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California Real Estate

Orange County REALTOR® Repeats Prestigious Five Star Award for 2011

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Dan Sarnecky, branch manager of First Team Real Estate’s Irvine office has announced that Ethel Krawitz, a veteran Orange County REALTOR® and a top-producer for over 30 years, has been awarded the prestigious 2011 FIVE STAR AWARD. Ethel was awarded the FIVE STAR award in 2010 and joins a very elite club of back-to-back awardees.
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Orange County REALTOR(R) Selected for the Prestigious 2010 Five Star Award

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Dan Sarnecky, branch manager of First Team Real Estate’s Irvine office has announced that Ethel Krawitz, a veteran Orange County REALTOR® and a top producer for over 30 years, has been awarded the prestigious 2010 FIVE STAR AWARD.
Crescendo Business Services of Minneapolis surveys those residents that have purchased a new home in the last 18 months [...]

Central Park West, Irvine CA

California Real Estate

The city of Irvine in Orange County California continues to grow. Not just horizontally, but vertically.
View all Irvine condos, lofts, and townhomes currently for sale.
With many well established villages, newer villages are in the process of being completed and more on the drawing board, Irvine is well on the way to urban development, combining [...]

Do Homes in Irvine CA Have Safe Neighborhoods?

California Real Estate

When showing homes in Irvine CA to prospective buyers, I am frequently asked,”Is this a safe neighborhood?” In some municipalities this is a difficult question to broach, especially on the basis of your own personal observation. Of course, in Irvine you won’t find bullet casings in the street, syringes at the playground, or lots [...]

Irvine Real Estate

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We all know that most housing markets across the nation are stacked in the favor of home buyers. The Irvine real estate market is a case in point. Prices are good, interest rates could hardly get much lower, and the local MLS home inventory is brimming with excellent values and opportunities. [...]

Orange County CA Luxury Homes – Market Report

California Real Estate

Welcome to the wonderful world of Orange County CA luxury homes, where prices and imagination know no limits. If you are looking for the finest estates to be found anywhere in the country, you will certainly find them here. However, this market is not for everyone; this is the place for people who really know [...]

Finding Orange County Luxury Homes

California Real Estate

In one sense, you could hardly go wrong purchasing almost any real estate in Southern California. This is especially true for Orange County luxury homes. Sit on the property long enough, and you will get rich.
Discover Orange County luxury homes currently for sale.
However, for owners of Orange County luxury homes, the correct choice is especially [...]

Newport Beach Distressed Properties Assistance

California Real Estate

Orange County CA has seen its share of foreclosures and short sales situation. Although not as badly affected as some cities, Newport Beach is no exception.  There are a number of Newport Beach distressed properties on the market.  Acquiring lender-mediated properties is not always easy; sometimes banks are not realistic about the values of the [...]

Aliso Viejo Homes are Selling!

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How are Aliso Viejo home sales going? We are here to tell you that this market is moving. We are blessed to work in such a great market, and with great clients. We have seen a definite uptick in Aliso Viejo home sales in 2009. Rates are still low and home shoppers [...]

Tax Credit Extention for Home Buyers!

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Hold on to your hats…good news for FIRST TIME & NON FIRST-TIME ORANGE COUNTY HOME BUYERS!
The House of Representatives has approved legislation that would extend and expand the current first time Buyer credit set to expire November 30. The House vote comes after the Senate voted yes, on Monday and while there [...]

Irvine Company Launches New Development

California Real Estate

The Orange County Register has reported that the Irvine Company, the largest land developer in Orange County, California has announced plans to launch its first home building project in three years.  The village of Woodbury East, in the city of Irvine, will consist of 685 homes, ranging in price from the low $300,000’s to the [...]