Welcome to the second e-Newsletter of South Bay real estate happenings. I hope you find this version of my newsletter a useful, quick, cafeteria-style read. It will begin with a brief real estate market rundown. I will then feature new premier service providers I have discovered. And lastly, a number of links to relevant, light, but fun local news you most likely missed in your routine reading. Please enjoy!
Low interest rates and declining inventory have been the spotlight of this last month’s real estate market at the beach. Price is still king, and well-priced homes moved in the better than average winter weather. September is always a slow month, but the factors above have resulted in better than average sales volumes. Prices have firmed a bit with declining inventory. Coming into the Fall selling season, expect activity to pick up. I am not predicting crazy appreciation any time in the next year, but I suspect more competition than we had last year for well-located, value-priced homes.
New Service Providers
The referral section of my snail-mail newsletter continues to be most people's favorite part of the rag. In light of this, I am updating my website RobertWoodie.com with a "Service Provider" section. These will all be people I have done business with and/or can vouch for based on our relationship. The only cost for using this list is that you PLEASE report back to me with your experience. I intend to maintain this list as the best in town! And if you know someone who should be on here, please don't keep him or her a secret!Read More
Café Pierre in Manhattan Beach: Packed and crazy loud
Thirty years ago, Guy Gabriele, a Frenchman who was born in Tunisia and raised in southern France, opened a little creperie in Manhattan Beach called Crêpe Pierre. Soon it evolved into a restaurant, Café Pierre, and it's been a fixture on Manhattan Beach Boulevard ever since. Read More
LAist's Neighborhood Project: Manhattan Beach
One of the more affluent of the beach cities, Manhattan Beach prides itself on its exclusivity. The city lays north of Hermosa Beach, and South of El Segundo on the edge of the Pacific Ocean. The city itself is broken into several real estate groupings, or "sections". For example there is the sand section, the tree section, the lamp post section, the hills section, and so on. Read More
Photo Essay: Biking from Downtown to the beach
Remember when you moved to LA just south of Downtown, and you thought all those people who got to live in Santa Monica and Venice and Manhattan Beach were so lucky? Or maybe that was me. Either way, you were (I was) overlooking one of the major advantages of living so far from the beach -- you can bike there and get a great workout!Read More
Money Magazine: Best Places to Live
Here are towns from the Best Places database with the highest median home price. Some places have everything any family could want - economic opportunity, good schools, safe streets, things to do and a sense of community. See the top 10 Great American Towns - including homes for sale and million-dollar homes. Read More
Surfing With a Gray Whale in Manhattan Beach
AVP Manhattan Beach Photo Essay
While the action on the sand was unscripted, the action around it was incredibly choreographed. AVP (Association of Volleyball Professionals) knows how to market their events. The men's finals of the Manhattan Beach Open was held in the South Bay on the sands next to the Manhattan Beach Pier.Read More
South Bay Real Estate Market Run Down 
Welcome to the second e-Newsletter of South Bay real estate happenings. I hope you find this version of my newsletter a useful, quick, cafeteria-style read. It will begin with a brief real estate market rundown. I will then feature new premier service providers I have discovered. And lastly, a number of links to relevant, light, but fun local news you most likely missed in your routine reading. Please enjoy!
The referral section of my snail-mail newsletter continues to be most people's favorite part of the rag. In light of this, I am updating my website RobertWoodie.com with a "Service Provider" section. These will all be people I have done business with and/or can vouch for based on our relationship. The only cost for using this list is that you PLEASE report back to me with your experience. I intend to maintain this list as the best in town! And if you know someone who should be on here, please don't keep him or her a secret! 
Thirty years ago, Guy Gabriele, a Frenchman who was born in Tunisia and raised in southern France, opened a little creperie in Manhattan Beach called Crêpe Pierre. Soon it evolved into a restaurant, Café Pierre, and it's been a fixture on Manhattan Beach Boulevard ever since. 
One of the more affluent of the beach cities, Manhattan Beach prides itself on its exclusivity. The city lays north of Hermosa Beach, and South of El Segundo on the edge of the Pacific Ocean. The city itself is broken into several real estate groupings, or "sections". For example there is the sand section, the tree section, the lamp post section, the hills section, and so on. 
Remember when you moved to LA just south of Downtown, and you thought all those people who got to live in Santa Monica and Venice and Manhattan Beach were so lucky? Or maybe that was me. Either way, you were (I was) overlooking one of the major advantages of living so far from the beach -- you can bike there and get a great workout! 
Here are towns from the Best Places database with the highest median home price. Some places have everything any family could want - economic opportunity, good schools, safe streets, things to do and a sense of community. See the top 10 Great American Towns - including homes for sale and million-dollar homes. 
While the action on the sand was unscripted, the action around it was incredibly choreographed. AVP (Association of Volleyball Professionals) knows how to market their events. The men's finals of the Manhattan Beach Open was held in the South Bay on the sands next to the Manhattan Beach Pier. 
