Palos Verdes Real Estate

History & Current Events Category

July 2020 Newsletter

 Dear Neighbor: I’m sure real estate is all you’ve been thinking about the past few weeks, right?  No?  Well I have, and how to get houses sold given the [ahem] current situation.  This is when having been in this business 35 years helps.  While challenges and roadblocks periodically appear, they also have in the past, and knowing how to work around them for the people who need to sell in times like this is why my clients appreciate me.  I don’t...Continue Reading!

Articles I’ve Written on Palos Verdes History

Click on these links to view my recent articles on Palos Verdes history. Post-War Development in Palos Verdes:  Bygone Times at La Venta Inn:  Driving Around Palos Verdes in the 1920's and '30's: About Palos Verdes:    Continue Reading!

Things You Always Wondered About Palos Verdes

I wrote this in 2007, but to make it easier to find, I've moved it to the top of the heap: A lot of things have happened in Palos Verdes during my 74-year residency some of which, distressingly, are now ancient history. I see a lot of misinformation on websites by realtors attempting to portray themselves as Palos Verdes experts, but I am here to say that I witnessed most of the following myself and this is how it was.  I am...Continue Reading!

May 2016 Newsletter

May, 2016   Dear Neighbor: The real estate market continues to be quite active.  The value of your house has definitely increased since the first of the year.  I’ve got a couple of new listings that were scheduled to hit the market as I write this, but one of them, 2108 Via Visalia, PVE, sold before it came out.  Another, 28336 Lunada Ridge, RPV, I mentioned before as coming out soon, is also in escrow.  The ink is still wet on 27100 Sunnyridge...Continue Reading!