IRVINE, CA-California and Nevada see fewer annual home sales from a year ago, but post the largest median home-price gains in July, according to RealtyTrac in this UPDATE to an earlier story.

IRVINE, CA-Nationwide home sales volume rises 11% from a year ago, although this number is down in California and Nevada, reports RealtyTrac.

IRVINE, CA-The rate of recovery, while extending to all markets, differs dramatically depending on which markets you look at, Auction.com's Rick Sharga tells Carrie Rossenfeld.

BREA, CA-The sale of 2850 Orbiter St. here represents the first spec industrial building to be developed and sold in Orange County since the market downturn in this weekly wrap-up of deals.

IRVINE, CA-A Ninth Circuit court ruling upholding a decision to dismiss plaintiffs' claims against Tarsadia Hotels for the sale of condominium-hotel units is seen as a victory for real estate developers, Cox Castle's Rick Kranz tells Carrie Rossenfeld.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA-The multifamily and healthcare mortgage-loan provider's locally based office adds four professionals under the direction of Rick Wolf.

IRVINE, CA-In tracking the number of Orange County buildings constructed from 1950 to today, Jones Lang LaSalle discovers industrial development is way down, Zach Niles tells GlobeSt.com.

IRVINE, CA-The best housing markets for good health and building real estate wealth are also in other Western states including Utah, Montana and Wyoming, reports RealtyTrac.