South Bay Real Estate: 2024 Fearless Predictions
Happy New Year! It is officially the first blog post of 2024.
For me, I love a good new year’s resolution. A fresh start is a great personal way to fire up new, productive habits.
With that sa...
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New Listings Ask Record Prices in Palos Verdes & Manhattan Beach
Each week, I normally like to write about cold hard numbers or analyze recent comparable sales.
Numbers do not lie and comps formulate home values. Plain and simple.
That said, for this post, I am going to highlight a few brand new listin...
Record Manhattan Beach Home Sells for $12.8 Million Off-Market
Some argue that the most prestigious Manhattan Beach addresses outside of The Strand are the coveted walkstreet locations west of Highland surrounding the pier. Others counter that notion with a Hill Section address as more prestigious.
I sa...
Recent Manhattan Beach Home Sales Show Demand is Incredibly Strong
My blog posts the past couple of months have covered the lack of inventory and fevered strength in our local South Bay housing market. Palos Verdes has been featured often because it is aligned with changing buyers’ habits thanks to the Cor...
Manhattan Beach Land Sales & New Construction Prices
This week, I am going to discuss land and new construction sales within specific pockets of the Manhattan Beach Sand Section.
The neighborhoods highlighted will be the “North Manhattan 400-Block” and the “South Manhattan Flat Wal...
Record Home Sales on the Manhattan Beach Strand and Rolling Hills
The ultra-luxury home market seems to be as strong as ever in the South Bay.
I normally do not write about this upper part of the market too often because, quite frankly, there is not too much action to speak about. But during these ex...
New South Bay Listings Worth a Tour this Weekend
After the long holiday weekend, the South Bay is seeing a nice pop of inventory this week.
I hope this is a new trend that continues, but this week alone cannot be trusted post-Memorial Day weekend. Many sellers will delay their listin...
A Manhattan Beach Sand Section Deal or Rip-Off? Revisited.
For this week, I am going old school.
I am throwing it way back to a blog post in 2016, the first full year of writing my weekly blog. Six years is not that long for anything, but as a Realtor, it feels like a lifetime ago.
Writ...
South Bay Income Property Plays as the Market Rotates from Single Family Homes
This week’s blog post is a piggyback on last week's blog titled, “Real Estate Value Plays as the Market Rotates from Single Family Homes.”
If you listen to my podcast, I have been pounding the table on condos and income propertie...
South Bay Luxury Home Sales Gone Wrong and Right
The South Bay luxury home market is a game of high stakes.
Unlike the typical South Bay median priced sale ranging from $1.25 million to $2.6 million, the luxury market has fewer buyers and sellers. This scarcity can produce incredibly...
Revisiting South Bay Beach Listings At-Risk of a Loss
Interest rates are at all-time lows.
And, the economy seems to be doing okay.
The South Bay second quarter housing numbers were amazingly resilient considering the challenging times of our economy and healthcare system.
I...