- 85 SedgewickGold Orange Realty Inc.-$20,000Watch
- 147 FairgreenFiore · eXp Realty of Greater Los Angeles, Inc.-$126,000Watch
- 5 SALINAVista West Park (VS) · Berkshire Hathaway HomeService-$20,000Watch
- 133 BosalNA · JC Pacific Corp-$200,000Watch
- 33 FairsideSomerset (ST) · CENTURY 21 Affiliated-$56,000Watch
The Irvine file
Irvine, house by house.
Cash closings are common here — an offer with financing is competing uphill.
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Price cuts25+ in Irvine
New listings25+ in Irvine
Status changes25+ in Irvine
Irvine this week
What moved, what dropped and what changed hands in Irvine, read the way an inspector reads a house.
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Local newsEndorsements: Larry Agran for Mayor & Scotty Hong for City Council
Irvine Community News & Views · 3 days ago
Read the desk note →- 5 ChesterColdwell Banker RealtyActive Under ContractWatch
- 427 FlycatcherWetrust RealtyPendingWatch
- 171 ElkhornLatitude 33 Real EstateActive Under ContractWatch
- 46 ArborsideRealty One Group WestSoldWatch
- 143 HargroveTopSky Realty IncSoldWatch
As of October 19. Listing brokerage shown on each row. A named property carries photography only when it matches the exact feed record.
NeighbourhoodsLiving in Irvine →
Turtle RockOne of Irvine's original 1970s villages, built as the city's first hillside community around Turtle Rock Community Park.WoodburyA 2000s-era Irvine Company village with its own HOA layered under the master community association.Portola SpringsNewer hillside village on Irvine's eastern edge, close enough to open space that it was under evacuation order during the 2020 Silverado Fire.Great Park NeighborhoodsBuilt on the former El Toro Marine base starting in 2013 under CFD 2013-3, with production builders still delivering new phases.
Tile maps: neighbourhood positions from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors; Irvine boundary from US Census Bureau, TIGER/Line.
Who is buying in Irvine
How local buyers financed recent purchases, alongside the homes whose listing status changed this week.
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ConventionalAn appraiser and an inspector both price condition.
CashNo lender, so condition lands as a discount, not a repair list.
VAThe home has to pass, not just appraise.
FHAThe appraiser flags the same condition items.
OtherTerms decide it more than the loan type does.- 5 ChesterColdwell Banker RealtyActive Under ContractView propertyWatch
- 427 FlycatcherWetrust RealtyPendingView propertyWatch
- 171 ElkhornLatitude 33 Real EstateActive Under ContractView propertyWatch
- 46 ArborsideRealty One Group WestSoldView propertyWatch
- 143 HargroveTopSky Realty IncSoldView propertyWatch
- 31 Greenbough 132RedfinSoldView propertyWatch
Closed sales that stated how the buyer paid, as of October 19, 2026. Addresses as of October 19; listing brokerage shown on each row.
Properties worth watching
The homes I’m following in Irvine. See the listing, then talk through what it means for your next move.
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Listing snapshots, as of October 19. Property photos are supplied with the listing; brokerage credited on each card.
Where prices moved in Irvine
Closed sales by ZIP, the last twelve months against the twelve before. It tells you which side of the city is moving, not what your house is worth.
Price my file →Oct 2025–Oct 2026 against Oct 2024–Oct 2025, as of October 19, 2026.
Auctions & what's moving
No agency publishes one authoritative trustee-sale calendar, so we never print one — here is what actually exists, next to this week's real Irvine headlines.
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Auction calendar
- OC Treasurer-Tax Collector — Property AuctionsRun from the county’s own tax-sale page — every source we check is listed on /auctions/.
- Trustee salesPrivate aggregators carry the actual lender foreclosures; no central California calendar exists. We watch four of them and bid for you.
- Came off the market unsoldListings leave without selling every month. Registered members see those addresses.
New construction
- Toll Brothers at Great Park NeighborhoodsToll Brothers · Selling now: Birch, Elm, Alder, Rowan & Laurel collections. verify: rate-buydown and closing-cost promotions here change monthly, confirm the current offer directly with the builder's sales desk
Confirmed on each builder's own page, checked October 19.
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What's moving in Irvine
- Endorsements: Larry Agran for Mayor & Scotty Hong for City CouncilIrvine Community News & Views · 3 days ago
- Hong vs. Treseder: Skyrocketing Electricity Bills Top Concern in City Council ElectionIrvine Community News & Views · Oct 9
- Irvine Scrambles to Curb Budget ShortfallVoice of OC · Sep 25
- Hoag poised to open $1.2-billion Sun Family Campus expansion in IrvineDaily Pilot (LA Times Community News) - Irvine · Sep 11
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The closest markets to Irvine, with this week's activity in each.
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