Irvine, CA

Curious about the lowest and highest priced listings in Irvine?

This list covers the 5 lowest, and 5 highest properties in the city of Irvine as of 4.18.08 for both the condo, and single family home categories.

Lowest Priced

Condos

• $232,500 | 47 Lakepines, 1 bd/1 ba (REO)
• $239,900 | 156 Streamwood, 1 bd/1 ba
• $255,000 | 3210 Watermarke Place, 1 bd/1 ba (Short sale)
• $263,000 | 3415 Watermarke Place, 1 bd/1 ba (REO)
• $275,000 - $300,000 | 2271 Scholarship, 1 bd/1 ba (Short sale)

Single Family Homes

• $399,900 - $429,900 | 100 Orchard, 2 bd, 1 ba
• $429,000 | 87 Orchard, 2 bd/2 ba
• $499,900 | 14952 Greenbrae, 2 bd/1 ba
• $500,000 | 14781 Doncaster Rd, 3 bd/2 ba (Short sale)
• $519,900 | 4472 Robinwood Circle, 3 bd/2 ba

Highest Priced

Condos
This list does not include the extensive high-rise condo options that are currently available in Irvine and can go up to $3.9M for a condo.

• $1,499,900 | 14 Sirius, 3 bd/3 ba
• $1,325,000 | 26 Sarena, 3 bd/3 ba
• $1,295,000 | 41 Mirador, 3 bd/3 ba
• $1,295,000 | 32 Morning Breeze, 3 bd/3ba
• $1,285,000-$1,299,000 | 32 Shade Tree, 3 bd/4 ba

Single Family Homes
Not surprisingly, all of the highest priced homes are in the exclusive, gated community of Shady Canyon and are all custom built homes.

• $11,800,000 | 89 Canyon Creek, 9 bd/11 ba
• $11,679,000 | 56 Golden Eagle, 5 bd/6 ba
• $9,995,000 | 66 Canyon Creek, 5 bd/8 ba (this really is a spectacular home - one of the best layouts of a custom home in Shady Canyon that I have seen)
• $8,995,000 | 63 Canyon Creek, 5 bd/7 ba
• $8,995,000 | 24 Cactus, 6 bd/9 ba

Have an interest in any of these properties? For further information, please contact Stacey Harmon at 949.885.6497.

Have you heard:

"Congratulations on your acceptance to the Paul Merage School of Business at UCI. This will be the most exciting two years of your life!" - Paul Merage School of Business Admissions Office

While at the same time hearing:

"Congratulations on your acceptance to UCI. There is a two year wait for on-campus housing for graduate students. Sign here on the waiting list and we'll let you know if something becomes available for you." - UC Irvine Housing Office

This was my experience when I was accepted to the UCI MBA program in 2000. After the initial elation of my acceptance worn off, reality set in and I asked myself "where am I going to live?", "can I afford it?", and "where do I start?". Having graduated from the program in 2002 and still living and working in the surrounding UCI area, my colleague Stephanie Lowe (also a Merage alumnae) and I decided to offer our assistance to the Merage students who have off-campus housing questions and needs. We created a flyer which details out our services for admitted students. We look forward to answering any questions that you may have about living near campus during your MBA experience and are happy to be able to give back to the Merage community in this way.

If you have questions or are in need of assistance, please contact me at 949.885.6497 or sharmon@surterreproperties.com.

IRVINE FORECLOSURES AND IRVINE SHORT SALES

Irvine currently has approximately 600 homes in some stage of foreclosure. The state of foreclosure ranges from an NOD (notice of default) when the owner is behind on the loan payments all the way to the final stage know as the "notice of trustee's sale" when the lender is calling for the sale of the home.

A portion of these homes in the foreclosure stage are offered for sale. These are know as short sales. A short sale happens when the home is offered for sale for an asking price less than the total liens on the home. If you are interested in the possibility of purchasing one of the Irvine Short Sales that's currently on the market you should contact The Pahua Group at (949) 309-2400. We specialize in buyer representation of Irvine Foreclosures and Short Sales.

If a home fails to sell as a short sale then at some point the home will revert back to the lender. When the lender offers the home on the market after a foreclosure has been completed the property then is own as an REO (real estate owned). REO purchases are better suited for many buyers because the transactions are normally smoother and take far less time to close. If you are interested in the purchase of Irvine Foreclosures then we can help you with that too.

On our website, http://www.BrokerOC.com/realEstate/, you can search for Irvine Foreclosures and Irvine Short Sales. You can also search these lists below for a limited selection of Irvine Foreclosures and Irvine Short Sales

• View Irvine Foreclosures
• View Irvine Short Sales

Contact The Pahua Group for all your Orange County Real Estate needs. (949) 309-2400

If you need an Orange County Short Sale Realtor to sell your home call (949) 309-2400 ext 5

Yeah, that's right. Eco-friendly in more ways then you may be ready for.
Here in Orange County we don't have enough rain water or local mountain springs to sustain our not so efficient population and lifestyle. I've heard that as much as 30% of the counties municipal electric bill is spent pumping needed water to us from other states. I'll get to the bottom of that sooner or later, but for now, it's obvious that there's a lot of waste and old school thinking going on. This new car washing company uses 1 pint of water to wash an entire car. Yes! One Pint. That's one Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream, one glass of beer or two cups of coffee. Quite a bit better than the estimated 782 pints of water that an average car wash needs to get the job done, don't you agree?

While Orange Countians happily drive about their beautiful county, thinking how fortunate they are to live here, they're unknowingly picking up all sorts of hazardous particles on their vehicles. So next time the vehicle is washed or one of our many rain showers roll in, these hazardous elements are washed off our cars and into our groundwater, sewer system or even the ocean.

ProntoWash uses micro fiber clothes to capture the undesirables. The clothes are professionally cleaned and the hazardous compounds are properly mitigated.

Environmentalists should be putting their money where their mouth is with this one. Consumer power is the easiest tool we have to bring change.

Another thing I find sustainable and pretty cool about this new car washing company is it's ability to integrate into existing infrastructure. No longer do we need large car wash facilities. They've plagued our cities for long enough!! Have you seen ProntoWash in the parking garages of the Irvine Spectrum yet? Using existing spaces in this fashion frees up more space in our county and offers a more valuable service to us all. Drop your car off and take care of some shopping, dinning, movie watching or hit the office to earn some illegal tender.

For those who doubt the ability to clean a car with one pint of water, some clothes and eco-friendly cleaning solutions... Try it for yourself!! I did and I don't plan on sitting around any outdated, dirty, water hogging car wash stations again.

Evan T. Little
Realtor®
EcoBroker®
Orange County, CA
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What is the market doing in Irvine, California? What has been going on over the the past six months? Is the credit crunch affecting individuals buying homes?

Here is the average SOLD price per square foot in Irvine for the past 6 months...

• 08/2007 $424
• 09/2007 $439
• 10/2007 $401
• 11/2007 $420
• 12.2007 $392
• 01/2008 $424

So far, for February, the average price per square foot is $391. Between 2007 and 2008 the average price per square foot in Irvine decreased approximately 3%.

There is still plenty of money available for purchasing a home. Before you decide to start shopping in Irvine there are several things going on in the mortgage market that you should be aware of. To find out how these changes affect you, you should speak to a qualified lender. The lender I use and refer to my friends and family is Nate Lindsey. You can inquire by email to nathaniel.j.lindsey@bankersfundingcompany.com . Let Nate know you found him on Sandra's Blog!

Homes are still selling, they just need to be aligned to market conditions (which I can help you do, it actually involves more than just slashing the price, I can be reached at (949) 500-0482).

• 08/2007 1320 - 135 (homes available - #SOLD)
• 09/2007 1283 - 104
• 10/2007 1241 - 110
• 11/2007 1153 - 81
• 12/2007 966 - 98
• 01/2008 1014 - 83

How has Irvine fared in comparison to other Orange County Cities/Communities? How did Orange County Compare to other Southern California Counties?

I love answering your Orange County Real Estate related questions and hearing your opinion about the Real Estate Market, so feel free ask questions and comment here, shoot me an email or interesting graph or article you've come across to SandraCarlisle@firstteam.com or give me a ring at (949) 500-0482.

*All data presented is based on data supplied by various Orange County MLS's. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.