North Laguna Homes For Sale

As Emerald Bay Laguna Beach Real Estate experts we pride ourselves in educating our clients about the various homes for sale in the Emerald Bay community located in North Laguna Beach.  One fact that most new comers to Laguna Beach don't realize is that there are two different sections to Emerald Bay, namely Upper Emerald Bay & Lower Emerald Bay.  Imagine driving on Pacific Coast Highway driving north through Laguna Beach on your way to Newport Coast.  As you cross the Emerald Bay community to your left and to your right you will see the two communities split between the Coast Highway.  Directly underneath you is a tunnel that is a pass through to these two communities in Emerald Bay.  If you have never been to Emerald Bay we would love to show you this

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Living in the private gated community of Emerald Bay in North Laguna Beach is like no other experience. The community boasts a private white sand beach with crystal clear blue waters, framed by jagged cliffs, and mild surf, perfect for swimming with the entire family. The sandy beach also features fire pits for your evening barbecue and roasting of marsh mellows while listening to the calm surf and enjoying a spectacular evening sunset. There is a playground for the kids right on the beach adjacent to the grassy tree lined park where many weekend concerts are provided for the residents.

Owning a golf cart makes travel a breeze while visiting the communities 6 Tennis Courts, Beach Volleyball, Gated Pool Complex, or Basketball Courts. Several green tree

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If you are in the market to buy a large luxury home in Laguna Beach then you will want to make sure you visit homes in the North Laguna area of Laguna Beach, California.  The largest home currently for sale in Laguna Beach is situated on Hillcrest Dr and features over 18,000 square feet of living space with a combined 17 bedrooms and 18 baths!  This mega historic mansion was built in 1927 and is one of the landmark estate homes here in Laguna Beach with great ocean views!  If you are in the market to buy historic estate homes now has never been a better time.  

Currently there are 394 homes on the market in Laguna Beach with 56 short sales and 3 foreclosure properties.  Some of the best prime real estate has come on the market in recent months allowing

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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…

The real estate market in Laguna Beach has changed and we are starting to see more and more Laguna Beach home owners that are now open to carry back part of the note when purchasing a home in Laguna Beach.  Seller carry backs are not a new idea but have taken a back seat with the market was red hot.  Now with the market cool down, the idea of a seller doing a seller carry back has come back into fashion.  Keep in mind, each property is different and the amount that the seller is willing to carry back depends on a variety of things.  First, how much does the owner owe on the property?  If the property is owed free and clear then the seller has the potential to carry back the entire purchase amount if so desired.  If the sellers owes a certain amount on his

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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…

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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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…

If you are looking for a Contemporary home in Southern California with coastline views you have many beach towns to choose from Newport Beach down to the La Jolla area in San Diego.  There is no better place than Laguna Beach to find stunning wall to glass contemporary homes with coastline & ocean views.  A perfect example of this is a newly listed North Laguna Contemporary home  for sale that offers the best of views of the Southern California Coastline and currently priced at $3,900,000.  Please contact us today to learn more about this brand new contemporary home for sale and the Laguna Beach Real Estate marketplace.

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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