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I have a short sale listing for a beautiful ocean view condo at the top of the Palos Verdes Peninsula . The property is listed for $380,000, and similar units in the complex have recently sold for prices swell in excess of this. Great Ocean View Condo6542 Ocean Crest Dr. #D201 Rancho Palos Verdes$380,000 Short Sale- MLS #V10097805 NEW REDUCED PRICE FOR A RARE PANORAMIC OCEAN VIEW END UNIT !! SELLER HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED AND MUST MOVE. . View must be seen to be believed !! This 2 BR 2 BA [...]

I am working with a client who is preparing her home for sale. Her home is beautiful, and they have done a great job of landscaping, renovating their kitchen, and placement of furniture, but the only negative about the home is the master bathroom. You enter the bath from a master bedroom with a vaulted ceiling into a bathroom that only has a little over 7 foot ceiling and no natural light. How do you fix this problem. My suggestion is to install a skylight with a shaft flaring out from [...]

Today is the last day of regular operations for the Lunada Bay Market . Starting Monday, all merchandise will be half off . We will misss the Lunada Bay Market and the Moore family tremendously. We have been goiung to our local corner market for 26 years. Veith , Larry , and their wonderful staff have seen our 3 boys grow up before their very eyes. The market has always been wonderful to our community and they will be missed. The following is an article published yesterday in the Daily Breeze [...]

The 23rd annual Taste in San Pedro festival will be held this Friday night through Sunday in San Pedro. The major change this year is the venue. For the first time, the Taste will be staged along San Pedro's waterfront rather than on the ocean cliffs at Point Fermin Park on the south end of town. Entertainment includes a Led Zeppelin tribute band (tonight) and Pancho Sanchez and his Latin band on Sunday. Live music will be ongoing throughout the weekend and a large Ferris wheel - with lights at night [...]

The Norris Theatre in Rolling Hills Estates is presenting a wonderful family friendly Disney musical over the next week or so. Disney's Aladdin Jr. Fri, August 5, 2011 - 7:30 pm Sat, August 6, 2011 - 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm Sun, August 7, 2011 - 2:00 pm Thu, August 11, 2011 - 7:30 pm Fri, August 12. 2011 - 7:30 pm Sat, August 13, 2011 - 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm Sun, August 14, 2011 - 2:00 pm Welcome to Agrabah, City of Enchantment, land of mystery, where every beggar [...]

The following was published in the Daily Breeze today and offers up a menu of activites in the South Bay today. The full article can be read at : http://www.dailybreeze.com/lifeandculture/ci_18601209 Harmony for Health Talent Show: The Harbor UCLA Medical Center Volunteer Guild event will showcase volunteers' musical talents to promote volunteerism and health consciousness, 7 p.m. Saturday, James Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance; tickets $15; 310-781-7171. Book sale: Hosted by Friends of the Library, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, San Pedro Regional Library, 931 S. Gaffey St., 310-548-7779. Out of [...]

The following is one of a series of articles on South Bay History that I have had published in the South Bay Digs magazine: MANHATTAN / HERMOSA PIERS Among the first structures built in Manhattan Beach were two wooden piers built in 1901, one at Center Street (later renamed Manhattan Beach Boulevard) and one at Marine Avenue called Peck's Pier and Pavilion. Original €œold iron pier€ - First Manhattan Beach Pier The Center street pier was believed to have been 900-feet long. Pylons were made by fastening three railroad rails together [...]

Lunada Bay Homeowners Association Summer Concert Series I am proud to be a sponsor of the lunada Bay Homeowners Assn. Summer Concert Series, which will present its final performance this Thursday. Next Exit, July 28th Join us for our final Sunset Concert this Thrusday July 28st. Next Exit rocks out your favorites from classic music to today €™s hits with a diverse selection of songs and sounds from bands like The Beatles, U2, Tom Petty, The Eagles, Doobie Brothers,Pat Benatar, Sheryl Crow and much more! All concerts are free and run [...]

Unfortunately, there is not enough reporting in the news today when our young people choose to do something to give back to their community. Approximately 50 varsity football players and coaches from the Palos Verdes High School Sea Kingsand40 boys and girls, ages 7 to 12, from the Boys and Girls Clubs of the South Bay descended on RAT Beach in Torrance for an afternoon of fun in the sun last weekThis annual event, founded two years ago by coach Guy Gardner, head varsity football coach of the Sea Kings, brings [...]

Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed SB 458 (Corbett) into law. SB 458 extends the protections of SB 931 (2010), to ensure that any lender that agrees to a short sale must accept the agreed upon short sale payment as payment in full of the outstanding balance of all loans. Under previous law (SB 931 of 2010), if a first mortgage holder accepted an agreed-upon short sale payment as full payment for the outstanding balance of the loan, they could not pursue a deficiency judgment,but unfortunately, the rule did not apply to [...]

The Ishibashi family, a group of Japanese-American farmers that has cultivated land on the Peninsula since the early 1900s, is selling its historic Portuguese Bend ranch. View looking towards the Pacific Ocean from The Ishibashi ranch in Rancho Palos Verdes on July 14, 2011. (Jeff Gritchen / Staff Photographer) Related Photo Gallery The following are excerpts from an article appearing in the Daily Breeze: One of the last remaining links to a distant past of farming in the South Bay may soon be fading into the Palos Verdes Peninsula landscape. "It's [...]

I am proud to be one of the sponsors of the Lunada Bay Homeowners Association Sunset Concert Series, the second of which will be held this Thursday at the Lunada Bay Community Park. SILVER SPONSOR Maureen Megowan, RealtorReMax Palos Verdes Realty ExecsPalos Verdes Specialist and 27 year Lunada Bay Resident. See mylocal history pages atwww.southbayhistory.comwww.maureenmegowan.com Join us for our second Sunset Concert on July 21st. Vibes Alive is a contemporary jazz group featuring Dirk Richter on vibes, Randall Crissman on guitar, Fred Johnson on bass, and Scott Babcock on drums. Vibes [...]

The following is my Quarterly Real Estate Market Report for the Second Quarter 2011 for the Palos Verdes Peninsula and the South Bay Beach Cities Simply Click on the Market Report Desired Below ( Note that Market Information Reports are Year to Date Figures ) : Palos Verdes Peninsula 2011 2nd Qtr. Market Information Palos Verdes Peninsula Neighborhood 2nd Quarter 2011 Detailed Real Estate ActivityManhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach 2nd Qtr. 2011 Market InformationRedondo Beach 2nd Qtr 2011 Market InformationTorrance 2nd Qtr 2011 Market InformationSan Pedro 2nd Qtr Market Information 2011 [...]

TheWest Palos Verdesarea of Rancho Palos Verdes ( area 170 in map below )had the following real estate market activity for single family residences during the2ndQuarter of 2011 : Properties Sold: 4 AddressSales Price BR BA Sq.ft. $/Sq.ft Yr.Blt. MLS#Sold Date Days on Mkt. 30804 Rue De La Pierre $820,000 5 5.00 2,560 $320.31 1973 S623551 4/15/11 244 7050 Via Del Mar $940,000 4 4.00 2,906 $323.47 1987 V10126157 5/16/11 88 30438 Via Cambron $1,060,000 4 3.00 2,381 $445.19 1961 S11030478 4/12/11 20 30503 Rue Langlois $1,235,000 4 2.00 2,112 $584.75 [...]

The La Cresta area of Rancho Palos Verdes and Rolling Hills Estates( area 172 in map below )had the following real estate market activity for single family residences during the 2nd Quarter of 2011 : Properties Sold: 6 Address Sales Price BR BA Sq.ft. $/Sq.ft Yr.Blt. MLS# Sold Date Days on Mkt. 5204 Middlecrest RD $1,195,000 4 3.00 3,696 $323.32 1979 V11039003 5/13/11 31 3 Country Meadow RD $1,500,000 4 4.00 2,869 $522.83 1979 V11019143 5/25/11 100 14 Crestwind DR $1,525,774 4 3.00 2,580 $591.39 1960 S10126682 4/29/11 137 20 Sail [...]