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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.

An example of a home that is near the mid-price for an Irvine home is at 46 Snapdragon.* This home, located in the El Camino and Deerfield Park area (92604), went on the market in July for $519,000. Then it was delisted and relisted various times. Maybe this has to do this the information on the listing that states escrow cannot close before December 22nd of this year. The interesting part is that the current list price is an increase of $10,000 from the original list price.

Nearby 37 Snapdragon #20, also a three bedroom, sold in June 2009 for $435,000 or $298 per square foot. And another three-bedroom condo at 37 Snapdragon is currently on the market for $435,000 or $290 per square foot. However, the exterior picture for 37 Snapdragon is not as appealing as the exterior picture for 46 Snapdragon, and the 37 Snapdragon homes are smaller than the 46 Snapdragon home.

Current listing information for 46 Snapdragon:

• Asking price: $529,000 ($322/SF)
• HOA fee: $47 and $210
• What: condo built in 1975
• Size: 3 beds/2.5 baths with 1645 square feet
• Previously sold: n/a

Listing history for 46 Snapdragon:

• September 12, 2009–Price Changed to $529,000
• September 10, 2009–Relisted
• September05, 2009–Delisted
• September 05, 2009–Relisted
• August 22, 2009–Delisted
• July 31, 2009–Listed at $519,000

*According to Redfin, the median selling price in June for an Irvine home was $537,000 or $320 per square foot. According to Trulia, the median selling price for Irvine homes that were on the market between June and August was $555,000. And, finally, according to the California Association of Realtors, Irvine’s median selling price was $551,000 in June and $580,000 in August.