Laguna Beach Luxury Real Estate

One beautiful place to find beachfront properties in Laguna Beach, California is on the street known as "Circle Way."  The street is located in the Emerald Terrace community in North Laguna Beach and is a circular street with an approximate 20 properties.  Many of these homes will have some views of the ocean with 4 select homes located on the beach front as pictured below.  This is one of my favorite locations where the beach is only well known to locals with great views of the cliffs side and the Twin Points Estate to the south. 

A new beachfront listing has come on the market at 1379 Circle Way and is currently offered for sale for $11,395,000.  This is a multi-level home that features 4,500 square feet of living space with wonderful coastline ocean…

Laguna Beach has a few select contemporary homes that are available for lease and can be best found in the South Laguna and Laguna Village areas.  Most of the these homes will either be located just steps to the beach or located in this hillside communities that run parallel with the coast.  There currently three high end contemporary homes that are currently available for lease and range from $15,000 to $30,000 a month.

The $15,000 a month option is a stunning contemporary home that was built in 2013 and located on the ocean side of Coast Highway and steps to the beach.  The home offers floor to ceiling glass and retractable glass doors that take in the view.  The owners have recently purchased this home and elect to lease them home until they can move

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North Laguna offers several locations where you can find beach front homes located directly on the sand.  This area offers some of the most expensive homes in all of Orange County with beach front homes offered for as high as $49.5 million dollars.  The two communities where you can find these beachfront homes is the Irvine Cove and Emerald Bay neighborhoods.  Irvine Cove is home to the Irvine Family who own a small section of the neighborhood and have a private beach for themselves.  The rest of the community is a mixture of homes located on the sand and in the hills offering wonderful views of the ocean.  The Irvine Cove community is one of the most private neighborhoods in Laguna Beach with it's own secluded cove beach and guard gated entrance.  There

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Laguna Beach has always had a lot of homes designed in both the Modern and Contemporary architectural design.  The city is very much an artistic town with art festivals and galleries with residents who appreciate and enjoy the modern style.  In Southern California the beach towns of La Jolla and Laguna Beach have the highest concentration of modern homes but none more breathtaking than the ocean view homes that can be found in Laguna.

The best areas to find these beautiful homes would be in the three main areas by the beach which consist of South Laguna, The Laguna Village and North Laguna.  In South Laguna, look for communities like Arch Beach Heights, South Laguna Village and Alta Vista which has a large number of modern homes that overlook the

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The Laguna Beach Real Estate market was in full swing in 2014 as home sales continued to rise and the luxury home market saw some really big sales this year.  The most expensive sale was located at 2675 Riviera Dr which is located in the plush Irvine Cove gated community.  The oceanfront estate located on the bluff front on Abalone Point sold for a record $23.6 million on 6/16/2014.  The home featured four bedrooms, five baths and 11,722 square feet of three different levels.  This was one of many homes that came on the market in the Abalone Point area with one neighboring home marketed for as high as $65 million.

The second highest price home sale was located at 176 Emerald Bay which sold for $15,075,000 on 9/22/2014.  This is just shy of last years

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The Laguna Seacliff building sits on a rock formation that is set out in the Pacific Ocean and offers two bedroom condos that can have some of the best oceanfront views to be found in Laguna Beach, California.  The condo complex was originally built in 1960 and at the time was a premier place to live on the water.  Situated in the plush North Laguna Beach neighborhood and on the oceanfront street "Cliff Drive" is a truly unique spot.  With local building codes and Coastal commission regulations a building like this could not be built in today's age. 

The complex offers a secure gated entrance and once inside there is a central community pool, underground parking and a variety of units located on the lower and upper levels of the building.  Fisherman's

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One of the best hidden spots to find both oceanfront and ocean view homes is on a small street called "Seacliff Drive."  This small and winding road leads down from Pacific Coast Hwy and gets out into the Pacific Ocean on a steep cliff as pictured below.

Magnificent homes sit directly on the cliff with great coastline and white water ocean views. The South Laguna area is widely known for having lower priced oceanfront and ocean view homes and this street is no exception. Currently, an oceanfront home sits directly above the sand and is listed for $6,488,000. One of the unique features of the home besides the great views is the direct access to the sandy beach. The home incorporates a path that leads down to the sand that sits in front of the Laguna

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The Laguna Lido is one of the most expensive condo buildings in all of Laguna Beach and the best place to find oceanfront and ocean view condos for sale.  Located directly on the sand at 31755 Coast Highway are two stand alone buildings located on both the upper and lower level.  The two buildings are separated by the community pool as pictured below.  Condos rarely come on the market in this complex, especially in the lower level where condos have recently been sold up to $3 million dollars earlier this year.

The Laguna Lido complex is built like a mini resort with a full size fitness room, community saline pool, shower and game room and individual lockers.  One of the best features of the building is an elevator that provides direct access to the

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The Laguna Royale building is located at 31423 Coast Hwy in Laguna Beach and is one of the largest condo buildings to be found in this small beach town. The condos offer a wide range of ocean views depending on where the condo is located. The complex is located directly on the ocean front and offers a total of 78 units. The building is secure with a guard gated entrance, subterranean underground parking and an on site property manager.

It’s important to understand the layout of the building and how different locations will offer different views. There are two upper levels that are recessed back from the lower level unit with a large roof top patio area that is part of the view from these upper units. It’s still a great view but basically you are looking

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The Table Rock beach area is located in the South Laguna Bluffs area is one of the best kept secrets for finding incredible ocean view properties in Laguna Beach, California.  Located off Pacific Coast Highway is a small street known as Table Rock Drive.  This is a very small and winding street that doesn't invite many cars to pass through unless one lives in this area.  The area get's it's name from the oceanfront condo complex known as Table Rock that sits directly on a large parcel on bedrock that jets out into the ocean.  These are million dollar plus condos that rarely come on the market.   

Many are unaware that there are also single family homes in this area that share the same great ocean views and also have quick access down to the Table Rock

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