Santa Ana Property and Mortgage Information
This is the place to find valuable information regarding qualifying for a mortgage in Santa Ana, CA.
To get the best mortgage you need the best and most accurate information, as well as answers to your questions. We will be posting frequently to provide information regarding mortgages and various home loan options in general as well as information specific to the Santa Ana real estate market.
As always please feel free to register and ask questions about how United Residential Lending can help you achieve your home ownership goals.
Finding the Right Property in Santa Ana
Right now the very best place to find a great deal on Santa Ana Property is to look in the foreclosure market. Currently there is an inventory of condos and single family properties in Santa Ana priced well below market. We have formed partnerships with sone of the very best Buyers Agents in Orange County. Whether you are looking for a town home, single family residence or condo working with one of our Realtor partners will make the task of finding the right property in Santa Ana possible. As always working with a buyers agent is free to the buyer.
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If you would like a free list of foreclosed Santa Ana Property that qualifies for special financing click here.
Special Financing
Remember that the foreclosed Real Estate in Santa Ana found here is eligible for special financing, but only through approved lenders. We are an approved lender and can pre-approve you TODAY!
Financing Features:
Only 3% down for Owner Occupants
Only 10% down for Investment/2nd home properties
No Private Mortgage Insurance
No Appraisal needed
Low 30 year Fixed Rates
Easy and Fast Approvals
Contact us TODAY to get PRE-APPROVED for a great Santa Ana Property
HISTORY
Don Gaspár de Portolá, a Spanish expedition party leader, discovered a picturesque valley and river in Southern California, which he christened Santa Ana, in honor of Saint Anne, on July 26, 1769. José Antonio Yorba, a youthful expedition soldier, and his nephew Juan Peralta, were given a Spanish land grant for the area. They developed the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana for cattle grazing and productive farmland. In 1869, William H. Spurgeon purchased 70 acres from the Yorba family and plotted a townsite. The new town was given the name Santa Ana. In 1886, Santa Ana was incorporated as a city. Orange County was separated from Los Angeles in 1889, and Santa Ana was designated the County Seat. Santa Ana is the financial and governmental center of Orange County and a major city in the state.
ELEVATION
134.8 feet / 41.1meters above sea level (NCDC: Weather Station, Radar Data Inventories, 2001)
AREA
27.2 square miles (Santa Ana City Planning Department)
SIZE
Santa Ana is the County Seat and largest city in Orange County, and Ninth largest in California.
(California State Department of Finance, Cities Ranked, Total Population 01/01/2008)
RAINFALL
Season total 2008-2009: 09.40 inches; annual season average 1906-2007 13.71 inches; season maximum 1997-1998: 30.65; inches
(Precipitation Summary, PFRD Station # 121, O.C. Public Facilities & Resources Department, 2/2009) (NOAA/WRCC)
MONTHLY SEASONAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
Winter …………… Min.42:9°F; Max. 68:8°F
Spring …………… Min.46:5°F; Max.75:1°F
Summer …………… Min.57:3ºF; Max. 84:6°F
Fall …………… Min.47:3ºF; Max. 83:8ºF
(WRCC Recorded Monthly Climate Summary, Period 4/1/1906-12/31/2007)
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION
Longitude……………117 degrees, 52 minutes West Latitude …………33 degrees, 45 minutes North.
(NCDC: Weather Station, Radar Data Inventories, 2005)
ATTRACTIONS
Bowers Museum of Cultural Arts, Discovery Museum of O.C., Discovery Science Center, Santa Ana Zoo, Historic Downtown Santa Ana, Santa Ana Artists’
Village, Howe-Waffle House, Kidseum, Old Courthouse Museum, Santa Ana Public Library, Fairhaven Memorial Park.
CITY: TREE … Jacaranda FLOWER … Hibiscus COLORS…Royal Blue & Gold
CITY MOTTO’S… “Education First” “Downtown Orange County” and “The Golden City”
DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC DATA
POPULATION
355,662 (California State Department of Finance, City Population
Estimates, 01/01/2009)
ETHNICITY
Hispanic: 257,097 (76.0%) Asian: 29,412 (8.7%) White: 41,984 (12.4%)
Black: 4,309 (1.3%) American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut: 886 (.3 %) Pacific
Islander: 993 (.3%) Other 273 (.1%) Two or more races 3,023 (.9%) (U.S.
Census Bureau 2000)
MEDIAN AGE
26.5 (U.S. Census Bureau 2000)
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
54,252 (S.A.U.S.D. K-12 12/31/2008) 4,179 resident students attending
Garden Grove schools located within Santa Ana city limits (Garden Grove
Unified School District, 2008/2009)
VOTER REGISTRATION RESIDENT ENROLLMENT
103,969 (Orange County Registrar of Voters, SOS District, 02/06/2009)
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
164,300 (State of California, Employment Development Department,
December 2008)
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
10.4% (17,200 State of California, Employment Development
Department, December 2008)
LARGEST PRIVATE EMPLOYERS
Ingram Micro Inc; First American Corp; Tenet Healthsystem Medical Inc;
TTM Technologies Inc; DMS – Services LLC; Freedom Communications
Inc; DMS Facility Services Inc; Ponderosa Builders Inc; Alan B Whitson
Company Inc; Aluminum Precision Products,
(City of Santa Ana, Community Development Agency, 02/23/2009)
HOUSING UNITS
75,856 (California State Department of Finance, Housing Estimates,
01/01/2009)
TAXABLE SALES
$3,970,778,000 (California State Board of Equalization, By City 01/2007
– 12/2007)
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
$43,412 (U.S. Census Bureau 2000)
ASSESSED VALUATION
$21,931,443,628 (Orange County Auditor – Controller, Total Assessed
Valuations, 2008 – 2009)
BUILDING ACTIVITY (All Construction)
$93,619,867 (City of Santa Ana, Permit Section, 01/2008 – 12/2008)
