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What About Laguna Niguel?   History & Attractions: The name Laguna Niguel is derived from the words "Laguna" (Spanish for "lagoon") and "Niguili" (the name of a Native American village once located near Aliso Creek). Laguna Niguel is located in the San Joaquin...

The red dots are all over the place! A sign of warning! Maybe, we don’t know. For goodness sake, it’s almost winter, we are in a pandemic and the presidential election is a week away. What do you expect? If you notice, we have added a couple of new columns to keep...

Being self-employed and working for yourself comes with pros and cons. The main reasons people choose to work for themselves are freedom and the upside in potential income. While neither is guaranteed, there is no escape from some of the disadvantages that are...

What About Lakewood?   Lakewood is a post-World War II planned community.[9] Developers Louis Boyar, Mark Taper and Ben Weingart are credited with "altering forever the map of Southern California."[9] Begun in late 1949, the completion of the developers' plan in 1953...

The new listings surged back up from last week all across So Cal, with increases ranging from 4.94% in San Diego to as high as 7.7% in Riverside. We also added Ventura County to our report as it is one of the smallest counties in the So Cal region.   The closings...

One way to gauge the state and the direction of the economy is by watching the mortgage lenders’ lending attitude.  When the economy takes a hit, lenders pull back, tighten their lending guidelines and take a more conservative approach to lending. When it is going...

It seems as if the homeowner associations are a trend across the country.  According to the U.S. census bureau, 59% of the newly constructed homes in 2014 were built with an association in place and the number is growing.  Homeowner Associations offer many benefits to...

The new listings on the market increased in LA and San Bernardino counties by 4.39% and 1% respectively while it went down on the other 3 counties, Orange by 3.46%, Riverside by 2.61%  and San Diego with the highest slowdown of 7.24%.  Across the 5 counties we had...

What About Aliso Viejo? Aliso Viejo became Orange County's 34th city on July 1, 2001, the only city in Orange County to be incorporated since 2000.  It is one of the best places to live in California, it holds the true meaning of a bedroom community, and yet offers...