South Laguna Homes For Sale

If you are thinking about buying a luxury home in the Three Arch Bay community it's important to know what has sold in recent months.  For those not familiar with Laguna Beach Real Estate, Three Arch Bay is a upper end 24 hour guard gated community on the south side of Laguna Beach with oceanfront, ocean and coastline view homes.  Currently there are 20 listings on the market in Three Arch Bay ranging from $750,000 to $19,500,000.   Three of these homes are currently in escrow for the properties listed for $750.000, $2,395,000 and $8,988,000.  The two properties listed at $750,000 and $2,395,000 are ocean view properties located in the Upper Three Arch Bay community.  Finding a home in Three Arch Bay in the mid $700,000 range is a tremendous value for the

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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 have lived in the Laguna Beach for any length of time you are familiar with the local designer Greg Abel.  The Abel name carries a lot of weight here in Southern California with wonderfully designed beach homes all throughout Orange County.  A newly listed home has come on the market that was designed by Greg Able in 1988 and features classic lines that take in the wonderful ocean views, now listed for $6,500,000.  The South Laguna Bluffs area is none for it's wonderful ocean view homes.  A birdseye view shows you the close proximity to the Secret Cove beach and situated just north of the Laguna Lido and south of the Montage Resort & Spa Residences in South Laguna Beach.  From this location there are many local shops and restaurants and some of the…

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…

If you are in the market to buy an oceanfront home in Southern California there is no better place to look than Laguna Beach, California.  Laguna Beach is home to many oceanfront homes ranging from custom oceanfront estate homes to oceanfront homes located in luxury gated communities.  Unlike other parts of the country, oceanfront homes in California are located relatively close to each other and finding privacy amongst these homes is hard to find.  A newly listed home in the lower Three Arch Bay gated community in Laguna Beach, Ca offers the utmost in privacy with a unique location that sits on a cliff with it's own swimming pool at the beachfront and ocean level.  Three Arch Bay is divided into two parts, one part sits on the upper end known as Upper…

The Montage Residences and Ocean Estates is well known for being the most expensive oceanfront real estate now in Laguna Beach.  If you are in the market for oceanfront property but don't want to spend the $30 million dollar price tag then you have other good alternatives.  A newly listed oceanfront home has come on the market under $9 million that boats incredible oceanfront and beach views.  If you are familiar with the Laguna Beach Real Estate market then you know many of the luxury gated communities in Laguna Beach offer oceanfront homes for sale.  In addition, there are many hidden pockets of Laguna Beach that locals know for being the best deals on the market.  It's always best, especially in Laguna Beach to work with a local Laguna Beach realtor who…

Laguna Beach seems to attract many different types of people including those in the media spot light.  Back in the early 1920's, many from Hollywood would use Laguna Beach as a vacation home destination away from the hustle and bustle of the Los Angeles city life.  So it's not uncommon to find oceanfront properties that were previously owned by a celebrity.  Oceanfront homes can be found in many different destinations in Laguna Beach including Three Arch Bay, Woods Cove, Shaw's Cove, Secret Cove, Victoria Beach, Lagunita, Crown Point and Emerald Bay just to name a few.  With so many choices when looking for oceanfront and beachfront homes it makes sense to work with a professional Laguna Beach realtor who knows these secluded spots to find the perfect

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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…