Sunday, February 28, 2010

South inland O.C. home sales up 41% - Lansner on Real Estate : The Orange County Register

For the 22 business days ending February 5 – freshest numbers from DataQuick — our region-by-region analysis of homebuying shows Orange County slices up geographically speaking this way …

•DataQuick identified 570 homes selling in Orange County’s north-inland ZIP codes in this most recent period, +12% from a year ago. Median selling price? $450,000 in these 23 ZIPs. This most recent median price change was +8.4% vs. a year ago.

•Mid-county ZIPs — median selling price $352,500 – had 630 sales, -12% from a year ago. In these 24 ZIPs, the freshets median price change was +4.9% vs. a year ago.

•Combined, total homes sales in ZIPs in the north and mid-section of Orange County were -2.2% vs. a year ago as homebuying the the rest of the county ran +31.3% vs. 12 months earlier.

•North/mid-county homes accounted for 57% of residences sold in the most recent period vs. 64% a year ago.

•325 homes sold in beach cities’ 17 ZIP codes in the most recent period, +16% from a year ago. Median selling price? $722,500 in these 17 ZIPs. Newest median price change was +4.9% vs. a year ago.

•South inland ZIPs — median selling price $493,250 – had 578 sales, +41% from a year ago. In these 19 ZIPs, the latest median price change was +16.7% vs. a year ago.
•All told, countywide sales were +8% vs. a year ago. The median selling price was +15% in the past year


South inland O.C. home sales up 41% - Lansner on Real Estate : The Orange County Register

Thursday, February 11, 2010

This home inspection video blog is about weatherproof covers for exterior receptacles. Items permanently installed in an exterior receptacles, such as a cord for timer, does not allow the cover to close. Therefore, when it rains water can intrude and get into the electrical connection... not a good thing.

What's needed when something is permanently installed in an exterior receptacle is a weatherproof cover. This shows such a cover and how to install one:



I hope this gives you a little more information about your home and the safety items I look for during a home inspection.

Joseph Lang
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Thursday, February 4, 2010

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By AnitaK on December 7, 2009

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