Oceanfront homes
What the water actually costs to own: bluff insurance, what the Coastal Commission will permit, and the fifteen waterfront closings behind the advice.
Read the guideBuying by lifestyle
Six ways people buy this coast
How this coast is actually bought, from the first row of sand to the permitted ADU behind the garage. Written from La Jolla, Del Mar and Coronado closings behind $750M+ in sales, and from the ones we told clients to walk away from.
Ocean-view homes
Which views the lot below you protects, and which ones leave with a neighbor's remodel.
Read the guideGated communities
What the gate buys in Rancho Santa Fe, Del Mar and La Jolla, and what the dues quietly do not cover.
Read the guideSingle-story homes
The scarcest floor plan on this coast, and the streets where a one-level house still comes to market.
Read the guideCondos
Buying in La Jolla, Del Mar or Pacific Beach without inheriting the building's reserves, litigation or next assessment.
Read the guideHomes with an ADU
What a permitted ADU adds to a coastal property, and what an unpermitted one costs at appraisal.
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Counsel from the desk behind $750M+ of this coastline
Fifteen waterfront closings. The buyer's side of the $47M La Jolla record at 6026 Camino De La Costa. The rest of it is on the channel, in full, with nothing cut.
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