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Laguna Beach Home Buying Up 50% Over Yea ...
Having struggled between ups and downs for most of 2009, the Laguna Beach real estate market is showing positive signs early in the year with a rise of 50% in home buying compared to the same period a year ago.This time last year, only 14 homes were bought in Laguna Beach within the month, making it among the slowest real estate markets in Orange County. Today, however, the same period saw a total of 21 home sales.The rise is unexpected consideri ....

Laguna Beach Named Toughest City for Sel ...
After an encouraging surge in the past couple of weeks, Laguna Beach seems to be back on the slow track. Recent data shows that the South Coast city is the hardest place to sell a home in Orange Count ....

Top-Price Laguna Beach Homes on the Rise
A home in Laguna Beach worth $31.5 million was listed last week, joining five other homes in Orange County in the $30-million price range. The growing number of high-priced Laguna Beach homes up for s ....

Laguna Beach Keeps Up Jumbo Mortgage Mar ...
Jumbo financing is thought to have all but disappeared throughout Orange County, as home sales slowed down and price cuts hit even the most high-end markets. But in Laguna Beach, buyers are taking out ....

Tax Credit Does Little for Laguna Beach ...
First-time home buyers may not benefit much from the government’s tax credit program, at least not in upscale cities like Laguna Beach, according to columnist Kelli Hart of the Orange County Reg ....

Laguna Beach Home Sales Speed Up
Laguna Beach surprised real estate experts last week with an unexpected boost in home sales pace, whereas the other two South Coast cites, Dana Point and San Clemente, both slowed down in the same per ....

FHA new policies
This coming Wednesdays the Federal Housing Administration will announce stricter financing standards.The FHA which insured close to a third of all new mortgages in 2009 will increase the premiums it c ....

South Coast Homes Selling Faster
January is often a slow time for real estate sales, but the Orange County South Coast—comprising Laguna Beach, Dana Point, and San Clemente—is seeing a collective drop in market times, acc ....

Laguna Beach Has No "Affordable Inventor ...
The South Coast has always been on the higher end of the Orange County real estate market, but recent reports have revealed just how high. Close to half of the new inventory to hit Laguna Beach, San C ....

Laguna Beach Appraiser Fraud Uncovered
A Laguna Beach father and son are facing over 20 counts of fraud, conspiracy and grand theft after having allegedly misled lending institutions with inflated property appraisal values, local authoriti ....