Newport Heights Newport Beach

The Casa San Miguel Complex is a very small collection of 4 attached single family homes located near the 55 freeway and Bolsa Avenue.  The homes date back to 2002 and built in the adorable Mediterranean architectural design with tons of charm like hardwood flooring, vaulted ceilings, lots of windows to let in the natural light and a wrought iron staircase.  There is currently a new listing that has just came on the market in this complex located at 407 Bolsa Avenue which is listed for $1,895,000.  It features a total of 3 bedrooms with an approximate 2,533 square feet and a 2 car attached garage.  Once you go through the gates there is a cute courtyard at the entrance of the property with a beautiful rounded wood front door.  Once inside you are greeted

One of my favorite things to do is look at new construction homes that come on the market for sale.  I know others enjoy this same energy no matter if you are looking to buy a home or just looking for design ideas for your own home.  Newport Beach has a wide selection of new construction properties that are available for sale at any given time.  Unlike other cities like the neighboring city of Irvine, most of the new construction homes are not located in a planned community, rather they are individual properties that are typically built by a spec builder or real estate developer who is building a single home in any given community in Newport Beach.  One exception to this would be the Crystal Cove community in Newport Coast which is currently offering

Newport Beach is one of the most expensive places to live in Southern California and we always have clients looking for distressed properties as a way to get into the real estate market.  Bankruptcy sales are different than bank owned or short sales as the latter has occurred after the bank has foreclosed on the home and the owner is no longer living in the home.  Short Sales differ as the owners are typically still living in the home and are selling the property and asking the bank to forgive the difference between what they owe to the bank and the offering price of the home.  A Bankruptcy sale occurs when the owner is liquidating their assets in order to be in compliance with the bankruptcy rules and regulations.  There is a certain process in order to

The Newport Beach market has seen a big increase in activity and real estate prices with homes selling at record speed with many homes selling over asking price.  The reason why we are seeing this activity is a combination of low interest rates combined with low inventory of homes causing many buyers to bid against each other on the same property.  Since the inventory of homes is so low it's the perfect time for home builders who are building homes in order to sell when they are finished.  We have seen a flurry of activity of new homes being built with many brand new listings coming on the market in various areas throughout Newport Beach.  The cost to build a home has also gone up in the last year as lumber prices among other building materials has gone

One of the recent occurrences that has happened in the last year due to the COVID vaccine in the trend for more homes to have private gyms.  This started soon after the stay at home order that occurred in April 2020 when many were forced to stay inside their homes and not be able to visit their local gym.  This lead to a large number of homeowners buying some kind of gym equipment to help them stay in shape.  The pandemic has resulted in more families having a dedicated space in their home or garage for some kind of gym or fitness area.  Of course, some of the more expensive and large estate homes have always had this feature inside their homes as it's a big selling item when they go to sell.

Many of the lower priced homes featured here having a bonus

One of the benefits of being a real estate agent is getting exclusive viewings of the latest homes and condos to come on the market in Newport Beach.  Not all properties are but on this caravan open house but the large majority of brand new listings like to get this added exposure to qualified agents who may have clients looking for a particular type of property.  Broker Preview in Newport Beach happens every Friday from 11:00am to 2:00pm and often includes refreshments of food and drinks to entice the agents to come to their listing.

What do you need to do to get your home on the broker preview list?  First, the home must be added into the multiple listing service which instantly gains you exposure over the Internet and all of the real estate website

Newport Beach is considered one of the most expensive beach towns in Orange County, California with real estate two to three times higher that surrounding cities.  What makes Newport Beach so desirable and in high demand it's close proximity to both the Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean.  Many of the most exclusive neighborhoods are not beach front but guard gated bay front communities.  The lure for bay front homes is the offering of a private boat dock as many high wealth residents who live in Newport Beach have their own private boat or yacht.  Our guide here showcases the various Newport Beach Real Estate prices for both condos and single family homes.

As of July 2017, the lowest priced single family home in Newport Beach, California is listed at

Kings Road is one of the premier areas in Newport Beach, California that offers panoramic views of both the Newport Beach, Pacific Ocean and Catalina Island like the photo depicted below.  Perched high on a hill above Pacific Coast Highway in the Newport Heights area is a unique neighborhood that offers large expansive homes that overlook the ocean.  The street names Kings Road has homes located on both sides of the street with the ocean view homes located on the west side of the  road.  Most of Newport Beach is located on flat land which makes this area so desirable.  

Real Estate prices can be listed for well above $7 million dollars for a premier ocean view estate home.  Currently no homes are available in this area but several ocean view rental

The Park Lido community is ideally located just blocks to the beach in Newport Beach, California. This is a large community of 98 residences which are attached and classified as single family homes.  This is a really unique neighborhood that is blocked off from street views and offers a very private and serene park like setting.  The association provides four community pools and beautiful grounds which span over a couple acres of land.  When these were first built in 1962 home buyers were given the option of either two or three bedroom floor plans to choose from.  Each of of two and three bedroom units have various square footage sizes with the largest model at 1460 square feet.

Real Estate prices have always consistently been selling above the mid

Newport Crest is a popular condo building in the northern section of Newport Beach and is well known for it's panoramic ocean and Catalina Island views that can be seen from this location as pictured below.  Newport Crest was built in the 1970's and at the time was the premier ocean view condo building.  One of the biggest draws besides the great views is the close proximity to Hoag hospital that employee's many who live in the surrounding Newport Beach area.  One of the newest additions to this area is the new Sunset Ridge park area that can be seen below.  This is a huge open space for children and adults to enjoy the great outdoors which also overlooks the ocean.

The Newport Crest complex has a resort style pool, spa and tennis courts with a small