El Niño and King Tides: What a Wet Coastal Winter Does, and Doesn't Do, to Your Home's Appraised Value
A strong El Niño and three rounds of king tides are coming. An Orange County appraiser on what a wet coastal winter does, and doesn't do, to home values.
What 24 Years of Appraising South OC Taught Me About View Premiums
An appraiser's honest read on how ocean views actually get valued — and where most rules of thumb about "view premium" go wrong.
The 19th-Century Decision That Still Draws South Orange County's Value Map
A 19th-century railroad decision drew the value map south Orange County still lives on. An appraiser's read on why location-within-a-mile matters so much here.
From 1920’s Trailer Park to Five-Star Resort: What Laguna Beach's History Teaches Us About Value
From a 1920s trailer park to Montage Laguna Beach — the wildest highest-and-best-use story on the coast, and what it teaches about valuing one-of-a-kind homes.