Los Angeles Estates & Luxury Homes - LA & # 39; s Beach Cities (2nd in Series)

Asking price have have asker primarily for home-buyers interested in the Los Angeles who has considerate making real estate market Why are you only having only heard of the famous communities like Hollywood, Beverly Hills, or Malibu? This second article in the series is an overview of the exceptional homes and estates available in Los Angeles & # 39; beach cities.

Most of Los Angeles & # 39; great estates are found in or near Hollywood Hills, from Griffith Park to the ocean, an area which is Beverly Hills, Bel Air and many grand old Hollywood estates.

Malibu alone now has more celebrities per square foot than the Cannes Film Festival and there 's an incredible variety of opportunities for nearly twenty miles along the Pacific Coast Highway for exceptional ocean view properties from Ventura County Line to Topanga Canyon.

Malibu and the Santa Monica Mountains offer the best opportunity in Los Angeles to get away from it all without leaving town.

Visible from Malibu to Downtown and beyond, the peninsula is a huge promontory with older estates, custom Homes and villages on the sea-bluffs and at the hills all the way around it is around the main road. Newer homes and exclusive properties are found higher up the hill and can offer unbelievable jet-liner views of the coast and Channel Islands .

The rest of Los Angeles & # 39; high-end, urban beach properties between Palos Verdes and Topanga can be divided into the LA Metro beaches to the north of LA International Airport, and the independent beach municipalities of South Bay.

South Bay is made up of Manhattan, Hermosa, and Redondo Beaches, three classic Southern California surf towns south of LAX which still have a lot of small town appeal, despite being a lot more densely populated than they once were. Beachfront homes with sweeping views from South air Bay & # 39; s famous & # 39; Strand & # 39; from the airport to Palos Verdes. since all three of these cities have low coastal hills, there are always plenty of great luxury view homes (& condominiums) available as well .

Venice and Marina del Rey both offer a range of beachfront homes similar to to what you find in South Bay including piers, wide, white beaches, and plenty of sun. But Marina del Rey is also the largest small boat marina on the west coast and is home to several major new high-rise residences.

Venice, other urban and more wildly eclectic than LA 'other coastal communities. This may be both a defect and recommendation, depending on your perspective. Venice also features the famous canals (the lesser), the immensely popular Abbot Kinney business district, and notorious boardwalk which has mostly commercial and high-density development.

It sits on high bluff over looking the sea lined by older high-rise residence buildings. High density residences also predominate the beaches at the southern end of the city by Venice.

Finally, the north end Santa Monica and Pacific Palisades start to resemble in elsewhere in the hills. Palisades in particular has a number of rural feeling homes and estates, both new and old, on the hill sides overlooking the Pacific .

Look for an examination of lifestyle, features, and architectural styles in some of Los Angeles' most famous communities in the upcoming 3rd article in this series.