PORTOLA HILLS LIVING by Kelly Turbeville

Just a quick look at where the inventory currently is at in Orange County California for today 8/25/09. Active Properties: 8848 = 3.36 Supply Closed Escrow: 7573 in the last 90 days As you can see the inventory is extremly low. Demand is high, inventory low, which we all now means pricing should be inching up. Of course, new to this phenom is the number of distressed properties. What does the market need. Equity Sellers! If you are considering a move up, now is a great time to advantage of the low inventory, high buyer demand and low interest rates, call Kelly today.

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I was looking for properties for a new buyers in Portola Hills recently and was a bit amazed that more weren't showing up. As I expanded my search I came across several homes that were listed in the wrong city. Wrong city you say, how could this be? In the example of Portola Hills this may happen because the area use to be part of the unicoroprated area of Trabuco Canyon. However, Portola Hills was annexed into the city of Lake Forest in 2000. This is a perfect example of why home sellers want to hire an agent who is active in their community and understand both the area, title requirements and mls requirements. First if you live in the Portola Hills, you understand all the benefits of the area and this is what you need sell! Second there are specific requirements about how your title will be held and the correct city is a major requirement. If you don't want delays in your escrow closing, your agent and the buying agent needs to make sure this is correct. Third, MLS requireme

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