Victoria Beach Laguna Beach

The Laguna Village area covers a large part of the beach frontage in Laguna Beach, California and is considered one of the best places to find ocean front homes.  The boundaries of this area begin at the south end of Victoria Beach and continue north to the Main Beach Park which is in the very center of town.  Homes along the beach here will often be multi-story homes that sit just above the sandy beach and have commanding views of the Pacific Ocean.  The Bravo TV series "Real Estate Wars" features two local real estate teams from the Orange County area and recently aired a listing that was located on the ocean front in the Laguna Village area.  The home pictured below and located at 160 Saint Anns Dr was originally listed and sold by the McMonigle Team

Rockledge Terrace is a small little community located next to Victoria beach and is home to 18 luxury properties.  The neighborhood consists of two streets known as Rockledge Terrace and Rockledge Road.  Rockledge Terraces has one row of houses between it and the beach and offers wonderful ocean views as pictured below.  Rockledge Road offers ocean front homes with only 8 properties located on the front row.  This is a very quiet area and people typically don't go down these streets unless they live in the neighborhood.  The neighborhood offers steps down to the beach that can only be used by residents of the community.  This can be found at the bottom of Rockledge Road.

Home prices in Rockledge Terrace can vary a lot depending if the property is water

One of the most recognizable ocean front homes in Laguna Beach is having a sealed bid offering as advertised in the Orange County Business Journal. 2475 S Coast Hwy in Laguna Beach, California will be presenting the sealed bid offering on Nov 8, 2013 according to the ad. Located in the Victoria Beach area near historic Moss Point in Laguna Beach sits an amazing home that covers a reported acre of prime ocean front real estate. Commonly known as "Rockledge by the Sea," the home features 10,000 square feet of living space with six bedroom suites. The property offers walls of glass that maximize the view with a home gym, executive office and a gourmet kitchen. The residence also offers a large secure gated entrance with a 3 car garage and five additional

A lot has changed in the real estate market in Laguna Beach with inventory going down and home prices going up.  This is especially true for ocean front properties in Laguna Beach that never seems to loose it's allure to luxury home buyers.  In the past 12 months we have seen record sales but high and low for these kind of properties. 

On the low side, a Three Arch Bay ocean front home sold for $4,460,000.  I showed this house to a client of mine from Minnesota and he was shocked to learn that this 1,886 square foot 3 bedroom home had sold for this price point.  I explained that most ocean front home prices typically start around $4.5 million and up and this is a perfect example of this irregardless of the size of the home. 

On the high side, an ocean

Laguna Beach is well known for having the highest concentration of contemporary homes than any other beach town in Southern California.  With a current inventory of 74 contemporary homes on the open market for sale, Laguna Beach is the ideal spot for those who love this architectural design.  The word "contemporary" conjures up images of sleek lines and walls of glass for some people while other consider contemporary as wide open spaces with lots of curves and angels to the walls.  In Laguna Beach you will find three different types of contemporary homes known as soft contemporary, ultra contemporary and your classic contemporary homes with many of these offering ocean views.

Ultra contemporary homes are to the extreme with hard angels and sleek

Everyone from real estate agents to home buyers are talking about the low inventory of housing in Southern California and how frustrating it is to find a suitable property at a reasonable price in today's real estate market.  A lot of times these hidden gems may be out there but not visible on the open real estate market and hidden from being seen anywhere on the Internet.  Sometimes the best deals are those that are on "hold" status for one reason or another.

A real estate agent will put a home "on hold" for a wide range of reasons.  Sometimes seller's will have some kind of an emergency come up and still want to sell the home but are unable to cooperate with showings during a short period of times.  In other cases we see a lot of short sale and bank

Ocean Front homes are very spectacular no matter where you buy in Laguna Beach.  Laguna Beach is the #1 place to find the largest variety of oceanfront homes in Southern California due to the winding coves that allow for a large number of these waterfront homes.  You have many choices from small non-gated areas like Victoria Beach to luxury gated communities.  If you are looking for an ocean front home then you should consider the Three Arch Bay community.  Located and surrounding one of the most beautiful private beaches in Laguna, the community boasts some of the best values for direct water front homes. 

Currently, there are four homes on the market that area located on the ocean front ranging from $7,995,000 to $9,995,000.  In 2012, we saw a

Victoria Beach is a small community in Laguna Beach that is well known for it's ocean view and ocean front homes.  We have many clients looking for view homes that are close to the water and we always start with the Victoria Beach area.  Victoria beach is located in the South Laguna Beach area with homes currently starting at $2,500,000 and as high as $10,995,000 for an oceanfront double lot contemporary home.  If views are important then you may also want to consider the upper Victoria Beach area which is located on the other side of Pacific Coast Highway.  These homes will have dramatic views of the ocean with homes under the $2 million dollar range.  Many visitors coming to Laguna Beach prefer to rent a home in Laguna before they buy.  This allows them

There is hardly no comparisons to the Laguna Beach market as one the most premier destinations to find luxury contemporary homes.  Of course, throughout Southern California you will find stunning Contemporary homes in the Hollywood Hills area of LA, Contemporary Masterpieces in Malibu and Soft Contemporary Homes in La Jolla.  All of these destinations do not have the deep concentration of contemporary homes that Laguna Beach has.  For example, Laguna Beach has a total of 52 Contemporary homes + 26 Contemporary Modern homes active and pending Contemporary homes on the market.  This is huge number for a such small beach town like Laguna Beach to be actively on the market since you will find hundreds more Contemporary homes that are not actively marketed for

One of the luxury's of buying a home in Laguna Beach is the extra perks that a home comes with.  Some of the most requested items are three to four garage plus home, wine cellar, gym, home theater and luxury pool and spa.  If you are wine enthusiast then buying a home with a custom wine cellar should be on your list.  Not all Laguna Beach homes will come with this unique feature so it's to work with a local realtor who knows the homes currently for sale that have this feature.  Contemporary and Mediterranean style luxury homes will typically tend to have wine cellars compared to other architectural style homes.   As a rule of thumb the more expensive the home is the better the chance the home will have these unique features.  Homes over $10 million