Dana Graham

Palos Verdes Information Category

March 2018 Newsletter

I apologize in advance for the way this doesn't line up at bottom.  I have no idea why   Dear Neighbor: The real estate market continues to “suffer” from too few houses for sale.  For you, as a potential seller of course, this is anything but suffering.  In my 33 years in this business I can’t recall many times when it’s been a better time to be a seller.  Prices are at an all-time high, interest rates are low but have started to...Continue Reading!

Just Reduced at 3309 Via Palomino, PVE — Sold!

This is a turn-key 5 bedroom 3.5 bath home on the most desirable street in Valmonte.  It has just been reduced by $100,000!!  Natural light floods the interior.  Remodeled throughout, there is a spacious living room, kitchen with Viking, SubZero, and Bosch fixtures, 2 dining areas, 2 breakfast bars, and 3 bedrooms and 1.5 baths downstairs.  One bedroom could be a den and leads to the enchanting rear garden that has a covered outdoor entertaining area with fireplace, barbecue, and...Continue Reading!

January 2018 Newsletter

         Dear Neighbor: Holy Smokes! I’m sure you are wondering what the real estate future holds.  A few things are clear to me:  the appreciation in home prices slowed significantly during the last half of 2017 (actually, I’m not sure there was any), though in an area of custom homes like much of the Peninsula, it difficult to put a hard number on it – average sale price, average sale price per square foot, number of sales all...Continue Reading!

November 2017 Newsletter

Dear Neighbor: The real estate market is kind of interesting right now – there aren’t many houses for sale partially because everything that hits the market at a reasonable price is sold within days.  The anecdotal feeling I have out here in the trenches is that prices haven’t increased much this year, at least in Palos Verdes.  I don’t want to sound like a broken record, but I still have the sense that the market has peaked.   Even something as simplistic...Continue Reading!

July 2017 Newsletter

Dear Neighbor: The real estate market continues with a general shortage of houses for sale, although the number of homes on the market has been growing for the last few months.  As is always the case, the homes that are priced right sell quickly.  The reasons those that don’t, are usually related to asking price.  We can talk more about this when we meet. There are a lot of things they don’t teach you in Real Estate school.  Yes, you do learn...Continue Reading!

Things You Always Wondered About Palos Verdes

Editor’s note: This was originally written in 2007 and moved to the top for easier discovery. Some images may be missing due to older site/media issues.A lot of things have happened in Palos Verdes during my 77-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...Continue Reading!

3721 P V Drive North — This property is sold.

Welcome to this Traditional Valmonte Home in one of the most desirable areas of Palos Verdes Estates. Meticulously maintained & ready to move in to enjoy from Day 1. Enter into a sunny & spacious Living Room with warm red oak floors,wood burning fireplace,beamed ceiling & adjacent Dining Room. Kitchen features granite countertops & stainless appliances,an abundance of modern cabinets & Pantry. A Breakfast Nook looks out onto the private Yard & Garden. A Flagstone Patio just off the Kitchen...Continue Reading!

May 2017 Newsletter

Dear Neighbor: The real estate market this year has not experienced the frenetic activity in the first half of the year that it has seen in the past 3 years.  Prices in Palos Verdes are still right around the all-time high of late 2007, having recovered from the sizeable dip they took from 2008 thru 2010. Let me take just a moment to brag:  the results for 2016 are in, and your humble correspondent was the #3 agent out of over 250...Continue Reading!

Sold on Pleasant Hill Drive!!

Seems like everyone is waiting for Pleasant Hill Drive.  #6 is one of the original 7 Jack Cameron-built one level ranch homes being sold by the original owner.  We all moved in in early 1963 (we lived at #4) and Pleasant Hill Drive became a magical place -- ask anyone who grew up on that street in the '60's and '70's -- The Bloomfields, Grahams, Mealys, Lovemans, Reynolds/Sommersteins, Coopers, or Lindleys.  I won't bore you with all the stories, but...Continue Reading!

Sold in the Country Club.

This lovely home sold at the asking price.  30026 Avenida Celestial is the first house built on the street (1966) and is an absolutely enchanting trip to Big Sur.  Tucked away in the corner of the cul de sac, the mid-century design features more windows than Microsoft, is completely remodeled in the rustic style of the house, and has a blackbottom pool, spa, and koi pond with waterfall.  Skylites abound which, along with all the windows, really does bring the...Continue Reading!