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Unless they can show us when and where the relocation will be, I only see this to be merely some kind of "fake" promise just to get people to vote for the current mayor to get her the re-election for 2022.

With Amazon raising the total comp aggressively, its OC office employees have more buying power now: https://www.geekwire.com/2022/amazon-more-than-doubles-max-base-pay-to-350k-for-corporate-and-tech-workers-citing-labor-market/

This house sits at the entrance of the road which residents/guests of 23 houses need to go in and out every day, a very high traffic spot.

Is it because of the design or floorplan? With today's red hot market, it is hard to believe even with such a big discount ($590/sqft), it still cannot motivate any buyer for such a long time on market.

There must be something wrong with this property - only $590/sqft but 83+ days on market still no sale...

This is kind of a sore point in buying OH4. Yes having a view is nice, however think about the toxic gas, risk of getting cancer, not dare to open window at night to sleep during summer nights (if AAA choose to emit the gas during midnight to avoid detection)...

VOC, together with other harmful substance in asphalt, will induce cancers (lung, leukemia etc.) quite rapidly with high possibility, especially by inhaling. It may only need just a couple years to show up. I am interested to see whether there will be a study in the cancer rate in OH area in...

Microsoft already had an office in Lake Forest for a long time, and the purchasing of Blizzard is just switching of owner, so there is no material impact to the job market here. Unless Microsoft decided to hiring more people locally here but this needs it to open new line of business (which...

It becomes a totally different story when comes to asphalt. It is definitely highly cancerous. I can smell it from time to time from EW, let alone OH4. So it is a big no-no for me no matter how the OH4 will be built or advertised.

That's because the development of east part OH is just started. OH3 has 1,000 planned units, and OH2 has 809. Suppose each family has 2 cars, and half of OH2 people will take the east side OH Drive, then there will be approx. 2,800 cars pass the front of Reserve OH daily. Counting in + out, that...

BTW, foreign cash is not a sustainable business model - mainly depends on Chinese government FX regulations, for now it is much harder to convert RMB to USD, so fewer FCB recently. I do see except for the view lots, Reserve OH does not sell very well, plenty of units are still available in...

Of course nothing can prevent crime 100%. I am just curious whether there is any research done in Irvine area to show crime statistics dependency on the "gated" factor.

I don't know. For some recent theft/burglary cases in Irvine, the criminals entered the communities on foot, or followed another car into the automatic remote gate, which effectively defeats the purpose of "gated".  So you pay 2x more expensive HOA, and get just very limited protection.

For myself, the biggest shining point for the Reserve at Orchard Hills is the view. If not getting the view lot, no obvious reason to buy there.

Vivo - directly above a 2-lane each way 40mph road w/ minimum traffic light, and I frequently see people drive at ~50-60 mph. Noise will be my biggest concern. If you need to buy Vivo, have to buy the view lot to justify the premium. Marin - no view, non-gated. BTW, gated community need to be...

If hidden canyon is Maserati (Quattroporte I assume) and CVE is Kia K900, then what is reserve at orchard hill and what is eastwood?  ;D

You're already in contract, too many legal issues in simply "transferring" the agreement to others. The seller (TIC) will even refuse to do this - you can ask the sales representative, I believe you will get the same answer.

Cutoff date is today (11/2). If your new purchase is in contract as of today, you are OK. Refinance on existing loan is not capped by the new rule (you still have 1 mil). See sec. 1302(c) of the new bill.