Luxury Sellers Are Holding the Stronger Hand Right Now

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

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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

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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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Selling an Inherited Coastal Property: A Step by Step Guide

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Seller Resources

Selling an Inherited Coastal Property: A Step by Step Guide

Inheriting a home in Laguna Beach, Newport Coast, Dana Point, Monarch Beach, or Corona del Mar is rarely a simple financial event. The property often carries decades of family history, a title structure no one has looked at in years, and a value that has multiplied many times over since it was purchased. Selling it well requires sequencing: the right steps, in the right order, with the right professionals involved before the home ever reaches the market.

This guide walks through the process The Aaronson Group uses with families selling an inherited home in Orange County, from confirming how title…

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Represented the Buyer: 4 Kingsport Drive, Newport Coast: Sold at $10,700,000 in a Multiple-Offer Market

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Sold in Newport Coast – Represented Buyer

4 Kingsport Drive, Newport Coast: Sold at $10,700,000 in a Multiple-Offer Market

Pelican Ridge Estates rarely produces a home like this one, and when 4 Kingsport Drive came to market, the response was immediate. Multiple offers landed within days. Kevin Aaronson represented the buyer, and the home closed at $10,700,000, below the $10,995,000 list price.

Winning a competitive Newport Coast bid is one thing. Winning it under list price is another. That outcome came from disciplined positioning: a clear read on the seller’s priorities, terms structured to reduce friction rather than simply raise the number, and a buyer prepared to perform…

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Where Art Comes Alive: The Pageant of the Masters and the Sawdust Art Festival

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Laguna Beach · Summer 2026

Where Art Comes Alive: The Pageant of the Masters and the Sawdust Art Festival

Every summer, Laguna Canyon becomes the center of the Southern California art world. A quiet stretch of road just above the coast fills with music, handmade work, and one of the most inventive stage productions in the country. Two events anchor the season, and together they capture what makes Laguna Beach unlike anywhere else on the coast.

Living Pictures Under the Stars

Now in its 93rd year, the Pageant of the…

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The Case for Professional Photography and 3D Tours in Luxury Listings

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Luxury Marketing

The Case for Professional Photography and 3D Tours in Luxury Listings

In coastal Orange County, the first showing almost never happens at the front door. It happens on a phone screen in Newport Beach, on a laptop in Palo Alto, on a tablet in Singapore. By the time a qualified buyer schedules a private tour of a Monarch Beach estate or a Laguna Beach ocean-view contemporary, they have already made a decision about whether the home is worth their time. That decision was made entirely on the strength of the imagery.

This is why The Aaronson Group treats visual production as a non-negotiable component of every listing, not a line item to be trimmed. A luxury home…

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No, Summer Is Not a Bad Time to Sell in Coastal OC. Here’s What the Numbers Actually Say

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Seller Strategy — Coastal Orange County

No, Summer Is Not a Bad Time to Sell in Coastal OC. Here’s What the Numbers Actually Say

Is summer a bad time to sell a home in coastal Orange County? No. Summer brings serious, well-qualified buyers to Newport Coast, Dana Point, and Laguna Beach. Homes priced and prepared correctly sell well through the warmer months.

There’s a stubborn myth that spring is the only “real” selling season and that anyone who lists after June has missed the window. If you own a home in coastal Orange County, that idea can cost you. It quietly convinces sellers to wait months for a season that may not serve them any better.

The coastal OC…

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What It Takes to Own on Ocean Boulevard in Corona del Mar

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Buyer Strategy — Corona del Mar

What It Takes to Own on Ocean Boulevard in Corona del Mar

What does it take to own on Ocean Boulevard in Corona del Mar? Ocean Boulevard is Corona del Mar’s bluff-front address, where a finite number of view lots trade well into eight figures. Owning here takes readiness, financing certainty, and a strategy built for scarcity.

Ocean Boulevard is the lane that runs the bluff along the edge of Corona del Mar, elevated above Corona del Mar State Beach with the Pacific, Catalina Island, and the mouth of Newport Harbor unfolding in front of it. It is one of the most recognized oceanfront corridors in Southern California, and one of the…

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How to Price a Coastal OC Luxury Home in a Shifting Market

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Seller Strategy — Coastal Orange County

How to Price a Coastal OC Luxury Home in a Shifting Market

How do you price a coastal OC luxury home in a shifting market? Anchor the price to recent closed comps in the same community, weigh price per square foot against total value, and read current inventory and absorption trends. In a shifting market, accurate pricing beats aspirational pricing every time.

Pricing a luxury home is never a math problem alone. In coastal Orange County, where a single view corridor or a remodeled kitchen can move value by seven figures, the number you choose on day one sets the trajectory of the entire sale. When the market is stable, a…

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