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Steve Devorak
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Steve Devorak is a former Director of Land Acquisition and Project Manager with extensive experience in the Southern California land market.

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Land/Projects

San Juan Capistrano’s Oaks Farms Honored as Nation’s Best New Community

The Oaks Farms in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. was honored this week at the International Builder’s Show as the nation’s Community of the Year. The National Association of Home Builders’

Housing Market

Net Outward Migration from Los Angeles County to Orange County

In the last blog on recent trends in homebuyer mobility we found that high housing prices in two Northern California counties (San Francisco and Alameda) had been a principal cause

Homebuilders / Land Developers

Trump Stirs Homebuilders’ Dreams of Cutting Environment Red Tape

As Don Huffines sees it, Donald Trump’s election instantly made his Dallas-area pastureland much more valuable. That’s because the residential developer expects the president-elect to follow through on a pledge

Housing Market

Brown Revisits Efforts To Increase Housing Construction

In releasing a state spending plan for the next fiscal year, Gov. Jerry Brown revisited efforts to increase new housing through legislation that would streamline permitting and create incentives for

Housing Market

Homeowners Have More in Equity, But Mood Soured by Rising Mortgage Rates

Home prices have been rising for 53 straight months, lifting millions of borrowers from underwater on mortgages. In the first three quarters of 2016 alone, howeowners added $837 billion in

Housing Market

Lots: Builder’s Two Big Questions in 2017

Two difficult questions confront home builders and residential developers amid the uncertainty of the moment, and we’ve been hearing them in the aisles and off the floor during the home

People

Housing Industry Poised For More Growth In 2017

IRVINE, CA—A number of factors pull in this sector’s direction, such as jobs, household formations and a lack of supply supported by the demographics of Millennials and Baby Boomers, TRI

Housing Market

Where Are Residents in Los Angeles and Orange Counties Buying Homes?

In the last blog on recent trends in homebuyer mobility we found that high housing prices in two Northern California counties (San Francisco and Alameda) had been a principal cause

Vice President, Land Acquisition

Shea Homes
Location: Irvine, CA
Date Posted: December 6, 2016

Housing Market

What a Nobel Winning Economist Thinks About The Housing Economy

When a Nobel-prize winner shrugs his shoulders, and says, “I don’t know … ” to a question directly related to his field, it gives you pause. Which is what economist,