San Clemente Coastal Living Blog

With 63 days left until Election Day on November 4, residents of San Clemente must make their final decisions on which two candidates they will elect to the San Clemente City Council along with a City Treasurer and City Clerk.  In Monday's Orange County Register article, each candidate offers a b...

For the first in this series on Financing 101, San Clemente Coastal Living thought it would be appropriate to address how important your credit score is to getting approved on the the purchase of a San Clemente home or condo for sale.  The first thing as a buyer you need to take a look at is your...

Due to recent requests from current and past San Clemente real estate clients, we have added a foreclosure and short-sale section on our website under Real Estate.  This page includes all the current foreclosures and short-sales currently available in the San Clemente real estate market.  In addi...

The OC Register has reported some excellent news for real estate sellers in Orange County.  According to this article, Orange County home sales in July increased by 17% from last year, the first increase since September 2005 (a 33-month span).  The numbers also show a 45% increase from last month...

With the San Clemente real estate market being a buyer's market, sellers should consider a pre-inspection.  In this article, the value of the pre-inspection incurred on the seller's behalf may completely outweigh the cost of $300-500.  The pre-inspection allows you, the seller, to fix the problem...

For the past five years, the City Council of San Clemente has been developing plans for the usage of 53 acres of land in Rancho San Clemente/Forster Ranch at the cross streets of Avenida Vista Hermosa and Avenida La Pata.  The plans included building a new 42-acre sports and swimming complex, whi...

In this article "How to Buy a Foreclosed Home" many great points are brought to light to educate buyers on the different stages of foreclosure and their implications.  If you are looking to buy and find a good deal, it might be a foreclosure as 40% of California homes sold in the second quarter w...

Last week we gave you an overview of the San Clemente real estate market performance from 2000 to 2008.  This week we thought it would be appropriate to focus on the year-over-year comparison as of July 2008 in order to focus more on the present.  For July 2008 year to date, 344 San Clemente home...

The Los Angeles Times ran an article on Sunday titled "Should You Buy a Home Now?"  The article offers pros and cons regarding the purchase of a home in today's market.  The central pro argument involves a position that this blog has frequently stated - real estate investment is one of the safest...

A couple weeks back we wrote a blog saying now may be the time to buy in order to lock in a low interest rate.  An article on CNN titled "Time to Lock in Your Mortgage Rate" is saying the same thing.  If you are a serious San Clemente buyer, you need to consider that the average price in San Clem...