Corelogic: O.c. Had Nation's 7th-highest Home Price Gain In May

BY JEFF COLLINS, Orange County Register: Business
Thu, 07/09/2015 - 12:01am

Orange County house prices increased 4.9 percent in the year ending in May, the biggest home-price appreciation rate in seven months, Irvine-based real estate data firm CoreLogic reported this week. That’s the seventh-highest price gain for that...

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Corelogic: O.c. Had Nation's 7th-highest Home Price Gain In May

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