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March Home Sales in Old Torrance CA – See What Sold

April 4, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

Although it was a slower month for home sales in Old Torrance we still saw several homes close escrow. March saw 6 home sales in Old Torrance. The median asking price was $749,500 with the median sold price of $756,000 indicating a market very favorable to sellers. The average price per foot was $457.84 and the median days on market was only 10 before going into escrow.

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Old Torrance Home Sales in March 2020

Type		Address	Price	$ Per Foot	Bed/Bath	Sq Feet	Year	Sold Date
SFR/D	1012	Sierra PL	$680,000	$564.78	2/1,1,0,0	1204/A	1950/ASR	3/19/2020
TWNHS/A	2714	Cabrillo AVE	$705,000	$427.27	2/2,0,1,0	1650/A	2006/PUB	3/2/2020
TWNHS/A	1800	Oak ST #351	$756,000	$507.38	2/2,0,1,0	1490/A	2007/ASR	3/17/2020
TWNHS/A	2303	Jefferson ST #1208	$859,000	$403.10	3/3,0,0,0	2131/B	2010/ASR	3/6/2020
SFR/D	2416	Santa Cruz CT	$899,000	$386.67	3/2,0,0,0	2325/A	1977/PUB	3/16/2020

Why Buy A Home In Old Torrance Instead of Rent?

February 18, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

One of the many questions potential buyers ask is why they should buy when generally renting is less expensive. There are a number of reasons although it still may not be the best fit for you. Everyone is different but in terms of long term planning it’s almost always better to own than rent.

Here are just a few of the reasons:

Smart Investment
When you invest in a home, it offers the possibility for appreciation in value. The equity becomes yours when you’re still paying off your mortgage. You even get to live in it while your investment matures.

Tax Advantages
Since both mortgage interest and property taxes are tax deductible, homeownership can save you significant amounts of money every year.

Planned Housing Costs
You decide how much you spend on your home, including repairs and improvements. Unlike renters, homeowners with a fixed-rate loan can lock in their monthly housing costs.

Improvements to Your Taste
You can choose which improvements to make your own property, such as a deck, kitchen remodel, or new paint, instead of needing permission from your landlord.

If you have more questions about making the decision to buy a home, please feel free to call or email.

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Current Homes for Sale in West Torrance – Neighborhood Spotlight

January 27, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

While Old Torrance is a great place to call home, it’s far from the only wonderful neighborhood in Torrance. Here’s what Torrance real estate specialist Keith Kyle with Vista Sothby’s International has to say.

West Torrance is the neighborhood that sits just east of Redondo Beach and has a similar “beach close” feel. It enjoys that same beach weather so it never seems to be too hot nor too cold. The schools are fantastic and it’s centrally located to just about everything.
West Torrance has it all from tree lined streets with reasonable sized homes to great schools, proximity to the beach, local shopping areas such as the South Bay Galleria and the Del Amo Mall, plenty of parks, and a real neighborhood feel. Bordered by 190th St to the north, Torrance Blvd to the South, Hawthorne Blvd to the East and Redondo Beach to the west, West Torrance still lies close enough to the beach to enjoy ocean breezes and milder temperatures. What makes the areas of West Torrance and Southwood so unique is that almost all homes in both areas are within walking distance to the elementary schools, middle and high school as well as several great parks and shopping areas. The area has a nice “feel” to it and unlike much of the South Bay, most homes are still close to the original size on relatively large lots so the neighborhood does not look or feel overbuilt.

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Homes Around Torrance – Hollywood Riviera Real Estate

January 17, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

One of Torrance’s great neighborhoods is the Hollywood Riviera along the coast as you head up onto the Palos Verdes Peninsula. There are countless reasones this is such a spectacular place to call home but here are just a few: proximity to the beach, hilly topography meaning many of the homes have incredible views, hillside overlay restrictions limiting construction which preserves views, breezes and light, reasonable sized houses keeping the area from getting overbuilt, and a great community feel centered arount the Riviera Village shopping area. There is even an oceanfront street called Paseo De La Playa with some of the most impressive homes in all of the South Bay. Click any link below to learn more about this terrific neighborhood.


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2019 Real Estate Recap – Home Sales and Home Prices for Old Torrance

January 12, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

2019 was a solid year for real estate and home sales in the Old Torrance neighborhood of Torrance CA with 96 on market home sales during the year. The median “list” price was $690,000 with the median home sale priced at $689,500 meaning that homes basically sold for full price during the year. This continued the trend of being a very solid “seller’s market”. Homes were on the market an average of 34 days. The lowest price of the year was $255,000 for a one bedroom condo on Cabrillo with the highest priced sale of the year being $1,130,000 for a duplex on Arlington. The majority of the home sales were single family homes and several were beautiful historic craftsman homes which is what makes this neighborhood in Torrance so special.

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2019 Home Sales and Home Prices for Old Town Torrance

Type		Address	Price	$ Per Foot	Bed/Bath	Sq Feet	Year Built	Sold Date
TWNHS/A	2658	Cabrillo AVE	$650,000	$394	2/2,0,1,0	1650/A	2006/ASR	1/3/2019
TWNHS/A	2153	Plaza Del Amo	$615,000	$498	2/2,0,1,0	1235/A	2004/EST	1/15/2019
SFR/D	904	Portola AVE	$639,000	$690	2/1,0,0,0	926/A	1922/ASR	1/15/2019
CONDO/A	2228	Dominguez ST	$590,000	$410	3/2,0,1,0	1440/A	2006/ASR	1/16/2019
SFR/D	1424	Beech AVE	$719,000	$704	2/1,0,0,0	1021/A	1927/ASR	1/30/2019
SFR/D	915	Beech AVE	$820,000	$415	4/2,0,0,0	1974/A	1930/ASR	1/31/2019
DPLX/D	2014	Arlington AVE	$1,130,000	$352	5/5,0,0,0	3211/A	1922/ASR	1/31/2019
SFR/D	1824	San Ardo ST	$650,000	$441	3/2,0,0,0	1475/A	1956/PUB	2/12/2019
SFR/D	1925	Andreo AVE	$695,000	$440	3/1,0,1,0	1580/A	1956/ASR	2/20/2019
TWNHS/D	816	Acacia AVE	$725,000	$374	4/2,0,1,0	1936/P	1997/ASR	2/22/2019
TWNHS/A	1800	Oak ST #207	$715,000	$538	2/2,0,1,0	1330/A	2007/ASR	2/26/2019
TWNHS/A	2323	APPLE AVE	$610,000	$488	2/2,0,1,0	1250/A	2013/ASR	2/28/2019
SFR/D	904	Amapola AVE	$699,000	$675	3/2,0,0,0	1035/A	1934/ASR	3/22/2019
SFR/A	1622	Acacia AVE	$745,000	$698	2/1,0,0,0	1067/A	1929/ASR	3/26/2019
TWNHS/A	1800	Oak ST #200	$783,000	$399	2/2,0,1,0	1960/A	2007/ASR	4/1/2019
SFR/D	2826	Knode ST	$900,000	$332	4/2,1,1,0	2707/A	1950/PUB	4/1/2019
SFR/D	1971	Plaza Del Amo	$575,000	$726	2/1,0,0,0	792/A	1952/ASR	4/3/2019
CONDO/A	2349	Jefferson ST #315	$662,000	$607	2/2,0,0,0	1090/A	2008/ASR	4/3/2019
CONDO	2228	DOMINGUEZ ST	$635,000	$441	3/2,0,1,0	1440/A	2006	4/4/2019
TWNHS/A	2724	Cabrillo AVE	$650,000	$385	3/2,0,1,0	1690/A	2006/ASR	4/8/2019
TWNHS/A	2130	Plaza Del Amo #139	$564,000	$405	2/1,1,1,0	1394/A	1979/ASR	4/9/2019
TWNHS/D	2743	Gramercy AVE	$725,000	$439	3/2,0,1,0	1651/A	1989/ASR	4/11/2019
TWNHS/A	2435	Border AVE #A	$596,000	$538	2/2,0,1,0	1107/A	2011/BLD	4/12/2019
TWNHS/A	2145	Plaza Del Amo	$640,000	$488	3/2,0,1,0	1312/A	2004/ASR	4/18/2019
CONDO/A	2126	Washington AVE	$650,000	$471	2/2,0,1,0	1379/A	2006/ASR	4/19/2019
TWNHS/A	1021	Cravens AVE #13	$672,500	$431	3/3,0,0,0	1560/A	2006/ASR	4/26/2019
CONDO/A	2742	Cabrillo AVE #105	$325,500	$486	1/1,0,0,0	670/A	2006/ASR	4/29/2019
SFR/A	2832	Knode ST	$700,000	$484	3/1,0,1,0	1445/A	1950/ASR	5/1/2019
CONDO/A	2367	Jefferson ST #315	$583,500	$463	2/2,0,0,0	1261/P	2007/ASR	5/7/2019
SFR/D	2223	Andreo AVE	$732,500	$714	2/2,0,0,0	1026/A	1920/ASR	5/7/2019
DPLX/D	1748	Gramercy AVE	$855,000	$501	3/2,0,0,0	1707/A	1912/ASR	5/7/2019
CONDO/A	2742	Cabrillo AVE #214	$325,001	$485	1/1,0,0,0	670/A	2006/ASR	5/8/2019
SFR/D	2421	Santa Cruz CT	$962,000	$405	4/3,0,0,0	2378/A	1977/ASR	5/15/2019
CONDO/A	1800	OAK ST #209	$730,000	$490	2/2,0,1,0	1490/A	2007/ASR	5/17/2019
TWNHS/A	1800	Oak ST #203	$810,000	$397	3/2,0,1,0	2040/A	2007/PUB	5/23/2019
CONDO/A	2742	Cabrillo AVE #106	$315,000	$443	1/1,0,0,0	711/OTH	2006/ASR	5/25/2019
CONDO/A	1201	Cabrillo #308	$255,000	$455	1/1,0,0,0	560/A	1993/ASR	5/29/2019
TWNHS/D	1864	Torrance BLVD	$690,000	$419	2/2,0,1,0	1646/A	2000/ASR	5/30/2019
TWNHS/A	1968	Plaza Del Amo	$570,000	$404	3/2,0,1,0	1410/A	1985/ASR	5/31/2019
TWNHS/D	1838	Torrance BLVD	$690,000	$380	3/2,1,1,0	1814/A	2000/ASR	5/31/2019
SFR/D	1329	Arlington AVE	$850,000	$388	4/1,1,1,0	2191/A	1940/ASR	6/5/2019
CONDO/D	1854	TORRANCE	$679,150	$413	2/2,0,1,0	1646/	2000	6/14/2019
TWNHS/A	1800	Oak ST #323	$730,000	$490	2/2,0,1,0	1490/A	2007/ASR	6/14/2019
CONDO/A	1301	Cabrillo AVE #209	$500,000	$572	2/2,0,0,0	874/A	1993/ASR	6/20/2019
SFR/D	736	Border AVE	$600,000	$750	2/1,0,0,0	800/A	1924/ASR	6/21/2019
TWNHS/A	2161	Plaza Del Amo	$640,000	$522	2/2,0,0,1	1225/A	2004/ASR	6/21/2019
SFR/D	1888	Plaza Del Amo	$825,000	$386	4/3,0,0,0	2136/A	2000/ASR	6/21/2019
SFR/D	2822	Olive ST	$665,000	$682	3/2,0,0,0	975/A	1950/ASR	6/25/2019
TWNHS/A	2160	Plaza Del Amo #179	$667,000	$448	3/3,0,0,0	1490/A	1979/ASR	6/28/2019
TWNHS/A	1340	El Prado AVE #40	$689,000	$526	3/2,0,1,0	1311/A	1997/ASR	7/2/2019
TWNHS	1340	EL PRADO AVE #27	$690,000	$496	3/3,0,0,0	1392/	1997	7/2/2019
CONDO/A	2742	Cabrillo AVE #111	$332,500	$496	1/1,0,0,0	670/A	2006/ASR	7/5/2019
SFR/D	1307	Arlington AVE	$885,000	$526	3/2,0,0,0	1683/A	1948/ASR	7/5/2019
CONDO/A	2349	Jefferson ST #212	$712,500	$552	2/2,0,0,0	1290/A	2008/ASR	7/9/2019
SFR/D	2756	Border AVE	$725,000	$359	3/2,0,1,0	2020/A	2003/ASR	7/9/2019
SFR/A	1003	Beech AVE	$949,000	$497	4/2,1,0,0	1911/A	1929/PUB	7/9/2019
CONDO/A	2367	Jefferson #117	$475,000	$485	2/1,0,0,0	980/A	2007/ASR	7/10/2019
TWNHS/A	2740	Gramercy AVE #10	$598,000	$497	2/2,0,0,0	1204/A	1986/ASR	7/11/2019
SFR/D	2353	Sonoma ST	$735,000	$826	2/1,0,0,0	890/A	1929/ASR	7/15/2019
SFR/D	1907	Arlington AVE	$819,000	$524	3/1,1,0,1	1564/A	1913/ASR	7/17/2019
CONDO/A	2742	Cabrillo AVE #104	$342,000	$510	1/1,0,0,0	670/A	2006/ASR	7/18/2019
SFR/D	1448	Engracia AVE	$950,000	$417	4/2,0,0,0	2276/A	1930/ASR	8/2/2019
TWNHS/A	1800	Oak ST #410	$845,000	$431	3/3,0,0,0	1960/A	2007/ASR	8/5/2019
SFR/D	707	Pacific LN	$502,500	$761	2/1,0,0,0	660/A	1918/ASR	8/9/2019
CONDO/A	1281	Cabrillo AVE #102	$339,000	$559	1/1,0,0,0	606/A	1993/ASR	8/13/2019
DPLX/D	1447	El Prado AVE	$1,060,000	$424	5/4,0,0,0	2499/A	1938/ASR	8/16/2019
TWNHS/A	1800	Oak ST #352	$698,000	$525	2/2,0,1,0	1330/A	2007/ASR	8/19/2019
CONDO/A	2700	Arlington AVE #112	$660,000	$386	3/2,0,1,0	1709/A	1982/ASR	8/20/2019
SFR/D	1751	Gramercy AVE	$680,000	$722	2/1,0,0,0	942/A	1912/ASR	8/28/2019
CONDO/A	2349	Jefferson ST #303	$729,500	$579	2/2,0,0,0	1260/A	2008/ASR	8/28/2019
TWNHS/A	2413	Cabrillo AVE #C	$671,000	$451	3/3,0,0,0	1488/A	2004/PUB	9/12/2019
SFR/D	1008	Acacia AVE	$875,000	$563	3/2,0,0,0	1553/A	1927/ASR	9/16/2019
SFR/D	1733	Arlington AVE	$795,000	$382	4/3,0,0,0	2079/A	1989/ASR	9/18/2019
CONDO/A	1281	Cabrillo AVE #401	$550,000	$652	2/2,0,0,0	843/A	1993/ASR	9/20/2019
TWNHS/A	2157	Plaza Del Amo	$650,000	$536	3/3,0,0,0	1212/A	2004/PUB	9/25/2019
SFR/D	1443	Post AVE	$899,000	$438	4/2,0,0,0	2052/A	1923/ASR	9/25/2019
SFR/D	1912 W	222nd ST	$667,000	$594	3/1,0,1,0	1122/A	1925/ASR	9/27/2019
TWNHS/D	1903	Gramercy AVE	$689,000	$622	2/2,0,0,1	1107/A	1988/ASR	9/27/2019
CONDO/A	1211	Cabrillo AVE #303	$270,000	$482	1/1,0,0,0	560/A	1993/ASR	10/2/2019
SFR/D	650	Border AVE	$619,000	$727	2/1,0,0,0	852/A	1925/ASR	10/3/2019
TWNHS/A	1800	Oak ST #501	$847,800	$433	3/3,0,0,0	1960/A	2007/ASR	10/17/2019
CONDO/A	2367	Jefferson ST #220	$590,000	$468	2/2,0,0,0	1261/A	2007/ASR	10/18/2019
CONDO/A	2700	Arlington AVE #103	$480,000	$380	2/2,0,0,0	1262/A	1982/ASR	10/21/2019
TWNHS	1800	OAK ST #407	$873,000	$448	3/3,0,0,0	1950/A	2007/ASR	10/28/2019
SFR/D	1451	Post AVE	$829,000	$496	4/1,1,0,0	1670/A	1918/ASR	11/15/2019
TWNHS/A	2100	Washington AVE	$659,000	$478	2/1,1,1,0	1379/A	2006/ASR	12/5/2019
SFR/D	2617	Martha AVE	$770,250	$409	3/3,0,0,0	1883/A	1949/ASR	12/5/2019
SFR/D	2004	Gramercy AVE	$851,000	$492	3/3,0,0,0	1728/A	1912/ASR	12/10/2019
SFR/D	1965 W	218th ST	$700,000	$484	3/2,0,0,0	1446/A	1925/PUB	12/16/2019
DPLX/D	2019	Andreo AVE	$730,000	$613	3/2,0,0,0	1190/AP	1924/ASR	12/16/2019
SFR/D	2613	Martha AVE	$805,000	$638	3/2,0,1,0	1262/O	1949/ASR	12/18/2019
TWNHS/A	1800	Oak ST #427	$740,000	$507	2/2,0,1,0	1460/A	2007/ASR	12/19/2019
TWNHS	1324	EL PRADO AVE #36	$715,000	$514	3/3,0,0,0	1392/	1997	12/20/2019
SFR/D	2415	Santa Fe AVE	$950,000	$363	4/3,0,0,0	2616/A	1977/PUB	12/24/2019
CONDO/A	2700	Arlington AVE #103	$515,000	$408	2/2,0,0,0	1262/A	1982/ASR	12/31/2019
TWNHS/A	2220	Dominguez ST	$655,800	$512	2/2,0,1,0	1280/A	2005/PUB	12/31/2019

Keith Kyle with Vista Sotheby’s International Realty is one of the top realtors in Torrance CA. Contact Keith for any of your real estate needs.

Looking for That Holiday Spirit Nearby? Seaside Ranchos “Candy Cane Lane” in Torrance

December 23, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

If your looking for a way of getting in the holiday spirit we may be able to steer you in the right direction. The “Candy Cane Lane” area of South Torrance., known as Seaside Ranchos in South Torrance the rest of the year, is fantastic for kids and grown ups alike. This time of year the neighborhood really shines (quite literally) during the holidays. Cars line up and pedestrians take to the streets to enjoy this incredible display of holiday lights and Christmas decorations. It really is something to behold and it’s worth waiting in the line of cars. Even better is doing it by foot but obviously that’s weather dependent. If you’re on foot bring some money to buy hot cocoa and other treats.

There are quite a few traffic restrictions this time of year and generally speaking the only way in is westbound on PCH at Robert Road. If you want to walk into the community your best parking options are on PCH or Calle Mayor. The lights are also fairly close to the parking lot at South Torrance High School. While it certainly gets busy this time of year, the Seaside Ranchos area of South Torrance is a great place to call home. See the current homes for sale in this wonderful neighborhood.