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Torrance home sales and prices in January 2015

February 16, 2015 by Keith Kyle

Torrance saw a relatively low number of homes sold in January with 63 homes, condos and townhomes closing escrow during the month (see Torrance real estate trends and market updates). According to Torrance realtor Keith Kyle, “It’s not unusual to see a significant slowdown of closed home sales during January, as December is a very limited month for new listings and homes entering escrow. With the holidays very little activity happens in the last 3rd of the month meaning far fewer closings in January. Click here to view the home sales in Torrance, and other South Bay cities per month.

Torrance home sales and prices in January 2015

MLS#	Type	St#	Address	Price	Bed/Bath	Age	Sqft	Days on Mkt
14808447	SFR/D	1600 W	220TH ST	$ 470,000	3/2,0,0,0	1944	1684	54/54
SB14205504	CONDO/A	22214 S	Vermont AV #202A	$ 220,000	1/1,0,0,0	1986/ASR	711/A	43/754
SB14185441	CONDO/A	817 W	232nd ST #B	$ 239,500	2/2,0,0,0	1973/ASR	842/A	99/99
SB14209174	CONDO/A	800	Coriander DR #P	$ 252,000	2/2,0,0,0	1973/ASR	829/A	66/66
WS14148838	TWNHS/A	22919	Mariposa AV #802	$ 393,000	3/3,0,0,0	2009/ASR	1380/A	137/137
SB14249560	SFR/D	22819	Doble AV	$ 410,000	3/1,0,0,0	1953/ASR	964/A	58/58
14812941	CONDO/D	1055	PARK CIRCLE DR	$ 455,000	4/3,0,0,0	1984	1780	27/27
PV14191018	TWNHS/A	1613 W	224th ST #1	$ 479,000	3/2,0,1,0	2011/ASR	2142/A	43/43
SB14239996	SFR/D	1102	Greenhedge ST	$ 500,000	3/2,0,0,0	1953/ASR	1828/A	14/14
SB14210049	SFR/D	1039	Gian DR	$ 549,000	4/1,1,1,0	1977/ASR	2357/A	78/78
14785101	SFR/D	1719 W	239TH ST	$ 480,000	3/2,0,0,0	1956	1296	94/94
PV14245268	SFR/D	3241	Cricklewood ST	$ 600,500	3/1,0,0,0	1950/ASR	1067/E	13/13
SB14254678	SFR/D	4060	Newton ST	$ 620,000	2/1,0,0,0	1948/ASR	1092/A	42287
SB14171594	SFR/D	2814	Dalemead ST	$ 775,000	4/2,0,0,0	1952/ASR	1715/A	169/169
PW14247013	SFR/D	3256	Dalemead ST	$ 795,000	4/2,0,0,0	1950/ASR	1504/A	22/22
SB14253220	SFR/D	3034	Softwind WY	$ 820,500	3/2,0,1,0	1975/ASR	2043/A	42350
SB14255024	SFR/D	3123	Carolwood LN	$ 928,000	4/2,0,1,0	1977/ASR	2200/A	42256
PV14245765	SFR/D	2835	Windmill RD	$ 990,000	4/3,0,1,0	1975/ASR	2499/A	44/44
SB14247576	CONDO/A	1745	Maple AV #65	$ 325,000	1/1,0,0,0	1963/ASR	870/A	62/62
SB14234012	TWNHS/A	2800	Plaza Del Amo #388	$ 569,000	3/2,0,1,0	1988/ASR	1404/A	54/54
SB14205106	SFR/D	1404	FERN AV	$ 615,000	3/2,0,0,0	1954/ASR	1383/A	79/79
SB14113750	TWNHS/A	2300	Maple AV #162	$ 635,000	3/3,0,0,0	1987/SEE	1738/A	214/214
SR14249854	SFR/D	20328	Roslin AV	$ 900,000	5/3,0,0,0	1964/ASR	2232/A	17/17
SB14208752	CONDO/A	22837	Nadine CR #B	$ 350,000	2/1,0,1,0	1963/ASR	1117/A	60/60
SW14225333	SFR/D	22311	Avis CT	$ 632,500	3/1,0,0,0	1954/ASR	1243/A	56/56
PV14246552	SFR/D	3411 W	228th ST	$ 720,000	3/1,1,0,0	1954/ASR	1211/A	73/73
SB14220209	SFR/D	2704 W	232nd ST	$ 783,000	4/1,1,0,0	1965/ASR	2154/A	85/85
SB14262209	SFR/D	22318	Osage CT	$ 1,050,000	4/3,0,0,0	1990/ASR	3408/A	19/19
SB14230689	SFR/D	23152	Maple AV	$ 1,090,000	4/4,0,0,0	2000/ASR	3088/A	67/93
SB14254888	SFR/D	4614	Highgrove AV	$ 830,000	3/2,0,1,0	1954/ASR	1535/A	38/38
PV14178737	SFR/D	3855	Paseo De Las Tortugas	$ 1,139,000	3/2,0,1,0	1969/ASR	2567/A	105/105
SB15015036	SFR/D	226	Via La Soledad	$ 1,900,000	4/2,1,0,0	1954/ASR	2456/A	0/0
PV14190272	CONDO/A	4036 W	226th ST	$ 575,000	2/2,0,1,0	1981/ASR	1685/A	97/182
PV14122227	SFR/D	5319	Palos Verdes BL	$ 635,000	2/1,0,0,0	1952/ASR	834/A	108/108
SB14191412	SFR/D	23032	Kent AV	$ 750,000	4/1,2,0,0	1967/ASR	2088/A	42129
PV14242640	SFR/D	23530	Ladeene AV	$ 900,000	4/1,1,0,0	1962/ASR	2074/A	46/46
SB14252741	SFR/D	21509	Scannel AV	$ 860,000	5/3,0,0,0	1955/ASR	2346/A	19/202
SB14250153	SFR/D	22014	Linda DR	$ 995,000	5/3,0,0,0	1955/ASR	2446/A	55/55
SB14245145	SFR/D	4511	Narrot ST	$ 640,000	3/1,0,0,0	1954/ASR	1100/A	42350
SB14197154	SFR/D	20125	Wayne AV	$ 749,000	4/1,2,0,0	1956/ASR	1924/A	132/132
SB15001937	SFR/D	20421	Wayne AV	$ 771,000	3/1,1,0,0	1959/ASR	1429/A	42224
PV14240866	SFR/D	20105	Talisman ST	$ 790,000	3/2,0,0,0	1955/ASR	1470	54/54
OC14235498	SFR/D	4202	Konya DR	$ 925,000	4/3,0,0,0	1979/ASR	2640/A	68/68
SB14185110	SFR/D	3845 West W	177th ST	$ 490,000	4/2,0,0,0	1967/ASR	1773/A	49/49
EV14208565	SFR/D	18111	AMIE AV	$ 545,000	3/1,1,0,0	1954/ASR	1216/A	100/100
SB14259400	SFR/D	4123 W	184th PL	$ 580,000	3/1,0,1,0	1955/ASR	1333/A	30/30
SB14200618	SFR/D	4171 W	172nd ST	$ 608,000	3/1,1,0,0	1951/ASR	1400/E	120/120
SB14226542	SFR/D	18017	Cordary AV	$ 657,345	4/1,1,0,0	1966/ASR	1972/A	39/39
SB14251552	SFR/D	2134 W	177th	$ 489,000	3/1,0,0,0	1953/ASR	1073/A	32/32
SB14245768	SFR/D	2714 W	179TH ST	$ 545,000	3/1,1,0,0	1953/ASR	1364/A	42319
SB14232452	SFR/D	16618	Kristin AV	$ 583,000	4/1,1,0,0	1955/ASR	1424/A	14/14
SB14253246	SFR/D	2915 W	167th ST	$ 600,000	3/1,1,0,0	1954/ASR	1356/A	27/27
SB14243606	SFR/D	18819	Haas AV	$ 629,000	3/3,0,0,0	1951/ASR	1756/A	25/200
SB14126888	SFR/D	2415	Cabrillo AV	$ 480,000	2/1,0,0,0	1942/ASR	854/A	139/139
SB14177699	CONDO/A	2349	Jefferson ST #117	$ 581,000	2/2,0,0,0	2008/ASR	1530	91/91
SB14253676	TWNHS/D	810	Amapola AV	$ 590,000	3/2,0,1,0	2002/ASR	1711/A	49/49
SB14237183	TWNHS/A	1800	Oak ST #516	$ 676,000	3/2,0,1,0	2007/ASR	1950/A	58/58
14793225	SFR/D	23014	HUBER AV	$ 570,000	3/2,0,0,0	1948	1684/A	119/119
SB14203890	SFR/D	2113 W	237th ST	$ 675,000	3/2,0,0,0	1952/ASR	2042/AP	78/78
AR14233945	SFR/D	2018 W	238th ST	$ 700,500	4/2,0,0,0	1976/ASR	1836/A	88/88
SB14243119	SFR/D	2355 W	239th ST	$ 759,000	4/2,1,0,0	2001/ASR	2762/A	75/75
PW14243072	CONDO/A	838	Coriander DR #A	$ 225,000	1/1,0,0,0	1973/ASR	639/A	42319

So Where’s The Big Seasonal Increase in Homes in Torrance?

January 30, 2015 by Keith Kyle

By Keith Kyle

As a realtor who has been doing this a while, I’ve come to expect a nice increase in houses for sale in mid to late January. As the holidays wrap up, football season ends, and everyone gets back to work, we generally see a nice increase in homes that hit the market. It can often set the tone for much of the year as and abundance of homes early in the year often seems to stabilize the market one way or another. Unfortunately 2015 hasn’t seen that increase as the number of active homes for sale continues to go down at a time when the homes for sale should be going up. It’s still early enough that sellers may yet be holding off for a week or two to put their homes on the market and it would be welcome relief for the home buyers sitting and waiting.

As of January 29th there are only 161 homes for sale in all of Torrance.

Torrance Home Inventory Continues to Decline in Early 2015

January 25, 2015 by Keith Kyle

By Keith Kyle

The housing inventory in Torrance, CA is continuing to shrink with the number of available homes for sale decreasing every month since July of 2014. The first half of 2014 saw a month over month increase in the available homes peaking in the busy summer buying season but that momentum didn’t last. The peak month of July saw 232 homes available which has gone down every month since. As of this post there are currently 151 homes currently on the market in the South Bay’s largest city. The chart below shows the monthly numbers for active homes for sale (light green) current escrows (red line) and closed home sales (dark green). Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions about the market or to receive an updated list of the current homes for sale.

Torrance Sees Gain in Home Prices for November 2014

January 5, 2015 by Keith Kyle

It’s clear that the real estate market slowdown for the holidays didn’t start in November. At least not for the number of home sales and home prices in Torrance CA. Torrance posted another strong month with 99 sold homes at a median price of $575,000. To see the homes that sold in November visit our South Bay monthly home sales site.

City	Homes Sold	November 2014 Median	November 2013 Median	Year over Year % Change
Carson	44	$385,000	$337,500	14.07%
El Segundo	7	$853,000	$710,000	20.14%
Gardena	36	$394,000	$366,000	7.65%
Harbor City	16	$450,000	$343,750	30.91%
Hawthorne	35	$436,250	$465,000	-6.18%
Hermosa Beach	12	$1,050,000	$1,089,000	-3.58%
Lawndale	12	$432,500	$320,000	35.16%
Lomita	13	$490,000	$400,000	22.50%
Long Beach	262	$380,000	$365,000	4.11%
Manhattan Beach	40	$1,900,000	$1,987,000	-4.38%
Marina Del Rey	32	$822,100	$1,000,000	-17.79%
Palos Verdes Estates	21	$1,860,000	$1,300,000	43.08%
Playa Del Rey	18	$519,750	$525,000	-1.00%
Rancho Palos Verdes	34	$935,000	$1,010,000	-7.43%
Redondo Beach	66	$790,000	$720,000	9.72%
San Pedro	47	$462,000	$422,500	9.35%
Torrance	99	$575,000	$517,000	11.22%
Westchester	27	$805,000	$749,000	7.48%

Oh How Torrance Home Values Have Changed

October 19, 2014 by Keith Kyle

By Keith Kyle

I received an odd phone call yesterday from a potential buyer that said she had been given a real estate flyer for a listing at 16808 Delia in North Torrance. She said it was a well priced short sale and it was. The only problem was that I sold this house at the beginning of 2012. It had been a while since I thought of this house and upon pulling up the old listing I struck me just how dramatically the market has changed since then. It was a very nice home, with a great yard and pool but unfortunately the owners were struggling and had to do a short sale. We listed the home at $520,000 and it closed at $502,000.

What would it sell for now?

It would be just about impossible to find any single family home in that neighborhood, regardless of condition and size for that price in the current market. That home that sold only 2 years ago would now sell for at least $750,000 which is simply incredible. The speed with which the real estate market in Torrance and the South Bay was stunning and the changes to value equally unbelievable.

How Quickly we forget?

Another aspect of all this that struck me was just how short our memories can be. Just 2 years ago there were so many homes with great prices and most buyers thought it would continue and go even lower. These days the poor buyers that didn’t buy are priced completely out of neighborhoods that would have been very affordable. The thought now is that it of course can only continue going up, but is that really the reality and has that much changed? It’s certainly a great time to be a home seller, but not necessarily a great time to be a buyer.

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Torrance Real Estate Map – Search Homes by Neighborhood

October 19, 2014 by Keith Kyle

Search current listings with our interactive Torrance real estate map.

Torrance, California is a big city and it’s neighborhoods and areas vary considerably in the types of homes, feel of the neighborhood, and home prices.

As realtors, we search for homes by neighborhood so that we can best assist our clients to find the right type of homes in the right areas.

Below is a Torrance real estate map used by realtors and used in MLS home searches. The numbers coincide with the areas that we use to search and each has it’s differences and similarities. The three areas that often cause confusion are area 128 the Hollywood Riviera and areas 122 and 123, Harbor Gateway and County Strip. Much of the Hollywood Riviera actually has Redondo Beach, 90277, zip codes but the area is actually part of Torrance and services and schools are Torrance. The County Strip and Harbor Gateway areas actually have Torrance zip codes but are serviced by the city of Los Angeles. It’s distance from the beach, proximity to commercial and industrial, and the schools being LA Unified makes the homes significantly less expensive then the city of Torrance areas.

The Neighborhoods of Torrance CA – Click any Area To Search the Homes for Sale

Search Homes in Torrance Neighborhoods


Search all Torrance Homes	West Torrance 90503	Southwood 90503

Hollywood Riviera 90277	Central Torrance 90503	South Torrance 90505

Walteria & Victoria Knolls 90505	North Torrance 90504	Old Torrance 90501

South East Torrance 90501 & 90505	Harbor Gateway & County Gateway	Plaza Del Amo

Seaside Ranchos South Torrance	Single Family Homes	Condos and Townhomes

Multi-Unit Investment – Duplexes	55+ Senior Condos and homes	Torrance Real Estate Map