Manhattan Beach Confidential

09/12/2025

Look who's coming to town: Lakers superstar Luka Doncic has purchased a modern Hill Section home from tennis star Maria Sharapova. At $25M, it's the highest price ever for a Manhattan Beach home.

Only last year, Manhattan Beach saw the highest-priced home sale in its history, a $24.500M sale at 1800 The Strand.  Now, there's one bigger, a Hill Sect...

06/11/2024

Beware what you read online about Manhattan Beach real estate. It might be boring, misleading or fake. (Not here, of course.) 🤓

If you're reading this today, you probably lived through the "golden age of the internet." And you probably know that today is no golden age. Rather swiftly...

04/01/2024

Say no to robo-dogs going after e-bikes in Manhattan Beach. Your freedom could be next.

It's time to stand up and say "no" to the surveillance state. Manhattan Beach needs to make a clear statement: "No (robo) dogs allowed." Of course we're all wor...

01/31/2024

Don't you love it when a listing cancels, then restarts with 0 days on market? It's so... refreshing!

We're going to talk a little bit here about listings that kinda look new, but actually have some market history. Time was, when listings would cancel and immediate...

01/17/2024

See inside the seaside paradise of LA Kings icon Anze Kopitar. This Manhattan Beach home w/ pool & home theater is on 2 lots on a walkstreet, asking $37M

It seems like celebrity, high-end real estate is having a moment in Manhattan Beach. You have Jared Goff buying 2 lots for his dream mansion, and going on to p...

01/12/2024

He may play in Detroit, but Jared Goff has big plans for a mega estate in the Manhattan Beach Hill Section. He's paid nearly $20M for two large, prime lots – a half acre.

  One NFL playoff storyline this weekend involves current LA Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford's return to Detroit, a "homecoming" of sorts, since he spent a ...

11/25/2023

See inside this upcoming Manhattan Beach listing that will aim for $150 million, more than 5x any prior sale in town.

It's already listed as the most expensive rental ever in the Manhattan Beach market. 212 The Strand (7br/12ba, 12,640 sqft.) spans what were once three lots along ...

09/14/2023

People love to hate the real estate industry, but the way the MLS has evolved serves us all well. There are new threats (lawsuits, federal intervention) that could "blow up" the MLS. That would be bad for consumers. Agree? Disagree?

You get comfy assuming that the information you have now will always be there. Don't be so comfy. If anything, the lesson of the internet era appears to be that...

06/27/2023

Wow! Custom-built for savvy South Bay real estate watchers like you, the new MB Confidential makes it easy to find properties and track the market from MB to PV. See how in our short new video!

08/05/2022

Are online, automated home valuations accurate? Of course not! 😅 We tested the "big 3" and found some better than others. The results ➡️

About 6 months ago, we announced our latest effort to test all the online valuation bots against the real world. We tested the valuations for 14 properties present...

08/02/2022

Our newest area tour captures the Tree section of Manhattan Beach. Enjoy!