
Rates Just Jumped Again. Here's What Your Home Is Really Competing With.
Builders across Orange County are buying down mortgage rates. Costa Mesa and Newport Beach sellers have a better answer than a price cut. Mortgage rates rose a quarter point in a single week. If you're selling this fall, that rise lands directly on your buyer's monthly payment. Here's who else is tr

The Best Week to Buy a Home Is Here. Orange County Gets Its Own Version.
The national calendar lines up with ours this year. Who it helps most is a different story. Every fall, a national listing site crunches the data and names the single best week of the year to buy a home. For 2026, it's September 27 through October 3, and for once the calendar actually fits Orange Co

Selling This Fall in Costa Mesa or Newport Beach? Start With Your Price Band
Rates just pushed past 7%. What that means for your sale depends on where your home sits. Most fall selling advice comes in one size. Ours can't, because this market doesn't. The national fall story only half fits here The usual line is that buyers thin out in autumn while listings pile up. The firs
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