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Monday, January 25, 2016

Lake Forest, California City Lights View Properties

Since the early 1860’s, Lake Forest had been known as El Tor, in the mid 1870’s Mr. Serrano and his dependents where in possession of over ten thousand acres of land that had been given to him by the leadership of Mexico and the subsequently found its way into the hands of Dwight Whiting. He was a key player in transferring the Santa Fe rail line within the area. The Rancho Niguel was awarded to Alvarado, Avila and his sibling Conception, the widow of Sanchez. From that point on it traded hands and was subdivided into parcels including Yorba. Prior to 1980 the lions-share of it was possessed by Rawson. Bacon also was entitled to over 1,500 acres. In surplus to the Serranos, created in Aliso Canyon, essentially there was a consortium of pioneers who resided in the inland areas above El Toro, the majority of who were among the first group of settlers of what would later become Lake Forest, CA real estate.

El Toro and interstate five freeway was the focal point of the Orange County Saddleback Valley from the 1900’s forward. However, the region eventually became run down, and the majority of the proprietorships went out of business or relocated. After years of calculating, the city has worked with the Lake Forest property owners of some declining strip malls and created the “Arbor at Lake Forest” commercial district. The new development can contend with grandiose shopping malls in cities that border Lake Forest. Lake Forest first incorporated in 1991, proceeding incorporation, the properties in Lake Forest had been known as El Toro. After a vote, the city expanded its borders to incorporate the master-planned communities of Portola Hills and Foothill Ranch. This augmentation brought new Lake Forest homes and commercial centers to the north area of Lake Forest (Lake Forest is one of the safest cities in the United States).

Lake Forest derives its name from two man-made lake, and there are condominiums, townhomes and single-family-residences that line its shores. Lake Forest neighborhood Home Owners Associations regulate the lakes. Lake One, referenced to as the Lake Forest Beach and Tennis Club, and Lake Two, called the Sun and Sail Club. Each division features club houses for social events, hot tubs, saunas, multiple swimming pools, volleyball courts, barbecue pits basketball courts, gyms, and tennis courts. The “forest” for which the city is also specified, is found mostly in the area adjacent to Serrano, Lake Forest and Ridge Route and subsists mostly of Eucalyptus trees. It is also man-made and was devised in the early 1900’s when a provincial landowner, Whiting, planted over 350 acres of Eucalyptus groves in the environs of Serrano Creek as an extension of a lumber enterprise created to draw development to the area. Prior to 1970, the Occidental Petroleum company master-planned a residential development in and around Eucalyptus Grove, which had long since broadened and grown much more compressed.

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Monday, November 3, 2014

Orange County real estate statistics and housing market data

Orange County real estate statistics that matter: The Orange County housing market is one of the most sophisticated in the United States, and the buyers and sellers in this market are hyper-sensitive to even the slightest fluctuations in interest rates, and increasing home prices when making the important decision to list their home for sale or possibly jump into the market as a first time home buyer. Here are some staggering housing market data that was just recently released.

Mortgage rates continue to sustain historically low levels dropping to a 40-year low.
Home inventory rises again, making this 6-weeks in a row.
Home sales were down over 5%.
Market values are up approximately 20% from 12-months ago.

This housing market data which has been trickling in recently shouldn’t be a surprise to any professional (or homeowner for that matter). You simply need to look around your local neighborhood, open up a newspaper or simply do a quick internet search and you will see that the values in your local Orange County neighborhood are most likely much higher than they were 12-months ago, and probably higher than they were 3 or even 4 months ago.

Barriers of entry into the FNMA, FMAC and FHA controlled lending environment continue to be FICO scores, low debt to income ratios and full income verifications. The highly regulatory mortgage industry is no help to home values yet they continue to inflate. The new home inventory leads one to believe that many of the Orange County home owners might be jumping into the market simply to recognize an equity gain with the necessity of making a move or relocation out of Orange County.

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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Truth in Orange County Real Estate

When you know, that you know, that you know...

We know South Orange County real estate:

Bancorp Properties has dynamic and powerful information at its fingertips and this real-time market data combined with real-world Orange County community specific experience helps us close transactions in less time, in a smarter and faster process, avoiding pitfalls that might delay or even ruin a transaction such as a solid purchase offer on your next dream home in that perfect neighborhood before the home ever had the opportunity to became public on the MLS. We put the power and experience of our knowledge to work for you: a constant source of innovative and imaginative new ideas that work in an ever evolving, constantly fluctuating South Orange County housing market.

We understand your dreams:

BanCorp puts the power of information and technology to work for you – True Real Estate in Action. When you are investing in your family's future let Bancorp REG assist you in maximizing the return on your investment. Buying and selling real estate should be a very rewarding short and long-term investment, up and beyond the pride and accomplishment of home ownership. When you factor in the year-after-year growth potential, it can also be one of the safest investments you ever make. One of our expert and experienced BanCorp Real Estate Professionals will furnish you with a free Competitive Market Analysis (CMA) to determine a correct market value for home. When BanCorp Properties lists your home, we weed out the serious buyers from the curious ones, so we are able to sell our South Orange County single family residences, condos and townhouses in a significantly faster time than average for the Orange County real estate market.

We want to be your realtor for life:

Our services go appreciably beyond the successful close of escrow. We want to be the only real estate company that your family will ever need. Regardless of whether we sell your home, or represent you as a Buyer’s Agent, we want you to be so pleased with our service that you will be pleased to have us represent you when you purchase or sell your next home. Our services and products go way beyond handing you the keys to the home and wishing you the best of luck in the future. We didn't lead you through this transaction simply seeking a commission: we jumped into it enthusiastically, hook-line-and-sinker, hoping to not only earn your trust, but your confidence demonstrated in your willingness to refer friends or even other family members to BanCorp Properties™ down the road - the ultimate compliment for an organization accustomed to operating out in full view for the competition to see, review and critique.

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Thursday, October 2, 2014

Share in the rewards of your successes:

BanCorp® shows up on the front pages vs. the back pages

Excellent Realtors and high quality Orange County Real Estate Brokers always have a way of tracking each other down: as the saying goes, birds of the same feather flock together. The accomplished real estate companies consistently attract the best talent because they understand that if the Real Estate Professional is going to stay with the organization over an extended period of time, they must experience the Broker as believable, credible, and most importantly trustworthy. No Realtor wants to work for an average, ordinary or even boring company - they are interested in teaming up with an organization that has a bright and adventurous future to look forward to – not a cloudy and murky past to dwell on.

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The most important decision a real estate professional can ever make to keep them focused and simplify their lives is to work for an innovative and imaginative broker and then surround themselves them with other top-notch high achieving talent. An exceptional Realtor may not know everything in the real estate industry, but if they have access to people within the organization that have decades and decades of real-world winning experience to assist them along the way, they can come close to having the majority of the answers that they need to have for a very demanding and sophisticated Orange County client. BanCorp Properties™ in its ongoing pursuit of easier and faster™ real estate for our clientele is determined to attract and retain the best Realtors in the South Orange County housing market.

BanCorp REG™ is determined to make a difference in the Orange County marketplace, and the company’s leadership team understands that we cannot make a difference in a Realtor’s results by playing it safe and conforming to the rules and expectations of a rather ordinary Southern California real estate marketing model. If a company decides that they are going to accept the status quo of a rather boring marketing template – take the listing, put it on the MLS and then wait to see if offers come in for other agencies – they have made the conscious decision that they are not looking out for their Real Estate Professional’s best interests, and they have in essence become a stumbling block instead of a stepping stone for their Realtor’s careers. BanCorp is committed to not only service excellence through truth-in-real estate, but also to the further advancement of each every one of our real estate professional’s careers.

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BanCorp Real Estate Group provides and administers superior real estate services and product expertise. At each level we strive to be the client’s first choice. We continue to succeed treating our clients and the communities we serve as we would wish to be treated – the real golden rule.

We will continue to lead from the front the mutual trust, honest, integrity and authenticity in the delivery of our service. Our achievements are realized through our commitment to O.N.E. unified purpose driven resolve – Truth in Real Estate.

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Monday, January 25, 2016

Lake Forest, California City Lights View Properties

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Monday, November 3, 2014

Orange County real estate statistics and housing market data

Mortgage rates continue to sustain historically low levels dropping to a 40-year low.

Home inventory rises again, making this 6-weeks in a row.

Home sales were down over 5%.

Market values are up approximately 20% from 12-months ago.

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Truth in Orange County Real Estate

When you know, that you know, that you know...

We know South Orange County real estate:

We understand your dreams:

We want to be your realtor for life:

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Share in the rewards of your successes:

BanCorp® shows up on the front pages vs. the back pages

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