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The Orange County New Homes Directory is designed to be the most simple, easy to use real estate resource on the web, for finding homes in new homes in Orange County California. You may search new home communities by Price, Location, Builder, and by Master Planned Community.
Most people in Orange County consider the city's climate close to perfect. The weather is tempered by the Pacific Ocean, which results in relatively cool summers and warm winters. Temperatures below freezing are rare, while hot weather, 90 degrees and above, is more frequent. Winter is considered the rainy season; however, each winter month averages 1.5 inches of rainfall, hardly enough to qualify for monsoons.
Orange County's climate makes it one of the best places in the world to live. Investments in Orange County real estate abound and builders cannot seem to build new homes fast enough. New developments in Orange County CA are being built at a rapid rate particularly in the North and South County and these new home communities have proven to be an excellent value. In most cases demand is high for homes in these areas.
Despite the median priced home in Orange County being over $434k in November of 2002 (C.A.R.), demand continues to grow and prices continue to climb. Purchasing real estate in Orange County can be a challenge depending on the price range. The first time home buyer usually has the most difficult time due to the abundance of first time buyers and the lack of new homes in the first time buyer price range. It is now difficult to find new homes in Orange County for under $275,000 unless it is an attached home. Orange County house prices typically range from the high 200’s and up. High residential home prices are just one of the costs of living in what may be the world’s best climate.
The real estate market in Orange County is quite different from other markets of similar climates. Low inventory and high demand characterize this housing market.
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