OC Housing Report

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Fracture In the Market

Even though it is the hottest time of the year, the Spring Market, trends have emerged that confirm that the Orange County housing market is rapidly cooling. 

With demand falling and the housing inventory swiftly climbing, housing is slowing fast.  

Traveling on the freeway and hitting bumper-to-bumper snarled traffic can be particularly frustrating. The frustration grows as the brake lights seemingly stretch for miles ahead, and the speed decelerates even more. Suddenly, the traffic has slowed to a crawl, and it will take a lot longer for everyone to arrive at their destination. 

Similarly, the housing market had been moving along at a decent speed last year, and even hinted at speeding up early this year, but that has since changed. Fractures in the Orange County market have emerged. These cracks illustrate a rapidly cooling market. Sellers are losing their grip on calling the shots and must now be very precise in their pricing, or they risk not finding success and a further slowing of the market down the road. It is not a buyer’s market with plunging prices, but it is also not a hot seller’s market with rapidly rising prices. The market is moving, but not at the speed everyone expects in the spring. The latest trends highlight a cooling marketplace, moving at a much slower speed. 

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Excerpt taken from an article by Steven Thomas.

About the Author
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Tim Morissette, also known in the community as Mr. Foothill Ranch, offers over 47 years of real estate experience which has given him an established reputation and unmatched market knowledge. He is joined by his wife, Michele and sons Matt and Jeff, as they continue to offer personal service with an emphasis on achieving his clients’ real estate goals.  This unique combination of traits has led to his proven track record of referral and repeat business. This can be witnessed by the trust of homeowners in Foothill Ranch where he has sold twice as many homes and represented three times more buyers than the next-leading real estate agent for the last 27 years.

As residents of Foothill Ranch since 1994, Tim and Michele are actively involved in the community by fundraising for Foothill Ranch Library, Make-a-Wish Foundation, Cancer Society, Homes for Habitat, Relay for Life, South County Outreach, and the local church and schools. Tim enjoys sponsoring community-wide garage sales, paper shredding and e-waste recycling event, an Easter egg hunt, & a Meet Santa Event.

Tim and Michele are dedicated to their family of four sons, daughter-in-laws, and grandchildren. As a family, they enjoy many outdoor activities which include camping, spearfishing, mountain climbing and exploring the miles of hiking and equestrian trails in Foothill Ranch and the Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park. Tim and his sons are also avid snowboarders and enjoy mountain biking and lobster diving. Family is a top priority in the Morissette household. They look forward to helping more families achieve their dreams of homeownership.