Blue Move

The real estate market picked up during the summer, not really in price appreciation, but in the number of sales. That doesn't mean that...

I have been hearing some real estate agents lately hyping the market (again).  Don't believe it, at least in Newport Coast and Laguna Be...

Crystal Cove?  More like Crystal Cold.  What do you mean, you ask?  Simple.  The geography of Crystal Cove - a hillside close to the ocean -...

Tracking the value of houses that have recently sold helps me determine where the market is going. 841 Diamond Street in Laguna Beach rec...

Time for a summer recap on the housing market from Newport Beach to Laguna Beach.  Bottom line is that it was a terrible summer for home va...

Normally, a lot of homes sell in the summer buying season in the OC beach towns.  Not this summer. The OC Register just reported that the ...

Interesting article posted by Terran on Talk Irvine: http://www.wallstreetdaily.com/2011/05/26/cme-real-estate-prices/?source=patrick.net#co...

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 wo...

The relative calm of Crystal Cove was shattered recently by two bold home robberies. You know those imposing gates and guard shacks that d...

Its often tough to sort through comparable sales data when you are trying to decide how much to offer on a home.  Here's something that ...