an older area without mello roos.    I have ALSO done the calculations on mello roos and it just doesn't seem worth it to me, but I also don't have that burning need to live in south...

I'm in time warner land and I confirm that it sucks.  ISPs basically have monopolies on their areas of So-Cal -- TV at least you have SOME options although nothing is ideal IMO.  Internet you are basically screwed.    We were looking into getting tv service earlier this year and it is sooooo...

I also kind of dislike the great room - in fact I have not liked any floorplan i've seen in a new home lately.  I went to one model in the ..columbus grove!? area and it was awful, just ....awful.    The big asian family walking around it with us seemed to like it a LOT though.    I dont' know...

why do they have to add the part about wearing pants?  Do people often show up to these events half naked?

wow, listing for more than the 2005 and 2006 prices.  That is some OPTIMISM right there.

I honestly dont' think anyone actually "learned their lesson" abotu this at all.    I think the only thing stopping people from pulling money out of their homes is the fact that there isn't any money to pull out.  If they could they would - ESPECIALLY since interest rates on mortages are so low...

Sigh, this topic has gotten so derailed.  Let me rephrase.  For those of you who know people in their 20s, what percentage would you say are able to have 180k (160 for the down and 20 for closing costs?) in cash for a home in the next 5 years?    And of those, what percentage do you think will...

yeah my recollection is also that the people pushing hardest for the housing tax breaks were on the R side as well - back when this was all majorly under discussion.  D side was pushing more for banks to do modifications and extensions and things like that, R side was pushing for bigger tax...

*cries* less than 10k.... I could have bought 6 months out of college.    I was still living at home so I saved a lot more then (but there's only so long most people can stand to live at home).    Of course at that point the smallest crappiest condo was 300k (yay 2006!).    And I guess I...

Pool maintenance is a huge PITA - or a huge expense and pool service companies never do a very good job because they know they can just charge you later in the year to do a chemical shock if you get algae or something.    Not that she'll believe you I guess. But it is pretty annoying.  And you...

Yes but how does that helps us qualify for that house?  Well... I mean I  guess in our particular case we have been deliberately keeping our potential housing cost a lot lower than normal (we're looking at like, 18% instead of the 25 or hwatever that is normally consideredt he lower range).   ...

the 45k would make a difference for me personally, I *think*  -- but we are buying this first place with an eye towards a near-future rental property and a far future potential appreciation gain, so the lower price higher interest rate scenario doesn't affect the first item at all and affects...

My bf's family is from the rancho cucamonga area and i don't notice any smell or flies but that is quite a bit further and heavily developed.  Its basically OC, its just really far away.    The problem with the parts of Riverside and Corona that people who work in OC live in is that they are...