Orange County CA Real Estate

Since the real estate market in Ladera Ranch and the rest of Orange County, CA has recently slowed down considerably, the MLS is a must have in the marketing and sales of homes and condos today.  Gone are the days when you could just stick a sign in the front yard and have several purchase offers by the end of the week.

The MLS stands for Multiple Listing Service and is a cooperative arrangement among all licensed real estate professionals.  Here is how it works, a licensed real estate agent will contract with a home owner to sell their home.  This Listing Contract specifies a commission that the seller will pay when the home sells, and this commission is split between the Listing Agent the subsequent Buyer Agent that sells the home to the future Buyer. The Listing Agent lists the home for sale in the MLS computerized database, and then this new listing is made electronically available to some 20,000 other real estate agents throughout Orange County and Ladera Ranch. 

The vast majority of homes and condos listed for sale in Ladera Ranch are placed on the MLS.  The MLS is more powerful marketing tool today than ever before due to partnerships and affiliations created over the past several years with other Internet portals.  Today, when a home is put up for for sale in Ladera Ranch and is listed in the MLS, is advertised in more than 40 major Internet websites.  A partial list of these Real Estate advertising websites are:  Realtor.com, HomeSeekers.com, HomeStore.com, Homes.com, YahooRealEstate, AOL.com,  MYOC.com, OCRegister.com, OCRealEstateFinder.com, LATimes.com and many more... 

Recent independent Nationwide studies has shown that over 75% of all home buyers begin their home search on the Internet.  And usage here in south Orange County and Ladera Ranch is even higher.  The reasons for this are obvious.  The Internet MLS listings often provide multiple color photos, complete address with maps, detailed property descriptions, Tax assessor data and more. As compared to older marketing venues such as Real Estate Magazines and Newspapers, which only contained one photo at best, and just snippets of information pertaining to the details of the home. Plus, Newspaper and Magazine advertisements are notorious fro being out of date with regard to whether the home is still available for sale, where as the MLS and the corresponding Internet portals that it feeds, are updated within a day or two.

In addition, many licensed real estate professional today, work with many potential buyers, and these buyers are typically set up with an email alert service by their Agent.  When a new listing is input into the MLS, these computerized email alert services are instantly notified of the new listing, and if the listing meets the wants and needs of a particular buyer, that new listing is immediately emailed to that Buyer.  This is a very effective and targeted marketing tool that is revolutionizing the real estate industry.

The MLS that is used here in Ladera Ranch is called the SoCalMLS which covers the entire Orange County real estate market and many other cities outside the county as well.  The MLS is a very secure and password protected system.  Today, there are over 20,800 properties listed for sale in Orange County, and there are 273 residential homes and condos listed for sale in Ladera Ranch.  Currently, the Median asking price for a  detached house in Ladera Ranch is $1 Million, and the Median asking price for an attached Condo in Ladera Ranch is  $565,000.

To view ALL homes listed for Sale in Ladera Ranch, visit our website at:  Ladera Ranch Homes.  To learn more about our Email Alert service, visit:  OCJustListed.com

A beautiful detached home was just listed for sale at 110 Las Flores in Aliso Viejo.  This property features, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 2 car attached garage, and is located on a private Cul-De-sac with a large private backyard with Hillside view.  The asking Price is $624,900 and you can view multiple photos with more details at:  www.110-LasFlores.com

The Flores Los Alisos subdivision (commonly called Las Flores) in Aliso Viejo is very popular with first time home buyers who are looking for an affordable detached homes with modern architectures, in a convenient and centralized location.   

Las Flores was developed by the prolific builder Kathryn Thompson starting in 1995 and the last home was completed in 1998. This tract consists of 137 stylish detached houses incorporating 4 unique floor plans and two revision floor plans listed as follows:

• Talavera - A:  2 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, 1,002 SqFt
• Granada - B:  2 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, 1,093 SqFt
• Valencia - C:  3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, 1,355 SqFt
• Sevilla - D:     3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, 1,404 SqFt
• Talavera (Revision) - E:  2 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, 1,301 SqFt
• Granada (Revision) - F:  2 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, 1,330 SqFt

These fine homes are all 2 story and incorporate a Fireplace, 2 car attached garages and concrete tiled roofs and much more.

Currently there are 5 Active for sale in Las Flores ranging in price from $554,900 for the Granada Plan B, which is a 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath, 1093 Square Foot home, on up to $625,000 for a 3 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath 1,355 Square Foot home on a corner lot.  The average asking price for these 5 homes is $589,334 and the average asking price per square foot is $463/SqFt.  There is currently one home sold In Escrow in Las Flores and the asking price was $620,000 for a 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 1,334 square foot home. 

Aliso Viejo boasts of award winning public school system and is part of the Capistrano Unified School District.  For Las Flores residents, grades K through 5 are serviced by Wood Canyon elementary school, the junior high school is Aliso Viejo Middle School, and the upper grades are serviced by Aliso Niguel High School.  Las Flores is also located just a few blocks from the respected Soka University. 

If you would like to view all homes for sale in Aliso Viejo, visit our website at:  Aliso Viejo Real Estate.

As the baby boom population ages, large remodeled single story homes will become a more valuable property in Laguna Niguel.  More and more baby boomers will desire ground level homes to avoid climbing stairs, but very few of these types of homes were build over the years do the high cost of land.  

The Pacesetter tract was developed by Pacesetter homes in the late 1960's to the early 1970's.  Since that time, this community has evolved into a fine residential neighborhood with pride of ownership.  This tract was developed with large full sized lots ranging in size from 6,300  to 14,000 square feet, and does not have association dues nor Mello-Roos.  The original homes in the  subdivision consisted of 7 single story floor plans ranging in size from 1,370 square feet on up to 1,850 square feet.  Since that time, there have been many homes that have been remodeled and expanded, and today there are remodeled homes that are over 3,100 square feet in living area.

Currently, there are 8 large single story homes currently listed for sale in Laguna Niguel  that are larger than 2,200 square feet. These 8 homes range in price from $899,000 for a 4 bedroom, 2 bath with 2,418 square feet, on up to $1399,900 for a 3 bath, 2.5 bath with 2,431 square feet.  The average price per square feet of these 8 homes is $510/SqFt.   

The Pacesetter tract is located in the rolling hills of Laguna Niguel and the major cross streets are Niguel Road and Crown Valley Parkway.  This fine community is serviced by the award winning Capistrano Unified School District. The K through 5th grade is serviced by Hidden Hills Elementary school, the intermediary school in Niguel Middle School and the High School is Dana Hills.   Pacesetter is conveniently close the Laguna Niguel Library and the Laguna Niguel Regional Park and Lake.

If you would like to view all homes listed for sale in Laguna Niguel, please visit our website at Laguna Niguel Real Estate.