Irvine is one of the most closely watched markets in Orange County: master-planned neighborhoods, a city that invests in itself, and demand deep enough to absorb new homes the day they open. Sunny tracks what each new project means for the people who own here, or want to.
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Sunny covers Irvine the way locals experience it: the Great Park headlines, the new villages breaking ground, and what each one means for home values. If it moves the Irvine market, Sunny has already written about it.
Irvine1:59Irvine Buyers Just Got Something They Haven’t Had in a While: LeverageHomes closed at 97.5% of final asking and 38 days to contract. New contracts fell to roughly half of last September.By Sunny Mai
Irvine1:51For the First Time in Years, Irvine Buyers Have the LeverageThe median fell 5.9% while the average rose 8.9%. Read together they show a shift in the sales mix, and 5.2 months of supply puts buyers in charge.By Sunny Mai
Irvine2:10Irvine's Median Says One Thing, Its Prices Say Another — July 2026The headline says $668 million. The median says down 9.1%. When the surface and the leading numbers disagree, the quiet one is the one that matters.By Sunny Mai
Irvine2:11Irvine Housing Market Update, July 2026: The Median Is Up, But Prices Are FallingThe headline says $629 million. The pendings say slow down. When those two numbers disagree, the one nobody is talking about is the one that matters.By Sunny Mai
IrvineIrvine Just Opened 60 Affordable Homes — And They Were 100% Leased Before Opening DayA complex built for working families and veterans filled up completely before it even opened its doors. That's what deep demand actually looks like.By Sunny Mai
IrvineIrvine's Great Park Draws 6 Million Visitors a Year — Now It's Adding Paid ParkingYou don't add paid parking to a place nobody wants to go. Six million visitors a year just turned a parking fee into a real estate signal.By Sunny Mai
IrvineFrom Asphalt Plant to 1,138 Homes: Inside Gateway Village, Irvine's Newest NeighborhoodIrvine spent $285 million to make a decades-old complaint go away, then turned the land into 1,138 homes and 10 miles of trails. That's how this city plays the long game.By Sunny Mai
IrvineThe U.S. World Cup Team Chose Irvine's Great Park — Here's Why That's a Big Deal for the CityWhen the most-watched sporting event on the planet needs a home base and it lands in your backyard, that's not a fun coincidence. That's a signal.By Sunny Mai
Irvine3:05A real price adjustment — not a crash — is appearing at the top of the market as both sides pull back at once.
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