May 22nd, 2013
by Sylvia Walker
Summer will be here soon, and Irvine has some activities available for you and the family. They are listed in Irvine’s summer 2013 edition of Inside Irvine.
“The summer edition of Inside Irvine is available online and was mailed the week of May 6. This features information about the Solar Decathlon 2013 and XPO; City summer concerts and activities; an article on the Irvine Open Space Initiative; our annual summer safety tips; summer camps and more!"
—City of Irvine
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May 19th, 2013
by Sylvia Walker
The Irvine Housing Numbers by Neighborhood—April 2013
For a snapshot of the Irvine housing numbers by neighborhood in 2012, see my previous post. And for a look at what is happening this year, see the following:
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May 8th, 2013
by Sylvia Walker
“It’s about serving everybody in the community….A local food system makes a lot of sense to me because the money stays in that local community and we can create jobs, thousands of jobs. As we talk today we are losing rural farm lands, and we’re losing rural farmers. So what we need to do is grow farmers…train farmers to be able to farm a different kind of way.”
“The UN stated in 2010 that the only way we end world hunger is local food systems.”
–Will Allen, Urban Farmer and MacArthur Genius Grant Recipient
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May 1st, 2013
by Sylvia Walker
The Altos Market Action Index (MAI) for Irvine’s single-family homes is still climbing. When I checked in about a month ago, the MAI was 41.16. On April 19, the Altos MAI rose to 44.36. So the Irvine single-family housing market still climbs farther into what Altos defines as a seller’s market. (Above 30 is defined as a seller’s market; below is defined as a buyer’s market.) Altos also states that the average single-family home in Irvine has been on the market for about 113 days as of April 19, 2013.
Altos Market Action Index for Single-family Homes in Irvine
Altos Research
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Apr 24th, 2013
by Sylvia Walker
The Irvine housing market, as well as most of the Orange County housing market, is heating up. That is not a new story, but to exemplify this we will take a look at what has happened to the price of homes in a new Irvine housing development.
The new development of Willow Bend in Irvine’s University Park opened for viewing a few weeks ago. Three models are available to tour and buy if you qualify and like the price. So what is the price? In February, the asking price was advertised as “starting in the $900,000s.” But the price is now stated as “anticipated to start in the low $1 millions.”
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Apr 17th, 2013
by Sylvia Walker
The Orange County and the Inland Empire chapter of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), an international nonprofit research and education organization that focuses on land use and real estate development, will host the Third Annual Orange County and Inland Empire Best of the Best (BoB) Awards. The BoB awards are presented to Orange County and Inland Empire businesses that excelled in sustainability building design and development.
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Apr 10th, 2013
by Sylvia Walker
The Irvine housing market is heating up.* However, it is still difficult to get a mortgage. Maybe that partly explains why so many home sales these days involve all-cash and investor buyers.
If you want to increase your chances of qualifying and getting that new home, Redfin agent Rob Brandon will lead a free class in which he will discuss home financing and answer questions about mortgages.
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