real estate: What Happened to the Market?? Where have the Buyer GONE!! - 10/16/13 07:39 AM
 
I sell homes in a retirement community located in Casta del Sol, Mission Viejo, CA. There are 1927 residential properties in the community and the sales changes over the course of 1 year. Now this is to be expected but this year has been exceptional! It has been a rollercoaster ride. Spring time the For Sales were on the market averaging 10 days before an offer was coming in, then it changed. We stared the month of June with the inventory down to only 2 houses available on any given day and the offers were coming in within 2 days … (0 comments)

real estate: FREE! Information Available from REALTORS! Just Ask! - 10/16/13 04:21 AM
 
Are you considering buying a home when the market is right? Do you know how to find out when that will be? Keeping in touch with what is going on and having the right person watching over the real estate market for you would be a good thing. Realtors pride themselves in researching and evaluating all the data that is available, to see how it will benefit their clients. There are news reports every day that the market is going up, that it is going down, buy now, buy next year, sell, don’t sell, how can you possibly know what … (0 comments)

real estate: Proof That Prices are Going UP, UP and AWAY!!! - 04/18/13 04:20 AM
 
Comparing sales for Casta del Sol, Mission Viejo in the first three months of 2011, 2012 and 2013!
 
January     February          March
 
2011                                             2012                                             2013
 
           Sold in 2011 - 14 houses                  Sold in 2012 - 10 houses                      Sold in 2013 - 27
        Days on Market 2011 – 82             Days on market 2012 – 67              Days on Market 2013 – 48
      Avg. price 2011 - $366,200             Avg. price 2012 - $382,300             Avg. price 2013 – 439,120
Low price CDS 2011 - $295,000      Low price CDS 2012 $317,000      Low price CDS 2013 - $380,000
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real estate: Casta del Sol Properties are Moving Fast!! - 01/21/13 07:43 AM
Casta del Sol prices have increased $50 per square foot from the first quarter of 2012 to the fourth quarter 2012.
Average price 1/1/12 to 3/31/12 for total of 10 properties sold was $340. The sold price constituted 98% of the list price. Going forward to the last quarter of the year 10/1/12 to 12/31/12 average prices were up quite a pit. There were 15 sold properties with the average ip to $416.000 and the sold price at 99% of the list price.
The new year is taking off fast, 4 homes closed escrow already and the average price is $420,000. We had one house … (6 comments)

real estate: Spring is Coming and Prices are Going UP!! Facts!!! - 01/19/13 08:14 AM
Just noticing a change in sold properties in Casta del Sol, Mission Viejo. Taking a look at the last 35 days, which is usually not a good time to sell a house, prices are up! Not the important information I was getting to! There were 9 closed sales, all standard sales, no REOs or short sales yet 3 of the 9 sales slod for over asking price!!
Why is that important?? We haven't seen that in a while! REOs yes! short sales yes but standard sales maybe every so often it was happening. Prices are up in this active adult community … (1 comments)

real estate: Casta del Sol, High Prices, More Flipped Properties! HOT HOT HOT!!! - 08/21/12 10:48 AM
Let's take a look at the activity for sold homes in Casta del Sol, Mission Viejo, during the first 6 months of the year over the last 10 years. We see right away that this is a good year to buy a house in Casta del Sol. Prices are at 2003 average. The bad news is we have 15 homes that went into escrow in June! As of today we only have 5 active available with an average price of $460,000! Sept. is going to be an interesting month showing a more normal activity for sales. Hoping that inventory picks up!
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