Valmonte

4033 Via Valmonte sold for $1.12m in January You've heard me say it before, 2015 was a great year in real estate in Valmonte.  Prices were up and the number of sales was the best in nearly 20 years.  So with all this great news, how did a move-in ready home with views sell for $1850/foot under the average price?  The story gets even more interesting when I add the fact that when I contacted the...

Friends and neighbors, With all the recent burglaries and break-ins over the last 6 months, it's time to take action.  PVE Neighborhood Watch will be hosting a meeting on Thursday, February 4th, from 6:30-7:30 pm in the Valmonte Elementary School multi-purpose room. I hope to see you all there. Here's the information from the invitation: Please join us for a Neighborhood Watch Meeting with...

October 2015 sales of single family homes in Valmonte kept pace with September and is contributing to 2015 going down as one of the best years in recent memory.

I can't help starting this new year off filled with gratitude. Sure, we here in Valmonte get to live in beautiful homes, in a beautiful neighborhood, with good jobs, and cute kids - all things to be grateful for every day. But what I'm talking about is the gratitude for the people that make up the neighborhood of Valmonte in Palos Verdes Estates.  The story started like this . . . As many in our...

If you gage the real estate market by walking around a neighborhood, you would certainly call Valmonte sleepy based on the general absence of for sale signs in the front yards.  This reality can be seen a few ways.  Maybe you can call it the Holiday calm; who wants to have people touring your home while you're trying to enjoy the special time that is the holiday season?  It could be that everyone loves...

Here's an article from the LA Times talking about a cool project going on at Valmonte Elementary school. A Palos Verdes Estates garden aims to help kids dig veggies Volunteers convert a hillside plot into the Valmonte Farm and Nature Garden, the latest project in nonprofit group's effort to teach youngsters about healthful food. September 16, 2012|By Martha Groves, Los Angeles Times Teacher Lauren...