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Irvine California is good place for real estate investors, agents or home buyers to look for mortgage foreclosures, bank-owned homes and real estate auctions in a prosperous neighborhood. The city is notable for its well-regarded public elementary and high schools and exceptionally low crime rate (In 2005, the FBI considered Irvine the safest U.S. city).

Irvine has a population of 143,072 people. It is also home to a number of corporations, particularly in the technology sector. The city's two biggest employers are UCI and Verizon Wireless. And RealtyTrac is headquartered in Irvine.

Irvine is a planned city, mainly developed by the Irvine Company in the 1960s. The city is divided into 21 townships called villages. The townships are separated by six-lane streets. Each township includes a spectrum of similar types of dwellings, along with shopping, religious institutions and schools. Commercial districts are checker-boarded in a periphery around the central townships. Some of the newer townships include Portola Springs, Turtle Ridge, Quail Hill, Shady Canyon and Woodbury.

Like Newport Beach and Costa Mesa, Irvine is home large shopping malls and retail outlets like the Irvine Spectrum Center. Irvine was incorporated in 1971, and has a median household income of $85,624.

At RealtyTrac, we look to help you navigate the foreclosure process by supplying you with the most up-to-date list of Irvine foreclosures, bank-owned homes and auction opportunities, along with the latest in real estate news and information on foreclosure activity in Irvine and beyond. If you are an investor, a real estate agent and/or a home buyer seeking foreclosures or looking to stop home foreclosures look to RealtyTrac for all your real estate needs.