San Clemente Coastal Living Blog

While San Clemente real estate prices have come down from their highs, many individuals are struggling to afford a home due to higher downpayment requirements required by lenders and the recent legislation that is doing away with downpayment assistance programs.  Therefore, at San Clemente Coasta...

In the latest unnerving chapter of the Marblehead Coastal saga, the San Clemente City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to call in performance bonds against SunCal Marblehead LLC to complete infrastructure projects in the development.  According to the Orange County Register's article on this mat...

According to this article in the Orange County Register, home sales in Orange County showed gains over year-ago totals for the third month in a row, with the September mark hitting an all-time year-to-year percentage gain since DataQuick began tracking home sales data 20 years ago.  The total amo...

For the month of September, San Clemente real estate continues to show signs we are working towards a bottom.  New listings on the market continue to show a steep drop and home sales are approaching 2007 sales volume based on San Clemente homes and condos sold and under contract at the end of the...

An article on CNN Money titled "9 Ways to Tough Out Tough Times" provides a number of ways to protect yourself during times of economic instability like our current situation.  While many of the talking points concern one's financial portfolio and tips for trading in an unstable stock market, a c...

President Bush has signed into law the $700 billion bailout of our nation's financial system.  While there were many mixed emotions over the bill, it is a necessity to restore credit to our financial markets, specifically the real estate market.  While the bill will take months to take effect on ...

This week the California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.) reported that August sales in California were up 57% from the same period a year ago.  In the San Clemente real estate market, sales were stable with prior year, however, homes under contract were up 280% indicating that buyers are being p...

This article illustrates that San Clemente real estate continues to hold on strong not only on a county or state level, but also on a national level when compared to the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city housing index.  This index for the month of July showed a decrease in home prices of 16%...

Starting today, September 29th, a new law goes into effect that bans smoking on all San Clemente municipal trails.  According to this article in the OC Register, the law bans smoking on the heavily-used San Clemente Coastal Trail and all inland trails.  The City Council originally pushed to have ...

The most recent sales data for Southern California real estate recently came out and the San Clemente real estate market continues to demonstrate its strength.  Southern California median home price fell 34% in August compared to the same period a year earlier according to this article on CNN.  S...