I recently came back from a vacation to the French Riviera. I visited Monte Carlo and Nice. I also visited Italy and drove down Amalfi drive to the beautiful city of Sorrento. That was my first trip to Europe. I enjoyed it tremendously, but I can honestly say that living in OrangeCounty is better than living on the Italian or the French Rivieras.From our beautiful beaches to the Mountains of San Bernardino is just an hours drive where in some winter months you can literally snow ski on the mountains and come back the same day to water ski in the ocean.Thats because our weather is almost perfect all year round.
You can take a leisurely drive from one end of the County to the other on Pacific Coast Highway from Seal Beach to San Clemente in about 2 hours.Youd be going through Huntington Beach, known world wide as SurfCity, which is known for its annual National Surfing competition. Then you'd be driving through opulent Newport Beach, NewportCoast and CoronaDel Mar. Actually Newport Coast and Corona Del Mar are areas of Newport Beach. A few minutes later youll find yourself in one of the most beautiful coastal towns in the world: Laguna Beach.Laguna Beach is well known for its artists and the yearly "Pageant of the Masters", the "Saw Dust Festival" and many other art exhibits. Going past Laguna Beach youll be heading towards Laguna Niguel, a relatively new community but with absolutely stunning homes and beaches.Its also home to the 5 starRitz Carlton hotel & resort.Next is the community of MonarchBeach, a Dana Point Community where you almost have to be royalty to afford a home there. Then youll drive through Dana Point, known for its yachts harbor and wonderful restaurants and finally to San Clementewith its small town atmosphere and un-crowded beaches.
Even though were proud of our beaches, were equally proud of our inland cities and towns.The beach-close cities of Fountain Valleyand Costa Mesaare only minutes from the ocean.Laguna Hills,Mission Viejo and Lake Forest are very beautiful inland cities built mostly on hillsides with homes ranging in price from $400,000 into the millions.Irvine, known for its great Universities and well planned community, Tustin for its lay back atmosphere, Orange for its antique malls and its beautiful hills, Santa Ana for the seat of our County government, Garden Grove for its Strawberry Festival,Westminster for Little Saigon and Buena Park home of Knotts Berry Farm.And, were not done yet ... Anaheim home of Disney Land and the Anaheim Angels, Fullerton, known for its excellent colleges, Cypress for its great community college, Los Alamitos for its famous horse race tract, La Habra,Brea and Placentia are three beautiful places to live in and Yorba Linda home of the Nixon library and the resting place of President & Mrs. Nixon.Of course I left out the Canyon communities of Rancho Santa Margarita and Coto De Caza as well as the very luxurious city of Villa Park, the equestrian community of Orange Park Acres, the opulent hills communities of Lemon Heights & Cowan Heights
and lets not forget the newest city in Orange County, Laguna Woods, an all senior community.Last, but not least, the famous town of San Juan Capistrano, where the swallows have been coming home every year on March 19, the feast of St. Joseph.
OrangeCounty is one of, if not the most prosperous counties in the U.S.It ranks as the 28th strongest economy in the world.We have a very wide range of businesses, from manufacturing to engineering, from computersto finance and we have maintained higher employment than any county in California.
Because of our beautiful weather, our strong economy, our lovely hills and beaches, our fabulous life-style, OrangeCounty has become one of the most popular areas in the country to live, and as such real estate prices reflect it.
Check out the rest of this web site.Search the MLS freely on your own and get an idea what our homes look like.If youve decided to live in one of our lovely communities get to know what it would take to buy the home of your dreams.Check out financing or better yet, fill out a loan application and get approved even before you start looking.Youll have a much better chance of getting the home of your choice with an approval letter in your hand.
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I recently came back from a vacation to the French Riviera. I visited Monte Carlo and Nice. I also visited Italy and drove down Amalfi drive to the beautiful city of Sorrento. That was my first trip to Europe. I enjoyed it tremendously, but I can honestly say that living in 
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Even though were proud of our beaches, were equally proud of our inland cities and towns. The beach-close cities of 
Strawberry Festival, Westminster for Little Saigon and Buena Park home of Knotts Berry Farm. And, were not done yet ... Anaheim home of Disney Land and the Anaheim Angels, Fullerton, known for its excellent colleges, Cypress for its great community college, Los Alamitos for its famous horse race tract, La Habra, Brea and Placentia are three beautiful places to live in and Yorba Linda home of the Nixon library and the resting place of President & Mrs. Nixon. Of course I left out the Canyon communities of Rancho Santa Margarita and Coto De Caza as well as the very luxurious city of Villa Park, the equestrian community of Orange Park Acres, the opulent hills communities of Lemon Heights & Cowan Heights
Because of our beautiful weather, our strong economy, our lovely hills and beaches, our fabulous life-style, 
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