Costa Mesa Homes for Sale

Welcome!

We specialize in helping home buyers and sellers with their real estate needs in Orange County, particularly coastal Orange County – Newport Beach, Costa Mesa and Huntington Beach.

If you are looking for help realizing your dreams of buying your first home, building equity, investing in your future or reducing your debt load, then you have found the right place.

As a licensed California attorney, a real estate broker, and with many years of experience in real estate financing, founder Christine Donovan will be your trusted consultant in purchasing or selling your most valuable asset, your home.

She founded Donovan Group Realty in 1999 after a successful career as a corporate attorney after realizing that her real estate experience and law experience would combine to provide an invaluable benefit to her clients.

Christine’s family is very involved in Southern California real estate, and perhaps her decision to continue the tradition was inevitable, being the fourth generation in real estate. She was put to work at a young age copying loan files and learned to process loans at an age when most have yet to begin high school.

As a result of our beliefs and our background, our goal is a simple one, to build strong, lifelong relationships with our clients by using our knowledge and expertise to help you simplify the complicated and important process of buying and selling your Coastal Orange County home.

In addition to traditional buying and selling of homes, we are experienced in assisting homeowners who are upside down in their homes and who are facing possible foreclosure and would like to discuss the alternatives, including short sales.

If you are interested in knowing about the first time buyer programs available through local cities, please email us.

Do you owe more on your home than it is worth, are you concerned that you may be facing foreclosure, please email us to set up a free consultation to discuss the 10 options for avoiding foreclosure.

Is Your Offer for on a Costa Mesa Home More Likely to be Accepted if You Pay the Seller’s Closing Costs?

Is Your Offer for on a Costa Mesa Home More Likely to be Accepted if You Pay the Seller’s Closing Costs? Even though the real estate market has had a huge decline, many of the homes in Costa Mesa and throughout Orange County are receiving multiple offers. This is because there is not a lot of inventory in a lot of areas, especially in the lower price ranges. One of the difficulties is that there... [Read more...]

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How Do Foreclosures Work? Purchasing a Costa Mesa Foreclosure

How Do Foreclosures Work? Purchasing a Costa Mesa Foreclosure   If you’re considering purchasing a bank owned foreclosure in Costa Mesa or elsewhere in Orange County, it’s important to understand how these differ from a traditional, equity sale. A bank owned foreclosure, also known as an REO is a result of the bank/lender taking a property back from a borrower who stopped making payments... [Read more...]

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Newport Beach Short Sales – Current Report

Orange County has seen a large decline in median values in the last few years.  Newport Beach, though perhaps not as badly hit due to its location next to the coast, has also seen a decline which becomes more obvious when looking at the number of short sales. Of the 472 homes for sale in Newport Beach, only 44 of them are a short sale, meaning that less than 10% of the homes for sale are short sales. ... [Read more...]

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