• Single-Story Homes in Laguna Niguel: Where to Find Them, What They Cost, and Why Demand Keeps Rising,Susan Chase

    Single-Story Homes in Laguna Niguel: Where to Find Them, What They Cost, and Why Demand Keeps Rising

    Where can you find single-story homes in Laguna Niguel? A handful of pockets carry more single-level inventory than the city average. Niguel Summit ground-floor units, parts of Bear Brand, and Crown Cove townhomes are the four worth a focused search. Single-story homes in Laguna Niguel command a mea

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  • River Street and the Quiet Reinvention of Downtown San Juan Capistrano,Susan Chase

    River Street and the Quiet Reinvention of Downtown San Juan Capistrano

    Walk out of the Capistrano Depot on a Saturday morning, cross the tracks, and the air does something you do not feel in most Orange County downtowns. It smells like wood smoke from a brick patio. A pastry case glows behind a window at Hidden House. A family on bikes coasts down Los Rios Street past

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  • Is Laguna Beach Really "Tourist-Choked"? A Year in the Life of a Year-Round Resident,Susan Chase

    Is Laguna Beach Really "Tourist-Choked"? A Year in the Life of a Year-Round Resident

      Is Laguna Beach too touristy to live in year-round? No, but the answer deserves an honest version. Laguna Beach has a real tourist season concentrated on roughly a dozen summer weekends and event days, and a much longer off-season that most relocating buyers never see before they decide. Living in

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