First-Time Buyers Hit a Record Low. Here's What That Looks Like in Coastal OC
NAR's 2026 report shows first-time buyers dropped to 21% of the market, the lowest share since 1981. Nationally it's a squeeze. Here, it's sharper. Twenty-one percent. That's the share of 2025 home purchases made by first-time buyers, according to the National Association of Realtors' 2026 Home Bu
Outdoor Living in Coastal OC: What's Actually Worth Building
The trend is real. The ROI math, permit reality, and local buyer expectations are messier than most trend pieces let on. Every spring, the same wave of outdoor-living content shows up online. Backyards as the new living room. Pergolas, pizza ovens, hidden speakers. What's usually missing: what buy
Selling this spring? Coastal OC plays by its own rules.
What a Costa Mesa or Newport Beach seller should actually do in 2026 — and what to skip. Every March, the national housing headlines roll in: buyers have leverage, sellers are stuck, price cuts everywhere. And every March, we watch a well-prepped Eastside Costa Mesa bungalow get four offers in a wee
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