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July 18, 2016November 12, 2017

Laguna Beach

Laguna Beach real estate is characterized by a limited selection of homes for sale. Tucked-away in a corner of Orange County, having a home in this creative coastal city is truly a rare and special way of life.

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Laguna Beach has a small selection and the biggest issue is shifting hillside land affecting walls, foundations and floors. To get access to a large enough selection, prospective buyers will want to take advantage of unlisted properties, pocket listings and unlisted homes.

Situated right along Pacific Coast Highway (PCH), this quaint little beachside town really eminates that small town feel where you can cross from one side of town to the other quite quickly. What truly makes the beaches here unique and homey is the local restaurants and people here that give off a great vibe that makes you continuously come back for the surfing, swimming or sunbathing no matter how many times you’ve already been there. Find a perfect restaurant overlooking the beaches and you might even catch a few beach side proposals with an audience to boot.

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Once also known for its many quaint gay bars and popular clubs, the entertainment and social scene has more recently become dominated by high-end tourist hotels. Fortunatley, the art scene continues with such world-famous institutions as the Festival of Arts and Pageant of the Masters.

A few sandal shuffles from the quaint downtown wtth cozy bistros, wine tasting, swim shops, boutiques and art galleries, several parts of Laguna Beach are perfect for tourist visits, while further parts are secluded, with some beach areas providing grills for BBQing, a telescope for whale watching as well as tide pools.

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January 19, 2016

Faircrest Heights Mid City Los Angeles Homes For Sale

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Faircrest Heights is a primarily residential district in the Westside of the city of Los Angeles, part of the Crestview neighborhood. ‘Faircrest’ refers to its location on Fairfax Avenue in the eastern part of the Crestview neighborhood.

Faircrest Heights is included in the general neighborhood of Mid City in Los Angeles. It sets in the west of the neighborhood and is comfortably distant from Downtown Los Angeles and providing a bedroom community feel. Faircrest also has a metropolitan feel with the greatest pearls of Los Angeles only a bike ride away.

Faircrest Heights is a solidly middle class community. The houses in Faircrest Heights were built in the late 1930s and early 1940s, and they consist of primarily Spanish Colonial Revival, English Revival, and Minimal Traditional style single family residences, with some small apartment buildings (mostly in the areas north of Pickford Street).

The boundaries of Faircrest Heights are Pico Boulevard on the north, Fairfax Avenue on the east, Washington Boulevard on the south, and La Cienega Boulevard on the west.

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Corey Chambers, Realty Source Inc, BRE#01889449

January 14, 2016

Mid City Los Angeles Homes For Sale

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Despite its directly-next-to-Downtown location, Mid-City manages to feel strikingly suburban. For quiet palm-tree promenades, Mid-City is the place to be.

Mid-City is within Mid-Wilshire in the north, bordered by Westlake to the east, Culver City lies to the west, and to the south is West Adams.

Smaller named areas within the Mid-City neighborhood are Brookside, Crestview, Fremont Place, Lafayette Square, Little Ethiopia, Picfair Village,Wellington Square, and Victoria Park.

Cultural heritage infuses Mid-Wilshire’s museums, music venues, and multitudinous communities. Often referred to as Midtown by LA locals, Mid-Wilshire comprises dozens of neighborhood enclaves, including Koreatown, Little Ethiopia, and contemporary American malls. Walk through first-class farmers’ markets, contemplate art at the LACMA, and marvel at your central location between the Hollywood stars and Downtown’s soaring skyscrapers. Mid-Wilshire’s name says it all—it’s mostly in the middle of everything.

Spanish Revival-style stucco bungalows predominate Mid City. Most were built in the late 1920s or 1930s and have two or three bedrooms. They intermingle with an eclectic assortment of pitch-roofed cottages and tract houses, many painted in rainbow hues or earth tones. Most residences are still single-story, but one also encounters the occasional grandiose two-story replacement for a teardown. A number of remodels, including some second-story additions have been made.

Original houses are replete with details such as hardwood floors, crown moldings, arched doorways, curved ceilings. Many owners have replaced their front lawns with Mediterranean or cactus-and-succulent gardens.

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Corey Chambers, Realty Source Inc, BRE#01889449

December 30, 2015

Manhattan Beach Homes For Sale

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If Manhattan Beach has classy beachside cottages, bougainvillea-lined walk-streets, bustling sidewalk patios, friendly boutiques, surfers silhouetted against the setting sun, and all within half a mile of a portrait-worthy pier. It’s that impossibly perfect.

A bastion of surf music and the birthplace of beach volleyball, Manhattan Beach has gone chic. Its downtown area along Manhattan Beach Blvd has seen an explosion of trendy restaurants, boutiques and hotels. Yet, even with this Hollywood-ification, it remains a serene seaside enclave with prime surf on either side of the pier.

There’s a Friday farmers market near city hall, metered parking at the base of the pier and a public parking garage on Valley Dr between Manhattan Beach Blvd and 13th St.

The Perks of Manhattan Beach

Manhattan Beach benefits from ocean breezes that provide clean air and summer temperatures that are 10 to 20 °F (5.6 to 11.1 °C) cooler than the inland regions of Southern California.

The Manhattan Beach Unified School District has test scores ranked #3 in the State of California according to California Department of Education statistics. Forbes Magazine ranked Manhattan Beach Unified as the sixth best School District in the U.S.

According to a July 5, 2014, article in the Beach Reporter newspaper, the city of Manhattan Beach has the most educated residents (according to percentage of residents with bachelor’s degree or higher) than any other city in California.

Manhattan Beach Neighborhoods

Residents have divided the city into several distinct neighborhoods, including the “Sand Section”, “Hill Section”, “Tree Section”, “Gas Lamp Section”, “The Village”, “Manhattan Heights”, “The Knolls”(East Manhattan Beach), “Liberty Village”, “Poet’s Section” (Shelley, Tennyson, Longfellow, Keats), and “El Porto” (North Manhattan Beach).

The “Hill Section” is known for its high priced homes where many of the residences are remodeled or newly constructed. The steep hills allow panoramic ocean and city views.

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The nearby “Sand Section” is notable for its quiet walk-street neighborhoods adjacent to the ocean. Oceanfront homes stretch along the bike path and walking lane of “The Strand”.

“Downtown” Manhattan Beach is considered the heart of the city. The area runs along Manhattan Beach Boulevard and the streets perpendicular to the Manhattan Beach Pier and Valley Drive. There are many Zagat rated casual-fine dining restaurants, specialty boutiques and retailers that create a pedestrian friendly, mixed-use downtown center. The new Metlox site includes a luxury boutique hotel, spa, restaurants, shops and underground parking.

The “Rosecrans corridor” is located on the south side of Rosecrans Avenue, east of Sepulveda, and west of Aviation. The Manhattan Beach Country Club, the Marriott Hotel and Golf Course, Fry’s electronics, retail stores, restaurants, supermarkets, and shopping centers border the Rosecrans corridor between Sepulveda and Aviation Boulevards.

The “Sepulveda Corridor” occupies the commercial zone, and is the city’s main north-south highway. The area includes the Manhattan Village Mall, which is located east of Sepulveda Boulevard between Marine and Rosecrans Avenues. The mall, built in the early 1980s, was remodeled in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The mall is anchored by Macy’s on both ends and tenants include Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Williams-Sonoma, and the Apple Store.

The “Aviation Corridor” is located along Aviation Boulevard, the zone includes several major entertainment and aerospace complexes, including Manhattan Beach Studios and the Northrop Grumman Space Park Complex. Manhattan Beach Media Campus is home to the production of many popular releases in movies and entertainment, including the Marvel pictures “Thor” and “Iron Man 2” and both sequels to James Cameron’s “Avatar” movie.

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