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I believe the mello roose of any new villages in Irvine is a fixed dollar amount (about $400-500/mo), and the tax rate is fixed at 1.04% of the purchase price. Therefore the cheaper the new homes sale price gets, the higher in percentage (has to be more than 2% for those condo units) it comes...

Pricing for Ivy at Woodbury East had come out which is lower than predicted, starting at mid 300s rather than high 300s. The largest plan is around LOW 400s. WOW

I would suggest to go rent for few years and decide where to to buy in Irvine after you are familiar with the city, schools and neighborhoods. It's not the matter of how the market is or will be, but make sure you know well in the area before you reside. I believe there are tons of apartments...

At this time, Woodbury is more like a developed village and you see people jogging around the neighborhood at 9pm everyday. PS is not as busy as Woodbury of course just because it's not developed yet and probably will take another 10 years to see its real village look. I would suggest to wait...

Woodbury East seems to starts sooner than my expectation, although the village is at a convenient location to freeways, town center, spectrum...but there is the 133 toll road behind = freeway next to it, does it seem as a big minus to all of you?

Thanks for all your opinions. I'll soon make my decision of buying or not. Maybe more towards 'buy' just because the money factor. With my max budget of 450k for a 3-bed home, it's hard for me to find one at this time with non-remodeling condition since I have no extra money to change...

Not all asians are wealthy. There are asians (maybe more than half of them) who are striving for their life and trying to provide the best environment and education for their next generation. Probably the only privilege for them is that they might have the downpay from parents or in-laws for a...

Most HOAs are about $140-$150/month if there are some decent parks and pools, plus neighborhood landscape maintenance. (strip between street and sidewalks, sides of the roads, etc) How much are the HOA fees in PS? The "build out" won't really happen for 5-10 years at their current pace so...

By the way, the sales finally got back to me with the current HOA I'll be paying after escrow close. The amount is like $50 more than the builder's fact sheet when she was selling to me. Is it normal? Although they circled the amount of HOA and told me this is how much you'll be paying while...

Just got the renewal notice from leasing office of Orchard Hills Apartments, they automatically reduced about 6% of my current rent for a 12-month-term lease. And found they are offering the same discount to my neighbor too. It sounds pretty good deal but it could because my current lease...

Is it possible to see an over $400/mo HOA in PS before it's completely developed??

That sounds right. I tried to write an offer which was about 10% less than builder's selling price, but got denied and countered offer at the original price from the Irvine Company. The sales told me that all builders in Irvine have to get Irvine Co's approval on the price of each new home they...

The reason I decide to buy earlier was because I don't see any new constructions coming out when the market is down. My family prefer a new home instead of a resale home, especialy the condition for short-sale and REO homes are bad if the price is good. As far as I see people talking about...