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South Santa Monica Homes for Sale in Ocean Park Neighborhood

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South Santa Monica homes for sale in Ocean Park are located along the Pacific Ocean and Santa Monica Bay Ocean Park is an eclectic upscale neighborhood adjacent to Venice Beach. The Ocean Park community has woven together artsy characteristics of its southern neighbor and the sophisticated elements associated with Santa Monica properties.

The walkable community features boutique shopping, impressive art galleries, and wonderful restaurants and hangouts long Main Street and Ocean Park Boulevard. Ocean Park, along with the entire Santa Monica community, strives for a sustainable, green lifestyle. The community takes measures to protect pedestrian and bicycle pathways and protect its notable Cassias trees.

Santa Monica homes for sale in Ocean Park are priced from approximately $750,000 to over $5 million. Within the neighborhood are small historic bungalows and cottages, modern high-rise beach condominiums, as well as classy beach homes and elegant single-family homes several blocks from the ocean.

Santa Monica and Ocean Park settled in the early 1870s, albeit with temporary housing. The two areas are separated by a gully that now houses the Santa Monica Freeway. One of the city’s oldest neighborhoods, Ocean Park really took off in 1891 when Abott Kinney formed the Ocean Park Development Company. He built roads, homes, parks and piers. After 1904, Kinney began his visionary community to the south, the Venice of America development, and others took over development of Ocean Park. In 1964, the ocean front was razed during the Ocean Park Redevelopment Project.

Los Angeles Unified School District serves families living in Ocean Park at traditional and alternative schools. A number of private and parochial schools are also located in the area.

Buying and selling Southern California Homes

For information about the Ocean Park neighborhood of Santa Monica homes for sale in Southern California, call Bob Cumming of Keystone Group Properties at 310-496-8122.

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Elaborate to Quaint Santa Monica Homes North of Montana Avenue

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It’s no wonder why homebuyers seek Santa Monica homes in the neighborhood located North of Montana Avenue.  This is an area of fabulous Santa Monica homes with beautiful views, sought-after Santa Monica schools, and stunning terrain.

North of Montana, many of the luxurious options for Southern California homes, townhomes, and condominiums overlook the sun-kissed waves of the Pacific Ocean.  Others nestle into small subdivisions.  Most homes feature four or five bedrooms with prices ranging from $2 million-$5 million.

Some of the more elaborate homes are located on La Mesa Dr., Winnett Place, Foxtail Drive, Woodacres Road and so forth.  One of the largest subdivisions is known as Gillette’s Regent Square, an historic area with home sites a bit larger than most.  The west side of the neighborhood borders the Pacific Coast Highway as it passes along the sparkling beaches.

Palatial Santa Monica homes for sale North of Montana Avenue comprise some of the most expensive real estate in the nation.  Prices range from $2.5 million to $10 million.  Elegant architectural styles include early Spanish and Mission influences with modern Mediterranean flourishes.  Over time, older homes are being redeveloped or replaced with new homes featuring 4000 to 6000 square feet.

Quaint Santa Monica homes listed on the National’s registry for historic properties can be found west of Seventh Street and east of Ocean Avenue.  The area features extraordinary homes on wide home sites.  This area is within walking distance of the Pacific Ocean as well as Palisades Park.

Santa Monica Canyon is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, Santa Monica, and Pacific Palisades.  These properties are somewhat secluded and are served by the Los Angeles School District.

Buying and selling Southern California Homes

For information about distinguished Southern California homes in Santa Monica, call Bob Cumming of Keystone Group Properties at 310-496-8122.

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Sacramento High on Affordability Index

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For information about luxury real estate in Los Angeles County, coastal Orange County and San Diego, call Bob Cumming of Keystone Group Properties at 310-496-8122. Keystone Group Properties serves discriminating buyers and sellers of exclusive So Cal real estate .

Sacramento High on Affordability Index

By Mark Glover; [email protected]; Published: Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012

Higher home prices offset record-low interest rates to reduce housing affordability throughout California in the second quarter, the California Association of Realtors said Friday.

Sacramento, however, remained one of the state’s more affordable places to buy a house.

CAR said homebuyers who could afford to purchase an existing median-priced single-family home in California fell to 51 percent, down from 56 percent in this year’s first quarter and matching the percentage in the second quarter of 2011.

San Bernardino County was the most affordable county in the state with an index rating of 78 percent. San Mateo County edged out San Francisco County (24 percent) to be the least affordable, with only 23 percent of households able to purchase the county’s median-priced home ($790,000).

Sacramento County’s affordability index in the second quarter was 74 percent, based on a median price of $170,210. Placer County, with a median base of $279,820, came in at 65 percent.

There were no break-out listings for El Dorado and Yolo counties.

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