Laguna Beach Short Sales

We get a lot of inquiries from Laguna Beach buyers wanting to know where the most expensive streets are located in Laguna Beach, California.  There are two ways to look at this, one is the actual highest price sales that have occurred on any given street in Laguna Beach.  The second way would be to look at the currently available homes for sale and determine the most expensive street currently for sale in Laguna Beach.  Historically, if you look at sales for the past 10 years there is a true winner for the most expensive street in Laguna Beach, namely "Emerald Bay."  Emerald Bay street in the gated community of Emerald Bay has the highest reported sold home in Laguna Beach for $19,00,000 located at 168 Emerald Bay.  There have been reported an even higher…

Finding the most expensive gated communities in Laguna Beach, CA is easy if you know where to look.  Our Laguna Beach Real Estate agents work daily with Laguna Beach buyers wanting information on the most exclusive places to live.  One easy way to find the most expensive communities is to do a home search and see where the most expensive homes for sale are located.  An easier way is to talk with a local real estate expert who knows the inside story on the different communities to live in.  Here are the 5 most expensive communities.  1)  Emerald Bay, 2) Smithcliffs, 3) Three Arch Bay, 4) Irvine Cove, 5) Montage Residences.  It's not uncommon in any of these five communities to have homes for sale in the $5 million dollar range and up.  Montage Residences

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If you are very familiar with Laguna Beach, California you still may not know about the hidden Thousand Steps Beach area.  Thousand Steps Beach is the beach located just north of the Three Arch Bay beach in Laguna Beach, California.  Thousand Steps Beach is known for it's beach access off 9th Street & South Pacific Coast Highway that has many steep steps down to the beach.  The homes surrounding this area are prime oceanfront & beachfront properties in the South Laguna Beach area just south of the Montage Resort & Spa and typically sell for a just under $2 million for an ocean view property that is currently listed as a short sale to over $5 million for a stunning oceanfront home.  There are home located directly on the sand which makes this area very

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If you have ever dreamed of buying an oceanfront condo located directly above the sand then you will be happy to learn that prices have adjusted down.  Currently, there is one oceanfront condo for sale under the $900,000 range in Laguna Beach, California.  The property is located in the "Laguna Sands" oceanfront complex which was built in 1962 and offers great values for those looking to live by the beach.  One of the great features if this complex is the underground parking and direct elevator access to the units.  Laguna Sands is located in the South Laguna area just north of the Montage Resort & Spa Residences.   We are starting to see more and more distressed properties coming on the market in Laguna Beach and the affordability level for oceanfront…

In June 2011 we saw 25 properties close escrow from the periods of June 1, 2001 to June 30, 2011.  The lower Price homes ranged from $500,000 for a two bedroom/two bath condo located on Cliff Drive and $659,000 detached one bedroom single family home located on "Glenneyre" street.  The biggest sale we saw in June 2011 was an ocean view home located at 114 La Senda Drive in the gated community of Three Arch Bay in Laguna Beach.  The home featured four bedrooms, seven baths and over 4,200 square feet of living space according to the MLS Listing.  It was built in the Italian Villa style in 2006 and featured a large pool and great use of stone throughout the house.  Currently there are 406 homes on the market in Laguna Beach with 72 homes currently in backup…

From time to time we see properties come on the market in the Laguna Canyon area of Laguna Beach that had various kind of zoning regulations.  The normal regulations in most parts of Laguna Beach you will find is R1 which stands for a one family residential home.  R2, R3 & R4 housing can also be found in Laguna Beach which allows for duplex, triplex and fourplex properties respectively.  A newly listed homein the Laguna Canyon area has been listed with a M1A Zoning which allows for light industrial and some commercial uses of the property.  Listed as a short sale, these homes are sold "as-is" where the seller is not obligated to fix any problems that may exist with the property.  If you are looking for a property in Laguna Beach that allows you to do more…

If you are looking for a luxury home in Laguna Beach then you have probably been looking in the Emerald Bay community in North Laguna Beach.  Emerald Bay features some of the best ocean view and oceanfront properties available in today's Laguna Beach Real Estate market and is the top choice of luxury homes buyers in Laguna Beach, California.  If you are looking at the selection of homes you will currently find 25 homes for sale in Emerald Bay.  These 25 listings will range from $2.6 to $24 million dollars with 843 Emerald Bay listed at $2,675,000 and 410 Emerald Bay listed at $3,295,000 currently "In Escrow."  In the last three months we have seen four sales in the community ranging from $3,425,000 to $5,460,000.  This is a good sign for a healthy market

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Finding an ocean view home for sale in Laguna Beach leads you with many options.  Three of the four neighborhoods in Laguna Beach offer many ocean view homes including South Laguna, North Laguna and the Laguna Village area.  A newly listed ocean view homehas been listed in the Laguna Village area that indicates it's priced to sell.  The Laguna Village area of Laguna Beach is an area that offers ocean view properties with quick access to the beach.  You will pay a premium for this beach close location but if you can find a quality ocean view home in the Village the odds are you will love living here.  For more information on The Village in Laguna Beach and Laguna Beach Real Estate please contact any of our Laguna Beach Real Estate agents today.  We live

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There are many benefits in investing in a duplex for sale in Laguna Beach, California.  For many, living in one unit and collecting rent from the other unit to help pay for the mortgage is a smart way to buy a home in California.  With home prices well above other parts of the country, buying a duplex makes the home buying process a little easier.  For others, like real estate investors, renting out both sides as an investment property makes more sense.  Numbers are crunched and potential rental income is compared to what taxes and insurances will cost  you on a monthly basis.  To make this work in California a large down payment is usually required.  The payout is the long term investment of property values going up at a higher increased rate than other…

Many of the luxury homes for sale in Laguna Beach, California come with luxury swimming pools as an added bonus to the home.  If you are in the market for a Laguna Beach property with a pool you will be pleasantly surprised to know that over 100 properties fit that criteria.  From luxury gated communities to small beach cottages, Laguna Beach homes with pools offers a wide selection to choose from.  As the climate in Laguna Beach is an even 72 degree for most of the years cooling off to escape the heat is something that is not necessary in Southern California.  Swimming pools are considered a luxury and homes with pools can be a negative or a positive depending on the lifestyle of the home buyer looking at your home.   No matter what your preference,…