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Anyone have any ideas?  Wishing now that a valued buyer would have just taken a $1250 credit instead of buying a "top of the line" home warranty from First American Home Buyers Protection Corporation.  Oven stopped working - a Thermador Professional that probably is expensive to fix.  Guess...

Mistakes can be made in the high end.  I've cut and pasted it below, but the links and the photo are on my blog at www.bluemove.blogspot.com. More Buyer's Remorse in Crystal Cove The real estate market picked up during the summer, not really much in price appreciation, but in the number of...

CT Native, any thoughts on the public schools?

From the BlueMove blog: http://www.bluemove.blogspot.com/2012/07/cyrstal-cold.html Crystal Cove?  More like Crystal Cold.  What do you mean, you ask?  Simple.  The geography of Crystal Cove - a hillside close to the ocean -  results in a microclimate of cold temperatures and sometimes fog.  In...

I would bet that if they had their way, real estate agents would want to control the message and get commissions.  This guy is posting opinions that will inform buyers.  This is good.  Instead of trying to communicate their own message or dispute the message, the real estate agents mount this...

There are pictures and working links on the Bluemove blog - here's the text: South Laguna is far off the beaten path.  It is thankfully free of tourists compared to the rest of Laguna Beach, but for those of us who work, the drive takes almost as long as traveling from the office to San...

The Bentley is low end - an Arnage, I think - This model goes back to 1998 or so and I'm betting that a poser who wanted people to think they were driving a $250K car could buy one on the cheap - $50K or less.  So it is another instance of OC fakery......

For me, the value and desireable features are in the resale market.  The high density, small new homes on small new lots being sold in Irvine, where the schools arguably are in decline compared to other communities, are not appealing.

Story breaks first on the bluemove blog!       The relative calm of Crystal Cove was shattered recently by two bold home robberies. You know those imposing gates and guard shacks that drive the association dues toward $700 per month in Crystal Cove?  Apparently, these amenities are of limited...

Don't care for the look of that stucco box.

Know the thread should be dead. But.....It would be far easier to get good grades at UCSB (or Stanford, for that matter) to leverage entry into a better grad school.  I'm not saying this is the entire equation, but it certainly is a factor.  My niece is a high achiever in the UCLA engineering...

California home prices fell in January on a year-over-year basis for the fourth consecutive month, according to real estate tracker CoreLogic?s math.  Certainly looks like we are firmly in a housing double dip.  Buying a house now is buying a depreciating asset - one that loses money every...

Coldwell Banker quietly closed its Laguna Beach Office on North PCH.  This reflects the Laguna Beach home market, which is sinking as well.....Buying a high end home in Laguna Beach is buying something that will lose value, month in and month out for the foreseeable future.  A pic is on my...

There are active links and photos on my blog at www.bluemove.blogspot.com.  Here's the rest: 28 Cruisers Bluff sold in June 2010 for $5,195,000.  And its value today? - Recent comps show a sagging market that has crushed the value of this home.  When someone loses a million dollars in home...

I wonder if it is popular in the Asian community for families to loan/give money to relatives for their large downpayments?  If this was done "under the table" then it would enable Irvine home purchases at current levels.  Also many in Irvine are move up buyers who have owned for years somewhere...

The median for Laguna Beach single family homes is down quite a bit over the last few years.  I don't have the numbers handy, but it is down at least 30%-40%.

From my son's experience in the Laguna Beach public schools  - first grade -  17 kids in his class.  His teacher is top notch - young and highly educated and motivated.  The classroom is fully decked out  in high tech, including full touch sensitive video screens instead of blackboards or...

The OC register reports http://lansner.ocregister.com/2010/11/24/forecast-calif-home-prices-to-drop-9-9/88926/ - Real estate trackers from FiServ and Moody?s Economy.com forecast that California home prices will fall 9.9% in the year ending in June 2011 ? fourth biggest drop across the...

Live links and a photo are on my blog, but here is the rest: 26 Cruisers Bluff, for sale at $5,300,000, is a White Sails model built by Taylor Woodrow in 2004.  It has 4 bedrooms and is about 5000 square feet and has very nice ocean views.  On a per square foot basis, it is priced at $1060 and...

I think most people would care about the money. The real question is why aren't people talking about the real estate agents who "represented" buyers who paid too much?  Isn't the credibility of the buyer's agent fairly called into question?