OC Remains Desirable Growth Market

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-Orange County is continuing on its upward trajectory post-recession, and attorney Steve Edwards at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP tells GlobeSt.com that it’s a “hot, hot market.” Originally a farming and ranching community that eventually decided to sell land and start developing real estate, Orange County has emerged into a shining star among West Coast markets—one that has recovered from the economic downturn faster than most of California, boasting a 6% unemployment rate.

“The thing about Orange County is that it’s kind of a special place,” Edwards tells GlobeSt.com. “You have to go back to the history of this area, which was heavily influenced by a small number of families that owned ranches. Basically, the chain of title goes almost from that family to the King of Spain.”