Sales are up by 15.5 percent and prices by 4.7 percent while affordability is down to 21 percent, which amounts to the historical "normal."
Only 20 percent of the population can afford a home in Orange County where the median price is $713,000.
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The number of Orange County homes sold in June soared.
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Sales are picking up even as inventory remains tight and buyers struggle with affordability.
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Your latest list of local homes on the market from Zillow.
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It's slightly more than 18 times cheaper to rent in Lake Forest than to buy a home.
The priciest home currently for sale in Lake Forest is a $1.175 Million lakefront 3-bedroom Cape Cod.
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Orange County's median home prices rose 2.3 percent year-over-year, but with price increases, sales slowed by more than 10 percent.
One county saw home sales decline in December.
The latest from El Paseo at the Village of Foothill Ranch.
Home prices currently range from the high $400,000s to over $1 million.
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As many as 10,000 home buyers stopped buy this weekend.
The answer to affordable housing lies in less space and more peace of mind.
The map below shows the number of owner-occupied homes valued between $150,000 and $199,999 in your neighborhood, as reported by the US Census Bureau.
DataQuick also reported that median sale prices have shown year-over-year increases of more than 20 percent for each month, culminating with a 28 percent increase in June 2013.
The median home price in Orange County climbed by nearly $100,000 in June compared to the same month a year ago.
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