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Latest · Issue of September 18, 2026

Hoag opens, St. Regis arrives & four open houses

Hoag's $1.2 billion Sun Family Campus opens in Irvine, Pelican Hill becomes a St. Regis Estate, and nine Watson Team homes — four of them open this weekend.

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September 11, 2026Autumn inventory arrives, and buyers are waiting for itThe post-Labor-Day listings land, days on market tighten again in Irvine, and three homes open this weekend.September 4, 2026What Labor Day weekend actually told usA quiet holiday week, a coastal lease market that did not slow down, and the homes buyers kept coming back to.August 28, 2026Back-to-school moves and the homes that wait for themSchool calendars quietly set the Orange County selling season. Here is what that means for anyone listing in September.August 21, 2026August's quiet buyers, and a Turtle Ridge previewThe buyers still looking in late August are the serious ones — and one Summit home is getting ready to come out.

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