OC Real Estate News

When buying a home taking the first step and contacting the appropriate professionals can often be confusing and a little intimidating. Who should you contact first? This episode dives into that question.

How is Thanksgiving already a few weeks away? This year flew by, but before it's completely over, let's look at the top 5 things you should know and understand about the real estate market in Orange County for the month of November. If you are buying or selling a home this…

In this episode I have a conversation with Dino from California Coastal Loans and we discuss what buyers should know from a lender's perspective for 2022. Some of the topics include, what will interest rates look like in 2022, updates on loan programs that will help buyers…

Prop 19 passed on California last year, news coverage stopped shortly after and I still get a lot of questions about it, so I wanted to break it down for anyone that was interested in seeing exactly how it works. Some examples are included to make it easier to understand…

  Inventory and demand are both on their way down as expected for this time of year. Over the next 4-6 weeks expect this hot seller's market to look almost the same as it does today. Right now active inventory for all of Orange County is under 2,200 homes, a…

  Are you a first time home buyer and don't know where to start your home buying journey? Check out my free e-book on how to budget for your first home at:…

  Looking to buy or sell a home, or are you in the middle of a transaction and your agent or escrow company starts talking to you about title insurance? What is it? Who pays for it? What is this 20-30 page preliminary title report that you just received when you…

 Zillow has put a pause on home buying for the rest of the year, rumors and news articles are speculating that it's because they believe a housing crash is coming, in this episode we look at the data to determine if there is any truth to…

 There is a lot of questions and misinformation circulating about the new CA bill SB-9 and what it means for homeowners and single family neighborhoods. Hopefully this video can shed some light on it.UC Berkeley SB9…

Key Data from the last 30-days in the housing marketDemand has dropped by 4% in the last 30 days. Not very noticeable, still a very hot seller's market even though demand is going down. One of the reasons demand(pending sales) is down is there is just isn't enough inventory…

Did you know California has 5.2 BILLION dollars allocated to helping renters repay up to 100% of missed/partially paid rent and utility payments over the last 18 months when those missed payments were due to a covid-19 related income loss? As of today, the state has only…