Before President Obama’s State of the Union speech fades from report to Congress into campaign spin, in this report, we offer the official reaction statements from West OC Members of Congress Dana Rohrabacher (Republican) and Loretta Sanchez (Democrat). Also included are some comments about the facts and a reaction statement from Los Angeles philanthropist and entrepreneur businessman Eli Broad.

In this exclusive OC180NEWS biweekly report, we take a macro view of countywide market conditions for Orange County residential real estate as of January 19, 2012. All of the stats we track point to a strong early start to the home buying season in Orange County.