South Orange County homebuying soars 53%

The hottest housing tracts are south and inland — and that region’s now also Orange County’s most active housing market. That’s what our region-by-region analysis of February’s Orange County homebuying numbers from DataQuick shows …

• DataQuick identified south inland ZIPs — median selling price $505,500 — having 598 sales in February, +53% from a year ago. In these 19 ZIPs, the latest median price change was +9.0% vs. a year ago. (Click on photos for details of 2 sales!)
• 463 homes sold  in Orange County’s north-inland ZIP codes in this most recent period, -8% from a year ago. Median selling price? $476,500 in these 23 ZIPs. This most recent median price change was +6.0% vs. a year ago.
• Mid-county ZIPs — median selling price $349,500 – had 594 sales, -16% from a year ago. In these 24 ZIPs, the freshets median price change was +5.5% vs. a year ago.
• 302 homes sold in beach cities’ 17 ZIP codes in the most recent period, +11% from a year ago. Median selling price? $690,000 in these 17 ZIPs. Newest median price change was +0.7% vs. a year ago.
• Combined, total homes sales in ZIPs in the north and mid-section of Orange County were -12.6% vs. a year ago as homebuying the the rest of the county ran +35.5% vs. 12 months earlier.
• North/mid-county homes accounted for 54% of residences sold in the most recent period vs. 65% a year ago.
• South inalnd ZIPs had 31% of the sales, highest share among the 4 slices. A year ago, mid-county (38%) led the pack.
• All told, countywide sales were +6% vs. a year ago. The median selling price was +11% in the past year.

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What OC ZIP has biggest hike in mortgage defaults?

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Here’s how filings of notices of default — the first step in the foreclosure process — compare from Q4 of 2009 with the previous quarter and the previous year, according to an analysis by DataQuick.

It’s a mixed bag: Countywide, default notices are down 24% from the previous quarter, but up 29% year over year.

ZIP codes are ranked in descending order below by the annual comparison.

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Community	Zip code	Q4 2008	Q3 2009	Q4 2009	Qtr-Qtr change	YOY change
Villa Park	92861	2	18	13	-28%	550%
Seal Beach	90740	4	16	19	19%	375%
Newport Beach	92661	1	4	4	0%	300%
Brea	92823	2	11	7	-36%	250%
Corona del Mar	92625	5	18	16	-11%	220%
Irvine	92606	12	32	32	0%	167%
Huntington Beach	92648	34	91	86	-6%	153%
Newport Beach	92660	25	62	62	0%	148%
Irvine	92618	10	22	24	9%	140%
Newport Coast	92657	12	46	28	-39%	133%
Newport Beach	92663	22	43	46	7%	109%
Tustin	92782	22	91	46	-50%	109%
Ladera Ranch	92694	71	167	147	-12%	107%
Trabuco/Coto	92679	61	148	126	-15%	107%
Huntington Beach	92646	47	93	95	2%	102%
Irvine	92604	24	56	47	-16%	96%
Anaheim	92808	35	80	68	-15%	94%
Costa Mesa	92627	37	91	71	-22%	92%
Irvine	92612	28	49	53	8%	89%
Los Alamitos	90720	9	22	17	-23%	89%
Midway City	92655	9	17	17	0%	89%
San Clemente	92673	45	108	83	-23%	84%
Placentia	92870	48	110	86	-22%	79%
Brea	92821	38	63	65	3%	71%
Irvine	92603	20	56	33	-41%	65%
Dana Point	92629	37	79	61	-23%	65%
Laguna Woods	92637	11	20	18	-10%	64%
Garden Grove	92844	25	57	40	-30%	60%
Irvine	92602	19	43	30	-30%	58%
Anaheim	92807	63	96	97	1%	54%
Yorba Linda	92886	68	109	103	-6%	52%
Yorba Linda	92887	33	54	50	-7%	52%
Orange	92867	51	86	77	-11%	51%
Aliso Viejo	92656	114	198	172	-13%	51%
Orange	92865	30	41	45	10%	50%
Fullerton	92831	35	57	52	-9%	49%
Huntington Beach	92647	31	84	46	-45%	48%
Santa Ana	92705	48	94	71	-25%	48%
Mission Viejo	92691	99	157	146	-7%	48%
Dana Point	92624	11	25	16	-36%	46%
San Clemente	92672	44	84	64	-24%	46%
Fullerton	92835	28	56	40	-29%	43%
Irvine	92620	40	86	57	-34%	43%
Orange	92869	64	100	91	-9%	42%
Laguna Beach	92651	32	56	45	-20%	41%
Huntington Beach	92649	26	47	36	-23%	39%
Garden Grove	92845	22	34	30	-12%	36%
Lake Forest	92630	121	191	165	-14%	36%
Buena Park	90620	78	112	105	-6%	35%
Foothill Ranch	92610	35	59	47	-20%	34%
Rancho Santa Margarita	92688	117	228	157	-31%	34%
Silverado	92676	6	10	8	-20%	33%
Laguna Niguel	92677	124	239	165	-31%	33%
Irvine	92614	25	47	33	-30%	32%
Costa Mesa	92626	51	94	66	-30%	29%
Westminster	92683	84	178	108	-39%	29%
Laguna Hills	92653	58	114	74	-35%	28%
Garden Grove	92841	49	88	62	-30%	27%
Stanton	90680	46	64	57	-11%	24%
Cypress	90630	48	75	59	-21%	23%
Mission Viejo	92692	83	137	101	-26%	22%
Fullerton	92833	95	150	111	-26%	17%
Buena Park	90621	49	69	55	-20%	12%
Santa Ana	92706	59	100	66	-34%	12%
Fountain Valley	92708	60	103	66	-36%	10%
Tustin	92780	85	140	92	-34%	8%
Fullerton	92832	40	44	42	-5%	5%
San Juan Capistrano	92675	82	164	83	-49%	1%
Newport Beach	92662	0	2	2	0%	0%
Garden Grove	92840	95	135	95	-30%	0%
La Palma	90623	17	23	17	-26%	0%
Anaheim	92806	57	75	55	-27%	-4%
Orange	92866	16	17	15	-12%	-6%
La Habra	90631	141	186	132	-29%	-6%
Garden Grove	92843	80	108	74	-32%	-8%
Orange	92868	32	47	29	-38%	-9%
Anaheim	92802	53	64	47	-27%	-11%
Anaheim	92804	150	212	133	-37%	-11%
Santa Ana	92701	105	106	92	-13%	-12%
Santa Ana	92703	106	142	92	-35%	-13%
Santa Ana	92704	180	216	142	-34%	-21%
Anaheim	92805	117	135	92	-32%	-21%
Anaheim	92801	112	119	87	-27%	-22%
Santa Ana	92707	143	182	110	-40%	-23%

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