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Housing Market

Headwinds at Home Causing Pause in Chinese Buying

This past year, Chinese buyers overtook Canadian buyers as the top foreign purchasers of US real estates with expenditures of $28.6 billion. The influence has been felt disproportionately at the

Housing Market

Conforming Loan Limits Continue to Impede Housing Recovery

The availability, or lack thereof, of mortgage financing has been one of the biggest factors impacting the pace of the housing market recovery. Loan limits on federally-backed mortgages have not

Land/Projects

Chinese Developer, Landsea, Makes Splash in Orange County

Landsea Group of Nanjing, through its US subsidiary, Landsea Holdings Corp., closed on the Portola Center South project in Lake Forest. The project will consist of 569 homes at build-out

Housing Market

New Home Sales on the Wane in the OC

Corelogic recently reported that new home sales in Orange County experienced an unbroken downward streak from November 2014 through September 2015. This downward trend runs counter to what has been

Land/Projects

Five Knolls Masterplan in Santa Clarita Open for Business

Brookfield’s Five Knolls masterplan in Santa Clarita grand-opened on September 26. The community will consist of 494 homes at build-out across 6 neighborhoods on 247 acres. The project includes a

Land/Projects

Terramor Masterplan on I-15 Corridor Breaks Ground

The 1,443 home Terramor masterplan broke ground this week. Consisting of a mix of age-qualified and market rate units, the large-scale community in the South Corona region of the Inland