Mission Viejo

Mission Viejo California real estate was developed by the Mission Viejo Company, with the idea to make it possible to work, live and play in the same city.  Just driving through Mission Viejo is a pleasurable experience with the winding boulevards lined with tree laden green belts, parks and Lake Mission Viejo. There are many diverse neighborhoods which contain home styles and price ranges for singles, families and mature adults. Executive homes offer the luxury of custom golf-course homes or lakefront living. There are many styles of house designs for first time homebuyers as well as mature families. In addition, the community of Casta Del Sol is very popular with Senior residents.

Today, over 95,000 people call Mission Viejo CA home. These new communities consist of mixture of attached Condos and detached 1 and 2 story homes designed by the countries most preeminent builders. One of the newer and very popular communities is located on the south east portion of Mission Viejo, called Ladera Ranch. Also, coming soon is another impressive mater planned community called Rancho Mission Viejo.

With 45 parks and counting, every home in Mission Viejo is within a mile of a park. Residents can hike, bike, swim, fish, and golf, all within their city’s borders. Majestic Lake Mission Viejo is a private lake made available to most all residents of Mission Viejo, and provides many recreational opportunities. Contained in an area of slightly more than 16 square miles, the city includes residential, recreational, light industrial and retail areas, as well as a community college, four high schools, three intermediate schools and seventeen elementary schools. The city of Mission Viejo CA is serviced by two school districts, Capistrano School District and the Saddleback Valley School District. Both school districts have an excellent reputation with many of the public schools being awarded for their academic excellence year after year.

The real estate upon which Mission Viejo was developed was part of the 52,000-acre Rancho Mission Viejo, which dates back to 1769, when a Spaniard named Gaspar de Portola led an expeditionary force from Mexico across the southern border of the ranch and claimed the land for Spain. After numerous land holding changes over several centuries, the real estate was purchased by Donald Bren, Philip J. Reilly, and James Toepfer to form the Mission Viejo Company. In 1965, a master plan for Mission Viejo California was approved by the Orange County Board of Supervisors. One year later, the City became a realty as families stood in line to pay $21,000 for homes on his former cattle range. In April of 1966, these pioneering residents moved into their new homes near the intersection of La Paz Road and Chrisanta Drive.