May 2013

Shaw's Cove is a popular beach in the North Laguna Beach area. To find Shaw's Cove you will want to head towards Cliff Drive that runs parallel with the ocean. As you head north from Heisler Park you will reach Fairview Street and Marine Drive. This is the entry location to Shaw's Cove with about 100 steps down to the sandy beach from street level. Homes in this area of North Laguna are probably the most expensive you will find that are not located in a gated community. Marine Drive for example is one of the best places to find ocean front homes that have wonderful views of the Laguna Beach coastline as pictured below.

There is a nice mixture of residential homes and condos in this area with the large majority of ocean front properties being single

Laguna Beach has many wonderful ocean front homes that curve to the many coves that exist in the Laguna Beach coastline.  One special place in the oceanfront Woods Cove community in the Laguna Village is a spot called "Arch Point."  Arch Point is a rocky formation that extends out in to the Pacific Ocean that is home to 3 luxury ocean front homes located in a private gated entrance.  The home located at the very tip of Arch Point has recently come on the market for sale for $18,880,000 and offers coastline views to the north and the south of the Laguna Beach coastline.  If you are looking for prime real estate in Laguna Beach it's really hard to be this location.

The views are absolutely stunning as you walk through the arched gateway as you enter the

The Emerald Bay community in Laguna Beach is going through a construction boom as real estate prices are starting to move upwards and the demand for these homes is growing.  There are several new construction homes currently being built in various parts of the community as we have seen record breaking prices for homes sold in this community in the last 12 months.

This week a new listing just came on the market in the Emerald Bay community for a record $38 million.  The highest priced home in Emerald Bay.  The home is located 156 Emerald Bay and just down the street from a home at 168 Emerald Bay that sold for $16 million last summer.  What makes this home so unique and that much more expensive is the direct steps down to the beach with it's own

Laguna Beach has many homes that are located near the Crystal Cove nature preserve that is protected land between the homes in Laguna Beach and the Crystal Cove housing development in Newport Beach, California.  These homes are located in the upper section of the Irvine Cove gated community and commonly known as "Upper Irvine Cove."  One of the nice benefits for these homes that boarder the preserve area is the instant privacy these homes get to enjoy.  Homes can never be built on the preseve so there is no worries about another party building a home that would block your view.

One of the benefits of living in this community is the direct access to the beach.  Homes located on the upper side of Irvine Cove can conveniently go under Coast Highway

Laguna Beach is well known for having the highest concentration of contemporary homes than any other beach town in Southern California.  With a current inventory of 74 contemporary homes on the open market for sale, Laguna Beach is the ideal spot for those who love this architectural design.  The word "contemporary" conjures up images of sleek lines and walls of glass for some people while other consider contemporary as wide open spaces with lots of curves and angels to the walls.  In Laguna Beach you will find three different types of contemporary homes known as soft contemporary, ultra contemporary and your classic contemporary homes with many of these offering ocean views.

Ultra contemporary homes are to the extreme with hard angels and sleek