Sweet Orange

Up next on our Costa Mesa then-and-now tour is 458 Swarthmore Lane 92626, which is a 3 bed/1.75 bath, single-family home in College Park (Central Costa Mesa).

Asking price in November 2009: $539,000 or $393 per SF

Current status: This College Park home sold in December 2009 for the November 2009 asking price, $539,000 or $393 per SF.

HOA and Mellos Roos: none listed

Of note: Current estimates for this home are from $454,000 to $548,000.

The Crossroads district, one of Irvine’s three geopolicing areas, contains the following Irvine neighborhoods, or as they are called in Irvine, villages:

• Woodbridge

  

  Irvine's Crossroad Geopolicing District

• Westpark (includes Westpark I and Westpark II)
• El Camino (includes Deerfield, The Ranch, The Colony, Irvine Groves, Heritage Park, Greentree, The Willows, Smoketree, and El Camino Glen) 
• Walnut (includes College Park, Harvard Square, Windwood, and  Walnut Village)
• Columbus Groves

To see pricing and inventory information for these Irvine villages, click on the links provided above. This will bring you to Redfin’s Community Overview Page for that village (You can also enter zip codes, city names or neighborhood names in the Search box at the top, left of the Redfin page).

In addition to pricing and inventory information, the Community Overview Page provides the follow information: new listings, open houses, recently sold homes, most expensive listings, least expensive listings, and listings with recent price reductions. Community and school information for these villages is also available.

Note: For a link to Irvine’s webpage that provides information on the help available to residents, see Irvine’s Community Outreach and Education page.