Happy 2024! I hope the year so far is off to a good start and you are excited for things to come. I am grateful to get to call PV home, and am reminded daily of why this is such a special place to raise a family. I was recently chatting with several parents while attending my son’s soccer game at PVIS in Lunada Bay. Besides being a fantastic school, while standing at the field we had amazing...
Valmonte Real Estate
“Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful.” Warren Buffett Based on a detailed review of the South Bay Real Estate Market, I believe we are coming into a window of buying opportunities that we have not seen in several years. The three key indicators that support my belief include the following: Days on Market have increased nearly 40% from a year prior; Months...
Hopefully you have had a chance to relax or have plans in the works for a vacation or some time off before school and schedules return to normal. As for our family, we have a little road trip up the coast and some camping scheduled and I can’t wait to pack up the Sprinter Van and hit the open road. For those that will be in town, I have included my favorite things to do in the South Bay during the...
What we are seeing across many submarkets in the South Bay is even more extreme in Palos Verdes and in particular, Valmonte - Sellers aren’t selling. It’s not that they are trying to sell and properties are just sitting, it’s that would-be-sellers aren’t even attempting to sell. Meanwhile, there are plenty of buyers waiting in anticipation for the right home to come available so they can settle...
I almost didn't believe the stats, but after looking at it for a 3rd time, it's real. Since October 2020, the median selling price in Palos Verdes Estates has grown by 49% from $1.88M to $2.8M (12 month moving average). In Valmonte, the number is even more staggering where the median price grew 62.5% from $1.6M to $2.6M in the same time period. But what does that mean moving forward? For those that...
There is a lot of prognosticating going on these days. Whether it's around the economy or the upcoming elections, Things are constantly compared with "normal." But what is normal? According to Webster, normal is a very technical term with many definitions. In the case we often hear it used, this is the most fitting definition: "according with, constituting, or not deviating from a norm, rule or...
It’s June and the beginning of the “summer selling season” for real estate in Valmonte. Instead of a bunch of flowery talk about how great everything is about the market, I’m going to go out on a limb and dare to be more realistic than perpetually optimistic. The local real estate market is setting up for a price correction. The bigger question, and one I don’t have an immediate answer to,...
Spring greetings from our humble abode here in Valmonte. After a bumpy start in the stock market, I write with the prospects of a great year ahead in both the overall economy, as well as the local real estate market. The Valmonte real estate market is coming off a strong end to 2017, and a robust start to 2018. In fact, in the last 24 months, no home in Valmonte has sold for less than $1,000,000! In...
2017 started off great. 13 homes sold in the first quarter within 97% of the asking price. But, as in the past, sellers are starting to feel confident and as a result we are seeing "optimistic" pricing. I don't blame sellers. I, like many realtors, am an optimist (you sort of have to be in order to survive in this career). We tell our clients "prices are rising," or "there's no inventory!" and...
As we near the end of the calendar year, we can clearly see that home prices have rebounded from market lows and have exceeded previous records set during the last peak. For Palos Verdes Estates, Malaga Cove posted the highest year over year appreciation for the 4 areas (Valmonte, Malaga Cove, Monte Malaga, and Lunada Bay) with Valmonte not too far behind. Here's how they stack up on a price per...