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Why Crystal Cove Commands Some of OC’s Highest Price-Per-Square-Foot

Posted by The Aaronson Group on August 5th, 2026

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Newport Coast Market Analysis

Why Crystal Cove Commands Some of OC’s Highest Price-Per-Square-Foot

There is a number that separates Crystal Cove from nearly every other address in Orange County, and it is not the sale price. It is the price per square foot.

Recent reporting puts Crystal Cove’s median sold price per square foot above $3,000, with listing-side medians running in the same range. Newport Coast as a whole sits closer to $1,600. Newport Beach citywide is closer to $1,500. Corona del Mar runs roughly $1,400 to $3,500 depending on bluff position. In other words, a Crystal Cove residence can carry a per-foot premium of 80 to 100 percent over the surrounding…

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Best Parks, Trails, and Dog-Friendly Spots in Dana Point, CA

Posted by The Aaronson Group on August 3rd, 2026

The Aaronson Group Luxury Coastal Real Estate - OC
My dogs-Harry and Freddy

 

Dana Point Lifestyle Guide

Best Parks, Trails, and Dog-Friendly Spots in Dana Point, CA

Dana Point maybe a small city but there is a lot of community outdoor space. The city maintains roughly 82 acres of developed park land across 18 parks, plus 10 playgrounds and five leash-free Dog Fun Zones, and nearly all of it sits within a few minutes of the water. For buyers evaluating Monarch Beach, the Lantern District, Capistrano Beach, or The Strand, the park and trail network is one of the quietest but most durable reasons people stay put once they move here.

This guide covers the parks worth your Saturday morning, the trails locals actually use,…

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Off Market vs. On Market: Which Selling Strategy Fits Your Situation

Posted by The Aaronson Group on July 31st, 2026

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Seller Strategy

Off Market vs. On Market: Which Selling Strategy Fits Your Situation

Every coastal Orange County seller eventually hears some version of the same pitch: “We have a buyer. Let’s keep it quiet.” It sounds exclusive. In a market where a Monarch Beach oceanfront estate or a Newport Coast custom home can draw genuine attention, discretion has real appeal.

But quiet is not the same as smart. The right answer depends on what you are actually optimizing for: the highest price, the shortest timeline, or the least disruption to your household. Those three goals rarely point in the same direction, and the rules governing how a California listing can be marketed changed…

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Represented by The Aaronson Group: One of the Few Places in Laguna Beach You Can Actually Live on the Sand

Posted by The Aaronson Group on July 28th, 2026

Modern Laguna Laguna Beach Real Estate & Coastal Living

Laguna Sands

One of the Few Places in Laguna Beach You Can Actually Live on the Sand

Drive South Coast Highway between the Village and Aliso Beach and you pass a long stretch of buildings that face the water. Very few of them sit on it. The bluff does most of the work along this coast, which is why so much of Laguna’s oceanfront housing looks down at the beach from thirty or forty feet up rather than opening onto it.

Laguna Sands is one of the exceptions. The gated community sits directly on the sand next to the Surf & Sand Resort, and residents reach the beach without crossing a road or hunting for a public stairway. That single fact explains most of what makes the…

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Luxury Sellers Are Holding the Stronger Hand Right Now

Posted by The Aaronson Group on July 27th, 2026

The Aaronson Group Luxury Coastal Real Estate - OC

Coastal Orange County Market Insight

Luxury Sellers Are Holding the Stronger Hand Right Now

The headlines have spent most of this year describing a market that has cooled. Buyers pulling back, price growth flattening, listings sitting. That story is broadly accurate for the middle of the national market. It is not the story at the top.

Luxury sale prices are climbing several times faster than the rest of the market, transaction volume above $1 million is up sharply year over year, and high-end homes are still going under contract in under 50 days. For owners of estate property along the coast, from Monarch Beach and Dana Point to Laguna Beach, Newport Coast, and Newport…

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Represented by The Aaronson Group-In Escrow-Five Days on the Market-909 N. Cleveland

Posted by The Aaronson Group on July 27th, 2026

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Luxury Coastal Real Estate - OC

In Escrow · Orange, CA

Five Days on the Market. Then In Escrow.

909 N. Cleveland Street in Orange is officially in escrow, with an accepted offer just five days after coming to market. The result did not happen by accident. It happened because the right strategy met the right presentation at the right price.

There is a second part to this story worth telling: the seller came to The Aaronson Group after watching how quickly we sold another home nearby.

“She had seen how fast we sold a home nearby, and she wanted the same outcome for hers. Five days later, she had it.”

Why She Made the Switch

A Fast Sale Down the Street Changed Her Mind

Not long before…

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Price Adjustment at 28265 Las Casas: Remodeled Single-Level Living in Casta del Sol, Now $998,000

Posted by The Aaronson Group on July 24th, 2026

The Aaronson Group Luxury Coastal Real Estate - OC

Price Improvement - Mission Viejo

New Price at 28265 Las Casas: Remodeled Single-Level Living in Casta del Sol, Now $998,000

The seller of 28265 Las Casas has approved a price improvement. This remodeled single-level residence inside the guard-gated 55+ community of Casta del Sol in Mission Viejo is now offered at $998,000.

The move is strategic, not reactive. A home priced above $1,000,000 simply does not appear for the large pool of buyers who cap their search at seven figures. At $998,000, this property now surfaces in every search where those buyers are actively looking, and it does so as one of the most extensively renovated single-level homes available inside the…

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Newport Beach Waterfront Homes: Dock Rights, Tide Lines, and What Affects Value

Posted by The Aaronson Group on July 23rd, 2026

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Luxury Coastal Real Estate - OC  

Buyer Guide – Newport Beach

Newport Beach Waterfront Homes: Dock Rights, Tide Lines, and What Affects Value

Do you own the dock when you buy a Newport Beach waterfront home? Usually not. In most of Newport Harbor, the land under the water is public tideland held in trust for the State of California and managed by the City of Newport Beach. What conveys with the home is a pier permit, not ownership of the water. That distinction is the single most important thing a bayfront buyer needs to understand, and in 2026 it matters more than it has in decades.

Newport Harbor holds more than 9,000 recreational vessels across roughly three miles of waterfront. The City administers over 850…

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Reading the Market: What Inventory Trends Tell OC Sellers Right Now

Posted by The Aaronson Group on July 20th, 2026

The Aaronson Group Luxury Coastal Real Estate – OC

OC Market Intelligence

Reading the Market: What Inventory Trends Tell OC Sellers Right Now

Of every metric a seller can watch, inventory is the clearest. Price indices lag. Interest-rate headlines swing week to week. But the number of homes actively for sale tells you, in real time, exactly how much competition your listing will face and how much leverage buyers have on the other side of the table.

Right now, that number is climbing. Orange County active inventory recently crossed roughly 5,100 homes, the highest level of 2026 so far, after a single week that brought nearly 880 new listings to market: the busiest listing week of the year. For a county-wide market, that shift…

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Represented by The Aaronson Group-20 Monarch Bay Drive: A Guard-Gated Ocean View Estate Above the Sand

Posted by The Aaronson Group on July 17th, 2026

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Monarch Bay | Monarch Beach

20 Monarch Bay Drive: A Guard-Gated Ocean View Estate Above the Sand

Behind the gates of Monarch Bay, one of the few guard-gated communities on the Orange County coast with its own private beach club, 20 Monarch Bay Drive occupies a position that does most of the talking. The view runs from whitewater surf and open sand across the Dana Point Headlands, the Ritz-Carlton and Monarch Links Golf Course, and holds through sunset into city lights.

Completed in 2015, the 3,849-square-foot residence sits on a 9,775-square-foot lot with four bedrooms and three and a half baths. The interiors were designed around an organic, sophisticated palette: smooth…

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