Beach Cities RE Blog

Homes in the Manhattan Beach "tree section" are always a hot commodity and the market never took too much of a hit during the market slow down of the past few years. Due in part to great schools, family friendly neighborhoods, proximity to the beach, and limited supply, tree section luxury homes ...

I often tell my statistically driven friends and clients that although "trendlines" and statistical data can help explain what is happening and what may happen in real estate, it often overlooks a very key piece of the puzzle. Unlike other products people buy and sell, home sales are often driven...

As a short sale listing expert, I've tracked the number of foreclosures, meaning both short sales and bank owned homes (REOs) in the South Bay for the past few years. It wasn't long ago that each month there would be consistently over 100 short sale homes listed in Torrance alone. That certainly ...

With inventory continuing to decline the condo and townhome markets in the Hollyglen communities of 360 South Bay and Fusion South Bay have continued their torrid pace. Both complexes are located along Aviation Blvd in the area of Hawthorne known as Hollyglen. Fusion South Bay was completed in 20...

It wasn't long ago that a client wanting to look at homes in the South Bay often meant a day long journey of looking at the abundance of available homes and trying to narrow down which one had the fewest objections to the buyer. As there were so many homes on the market, and every day meant new o...

I have a number of buyers looking in Redondo Beach for a single family home under $750,000. Normally that's not too difficult to find and it's more a question of specific location, or style, etc. The problem now is that single family homes in this price range, which would be considered "starter h...

With the dawn of a new year, it really got me thinking about what we do as Realtors and why, If done with the right motives, it's so rewarding. In the stresses of an escrow, or in the challenges of a day of showing houses, it's easy to lose sight of what selling a home can mean and for many it's...

Life in the South Bay is a mix of upscale and quirky, and both can be great.  One of my favorite places to take people is Old Tony's on the Redondo Beach pier.  I've only visited the restaurant once but the bar/lounge upstairs has one of those views that make it a spectacular place to visit.  I w...

Distressed home inventory seems to be disappearing at an ever increasing pace leading some to wonder if the days of short sale and foreclosure "deals" in San Pedro being a thing of the past?  As of November 5th there were 7 bank owned homes on the market and as of November 21st only the home at 2...

Congratulations to South Bay Brokers for being recognized by the Los Angeles Business Journal as the South Bay real estate brokerage with the highest residential sales volume per agent.  According to Keith Kyle, a top producing agent in the Manhattan Beach office, "what makes South Bay Brokers so...