Laguna Beach Historic Homes

If you are looking for a single family home under $600,000 in Laguna Beach you know homes rarely come on the market in this price range.  This is especially true for homes in the South Laguna Beach area that always command a premium in price.  Homes that do come on the market in this price range are typically cottage style homes with one to two bedrooms.  We recently came across a great value in the South Laguna Beach as a new bank owned home has just come on the market located at 31592 Wildwood Rd in Laguna Beach and is priced at $576,900.  This home is also located in the South Laguna Beach area with hardwood flooring, pine wood ceilings and a 2 car garage!  No matter what you are looking for bank owned homes in Laguna Beach always provide a good value.

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Everyone knows that location is one of the main factors when considering real estate in Laguna Beach.  If you are familiar with Laguna Beach then you know that homes located on the ocean side of Highway 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) are very desirable.  Many home buyers are looking for good values in today's marketplace and finding a home that needs work with ocean views and located just a couple blocks to the beach is very much high in demand.  We are excited to see a new fixer upper ocean view two bedroom home to come on the market that is located on the Ocean side of Highway 1 for $1,050,000!  Located in the Victoria Beach area of Laguna Beach where you will find multi million dollar ocean view homes and oceanfront estate homes priced well over $10 million…

Laguna Beach is widely known for it's architecture with some of the most diverse collection of architectural homes in Southern California.  No matter what architectural style that you are looking for Laguna Beach is sure to have what you are looking for.  One of unique style homes in Laguna Beach is the Carriage House style.  Carriage Houses offer the charm and personality of classic vintage homes often times built in the early part of the century.  The Laguna Village is a great place to find these carriage house style homes that often times have two to three bedrooms.  We are happy to see a new Carriage House style home to come on the market in the Laguna Village area with two homes on one lot, ocean views and offered for sale as a short sale for

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The Laguna Canyon area is the best place to find the lowest price single family homes in Laguna Beach, California.  The Laguna Canyon area is located on the outskirts of town and off the Laguna Canyon Rd which is the main way in to Laguna Beach from the 5 & 73 Freeway.  Since these homes are often 5 to 10 minutes into town the price of real estate is greatly reduced.  Single family homes in the Canyon area start just under $340,000 and up and you will find a nice mixture of Laguna Beach cottages and historic homes.  You will also find larger custom homes for well under $1,000,000 that sometimes features a lot of land and square footage of the home.  A good example of this is a new bank owned home that just came on the market 3 days ago the was built in

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Upper Three Arch Bay Homes are located on the southern point of Laguna Beach in the 24 hour guard gated community of "Three Arch Bay."  If you are new to Laguna Beach then it's important to understand that the coastline is broken down into three distinctive areas.  From north to south you have three areas consisting of:  North Laguna, Laguna Village and South Laguna.  Each of these areas have beautiful homes located in gated communities, so deciding which area to live should be your first step when visiting Laguna Beach.  If you love the South Laguna area which is in very close proximity to the St. Regis & Ritz Carlton hotel and is home to the luxury oceanfront community of Three Arch Bay.  Within Three Arch Bay you will actually find two guard gates on

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Grand Historic homes can be found in any major city across the United States with each town having it's own grand historic home.  Laguna Beach is also home to many grand estate homes that were built in the 1920's up to the 1950's.  The unique part about buying a home in the Laguna Beach area is the benefit of having ocean views and being just minutes to the beach.  Home prices typically will have a wide range depending on the view, size of the lot and the location of the home.  One of the grand historic estate home that is currently on the market can be found in the Temple Hills area of Laguna Beach for $4,650,000 that is situated on a 2/3 acre usable lot.  As we have noted before, Temple Hills in the Laguna Village area is one of the best to find a

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If you love historic homes then falling in love with the many historic homes for sale in Laguna Beach will come easy.  Currently there are 75 historic homes for sale offering the beautiful details and charm of the beautiful 1930's.  A newly listed historic ocean view home has come on the market built in 1939 and close to the Mission Hospital in Laguna Beach in the South Laguna Village area that offers some of the best features you will find from a home built in this era.  Beach Close and Ocean Views are just some of the features of this great historic home.  If you are in the market to buy an older home make sure you look around the Laguna Village and South Laguna areas as a large number of historic homes were built in these two areas.  You may also want…

One of the earliest communities built here in Laguna Beach was the luxury gated community of Emerald Bay.  Like Three Arch Bay, Emerald Bay located in North Laguna has a rich and long history of having some of the early homes built in Laguna Beach, California.  Back then, a lot of these homes were used as second residences as vacation homes.  A good example of these historic homes is a recent hometo come on the market in Emerald Bay with all the charm and personality you would expect from a historic home built in Southern California during the 1920's.  We specialize in the historic homes here in Laguna Beach and understand the nuances of these older homes.  Many of these homes are eligible for the Mills Act which gives historic homeowners tax breaks for…

One of the best parts about living in Laguna Beach is the rich history the city of Laguna Beach has to it.  We are lucky to have many Laguna Beach House built in the early 1920's and 1930's.  Homes from this era have a certain charm and personality to them as well as offer potential tax savings through the Federal Mills Act which provides tax incentives to Laguna Beach historic homeowners.  A newly listed Laguna Beach historic home from the 1930's has come on the market in the Woods Cove neighborhood in the Laguna Village area with all the curb appeal you would expect from a home of this age.  Beautiful arches, red bougainvillea flowers hanging over the walls makes you feel like you have gone back in time.  One of the common characteristics of these older…

Summit Ridge is a great area here in Laguna Beach filled with many different architectural style homes with stunning ocean views.  It's not uncommon to see contemporary style homes mixed in the vintage cottage and historic properties.  A newly listed Historic Ocean View home has come on the market in the Summit Ridge area that offers all the charm and personality you would expect from 1920's home.  As we have discussed before, historic homes can offer huge tax savings if the Mills Act is applied to the home.  The Mills Act is designed to protect the historic nature of the home and to reward historic home owners with significant tax deduction from the normal tax rate here in California.  If you are looking for a historic property with ocean views then we…