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Market Reports, Neighborhood Guides & Coastal Living

In-depth articles on the Malibu real estate market, neighborhood buying guides, local history, and the culture and lifestyle of the coast. From pricing analysis and market trends to the people and places that make this stretch of coastline unlike anywhere else.

Marie 2.0: The Hurricane Swell That Came Back to Malibu Three hurricanes were spinning in the Pacific at the same time last week, the first time that has happened in eleven years. The biggest of the three was a Category 5 and the energy from the hurricanes sent over twelve foot waves to Zuma. The Hurricane that sent the most energy...
Venice Canal Homes: Which Canal Should You Buy On? 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...
What Santa Monica Airport Closure Means for Sunset Park Home Values 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...
Malibu House Prices: The Most Affordable Ways In 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...
Trancas Country Market: Western Malibu's Town Center 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...
Building a Home in Malibu: Process, Pain Points, Permits, and Timeline 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...
Leo Carrillo: The Man Behind Malibu's Most Famous Beach 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...
PCH Roundabouts in Malibu: The $69M Dollar Safety Project and What it Means for Homeowners 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...
Malibu Real Estate Market Report: Q2 2026 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...
Malibu Beachfront Property: A Buyer’s Guide to Private vs. Public Sand 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...
Luxury Properties For Sale Malibu, CA: Exploring Coastal Real Estate Opportunities 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...
A Detailed Look at Malibu Road for Buyers 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...