Every day, tourists photograph the Venice Canals from the footbridges without realizing the six waterways trade like six different markets. From a bridge they all look the same, still water, ducks, and a row of houses that each seem to cost a fortune. But they are not the same. Which...
For generations, the homes on the eastern side of Sunset Park sold at a discount because of the airport. Small planes climbing out of Santa Monica Airport ran the same line over the same rooftops, and cause the houses closest to the runway to have a lower value because of...
Finding the perfect home isn't just about falling in love with a property—it's about staying true to your long-term goals and practical needs. But what happens when a house checks all the emotional boxes but fails the practical ones? This is the importance of working with a real...
Most people assume there is no affordable way into Malibu. The median single-family home here sold for about $4.25 million over the past year, and the trophy sales reach past $80 million. But the most affordable homes in Malibu tell a quieter story.
Over the last twelve months, condominiums traded from the...
On a Friday evening in summer, the lawn behind Vintage Grocers at Trancas Country Market fills with camp chairs, a live band, and a good slice of western Malibu. Kids run barefoot on the grass while parents carry out wine and dinner from the deli. For a few hours, the...
Few things in real estate are as rewarding as building your own home in Malibu, a home shaped around the way you actually live, on a coastline people around the world dream about. It is less like buying a product and more like leading a multi-year project. Like any great...
In today’s digital age, it’s easy to look at social media metrics and wonder how they actually translate to a closed escrow. The truth is, a single "like" rarely buys a home—but social media plays a much larger, more strategic role in modern real...
Drive north on PCH past Trancas, past the last real stoplight in town, and just before the Ventura County line you roll past a green sign for Leo Carrillo State Beach. Most people read it as a place name and keep going. Almost nobody realizes Leo Carrillo was a Hollywood...
Too Long Didn't Read
Two "quick-build" roundabouts are coming to Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) in western Malibu, at Encinal Canyon Road and El Matador Beach Road. They are a city-led pilot, funded largely through Measure M, built to slow traffic and calm the corridor.
The roundabouts are the visible piece...
Navigating the escrow process is one of the most critical phases of buying a home, but many buyers leave money on the table during the inspection period. In this video, we discuss why relying on just a standard overview might not give you the leverage you need when it comes...
In May, a beachfront home on Pacific Coast Highway in Paradise Cove sold for $35 million. A few miles inland, up in Corral Canyon, a 1970s three-bedroom with ocean views sold for $1.325 million. Both are single-family homes. Both closed in the same three months. And the gap between those two...
You can wire twenty million dollars for a home on Carbon Beach, get the keys, pour a glass of wine on the deck, and be surprised to see a stranger cross the sand a few dozen feet in front of your beachfront property.
However this should not scare first time...
To Renovate or Not to Renovate?
It is the most common question sellers ask before listing a property: Should I remodel to maximize my home's value, or sell it as-is?
There are a few simple things that will actually generate the highest return on investment. However, trying to predict a...
Malibu runs 21 miles along PCH, and no two of those miles deliver the same version of coastal living. People come to this stretch of the Southern California coast for different reasons. Some want luxury homes on the sand. Some want rental properties while they learn the coastline. Others are finally...
Malibu Road runs roughly 1.5 miles along the coast between the eastern entrance near Webb Way and the Civic Center, and the western terminus at the back gate of Malibu Colony. It's a single two-lane road. Beachfront homes line the south side, looking out over Puerco Beach. Inland-facing homes sit on...
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Last Updated: May 2026
On December 8, 2025, the Malibu City Council unanimously ratified the final separation package that will eventually peel Malibu schools off from the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. The vote followed...
The word "Malibu" isn't English. It isn't Spanish. It's an anglicized version of a Chumash word, Humaliwo, sometimes written Humaliwu, that has been spoken on this coastline for longer than most of the world's major cities have existed.
And the place it referred to wasn't a region or a stretch...
On a leafy street in Point Dume, a black SUV idles outside a four-bedroom house that until December belonged to a producer most people had never heard of. The new owner is the former Vice President of the United States. About a mile away, a Google co-founder just dropped roughly...
If you'd stood at the corner of Thousand Oaks Boulevard and Conejo School Road in the summer of 1965, you could have heard a lion roar in broad daylight. The sound wouldn't have been coming from a film reel or a memory. It would have been coming from a cage about...
One of the most powerful ways to truly connect with a home is through its story.
From the local cultural evolution of coastal communities like Venice Beach and Malibu to the historical significance of a neighborhood, the legacy surrounding a property is what builds emotional value.
Think of it as...