October 2014

Gaviota is one of the premier streets in the Laguna Village area of Laguna Beach to find oceanfront homes.  The street runs parallel with the ocean just south of the main beach and downtown area of Laguna Beach and spans a 5 block radius.  Many of the oceanfront homes located here are very unique and offer direct access to the sandy beach which is not true for all ocean front homes found in Laguna Beach.  The small stretch of beaches offer some of the best surf breaks and is really spectacular to watch the surfers catch waves just outside your back door.

There are all great restaurants in this area like "The Deck" and "Driftwood Kitchen" which offers lunch and dinner right next to the sandy beach.  Walking to all the galleries, boutique stores and

The North Laguna Beach area has a section just north of the downtown area that is commonly referred to as the "Tree Streets" Neighborhood.  The community get it's name after the street names that are derived from various tree names.  Popular names like locust, poplar and cypress are just some the street names you will find in this community.  The area is filled with mature landscaping and are located within a three to four block radius to the beach.  Select homes in this area will have nice views of the ocean but for the most part the views will be block by other homes located in front of them.

Real Estate prices in this area typically start around in the mid $1.5 million dollar range and can go as high as $4 million dollars.  The homes lead down to

The Wind and Sea apartment complex is located at 763 S Coast Hwy in Laguna Beach, California.  This is a small building located near retail stores near the downtown area of Laguna Beach.  The 9 individual units in this complex are studio apartments that were originally built in 1930 and average 500 square feet of living space.  Over the years these apartments have leased anywhere between $1,695 to $3,000 a month with select units offering great ocean views. 

The location is really ideal with a short distance to the Main Beach area of Laguna Beach.  Local shopping, restaurants and galleries are literally located just steps outside your front door.  Once inside the front doors there is a cute courtyard area that is often a gathering place an ideal for a

Lower Three Arch Bay has really seen a surge in real estate prices as record sales have hit this summer.  Within the last month a $10 million dollar home sold located at 11 La Senda and was only on the market for 10 days.  This was an oceanfront home that was built in 1932 and has gone through renovations in the past and featured 4,000 square feet with four bedrooms located on a 12,197 square foot lot.  It was only on the market for one day and sold due to it's prime location in Lower Three Arch Bay.  Earlier this year another oceanfront home was sold for a record price of $8,500,000 to celebrity Lauren Conrad from the MTV reality show "Laguna Beach."

Today there are a total of 7 homes for sale in Three Arch Bay with three of them listed over $9.9 million

Irvine Cove in Laguna Beach is the premier gated community and Laguna Beach, California that currently features 3 homes priced over $36,000 with two homes over $49 million dollars. What draws in these huge price points? First, it's all about location. Irvine Cove is ideally located at the very edge of Laguna Beach and has breathtakingly large cliffs near Abalone Point that cascade down to the Pacific Ocean as pictured below. Homes are built as the top of these bluffs and have 180 degree panoramic views.  The community wraps around the two cliffs on both the north and south side of the neighborhood forming a small bay area which creates it's own private beach. 

There is a small section on the south side of the community that offers 5 beach front homes