Home buying and home ownership, particularly in California, have buzzed across my radar several times today.
Spook that I am, I am going to take that for a sign and write a little about it.
The first was this morning when I read an interesting piece in what used to be our favorite morning paper when we lived in Santa Ana – the Orange Country Register. It seems the University of California, Irvine released a study done on life in the OC, and the results surprised some folks.
DO I STAY OR DO I GO?
Half of the county residents are seriously thinking of splitting.
The same economic issue that’s prompting Lana Nunez to consider moving away from Orange County might help her pay for it.
“Housing prices,” Nunez said. “They’re just crazy.
“Crazy good if you own one,” she added. “And crazy bad, I guess, if you’re trying to buy.”
It’s a conundrum that might reshape life in…
