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  • Costa Mesa Favors Sellers. Corona del Mar Favors Buyers. Six Miles Apart.,Bernice Devries

    Costa Mesa Favors Sellers. Corona del Mar Favors Buyers. Six Miles Apart.

    The national housing market just settled into balanced territory. Our stretch of the coast never got the memo. Every buyer we talk to wants to know if they can finally get a deal. Every seller wants to know if they'll still get their number. Around here, both are right, and which one applies to you

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  • The Quarter Point You're Waiting On Is Worth About $165 a Month,Bernice Devries

    The Quarter Point You're Waiting On Is Worth About $165 a Month

      There's a number behind your mortgage rate that almost nobody explains. It has already done most of the work it's going to do. Every buyer we talk to wants to know when rates are coming down. Very few know that a second number, one that gets almost no airtime, already delivered the relief they're

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  • The National Story Says Luxury Is Winning. Our Data Says the Opposite.,Bernice Devries

    The National Story Says Luxury Is Winning. Our Data Says the Opposite.

    Entry-level homes are stacking up across the country while high-end buyers move fast. In Orange County, the slowest inventory sits above $2 million. A national analysis making the rounds this summer says the housing market has split in two: luxury selling faster on shrinking supply, entry-level pili

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