Laguna Beach, CA

Laguna Beach Uncorked! An International Wine & Food Fest
A day of wine and food, supporting an amazing cause!

Official Info:

Event ticket proceeds will benefit: CHOC Children's Hospital.

Enjoy an afternoon of chef demos, live entertainment, educational seminars and tastings from 25 Laguna Beach restaurants and 30 wineries from around the world. Participating restaurants include: 230 Forest Avenue, Beach House, Broadway by Amar Santana, Claes Ovation, The Deck, Dizz's As Is, Eva's Caribbean Kitchen, French 75, House of Big Fish & Ice Cold Beer, Katsuya, K'ya Bistro Bar, Laguna Culinary Arts, Las Brisas, Mosaic Bar & Grille at Montage, Mozambique Steakhouse, Nirvana Grille, Royal Hawaiian, Sapphire Restaurant & Pantry, Splashes Restaurant, Starfish Laguna, Sundried Tomato, Tabu Grill, Three Seventy Common Kitchen + Drink, Tommy Bahama and Watermarc Restaurant.

Wineries include: Axel, Beacon Hill, Belasco de Baquendano, Bernardus, Boekenhoutskloof, Chateau Montelena, Domaine Serene, Fairview, Famille Perrin, Frank Family Vineyard, Fuedo Maccari, Hedges Family Estate, La Playa, Laguna Canyon Winery, Louis Michel & Fils, Marques de Murrieta, Michele Chiarlo, Neil Ellis, Nozzole, Penfolds, Retour, Thompkin Cellars, Tres Sabores, Vincent Delaporte. Beer tastings provided by Cismontane Brewing Company.

Purchase a VIP ticket (150 tickets will be sold) and gain entry at 10 a.m. to a seminar with Peter Neptune, Orange County's first Master Sommelier, and his take on what makes a great wine. Neptune is one of only 104 individuals in North America to hold the wine industry's most prestigious title. VIP experience is sponsored by Rohl.

Laguna Beach a la Carte - A Food & Wine Experience is presented by the Laguna Beach Visitors & Conference Bureau and takes place March 8 -11, 2012. Official Sponsors include: HÔM Sotheby's International Realty, Laguna Beach Independent, Laguna Beach Magazine, Verterra, Union Bank, Fiji Water, Waste Management, Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot and Dining Out.

Ticket Admission:
General Admission: $75; $95 if purchased at the door day of event
Groups of 20+ will receive 15% off of General Admission tickets
Wristband distribution begins at 12:30pm. Doors will open at 1:00pm.

VIP Admission: $125 (limited to 150 tickets)
Wristband distribution begins at 9:30am. Entrance to Peter Neptune wine seminar at 10:00am. Early entrance to Laguna Beach Uncorked! begins at 12noon.
VIP attendees will receive a complimentary Laguna Beach burlap tote bag and receive free parking.

All event attendees must be at least 21 years of age. ID will be checked at the door.

Be sure to check out http://www.LagunaBeach... for details on other culinary events and special offerings, all part of Laguna Beach a la Carte - A Food & Wine Experience, taking place from Thursday, March 8 - Sunday, March 11, 2012.

VIP Admission 10:00am - 4:00pm, General Admission 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Saturday, March 10, 2012 at 1:00 PM
Festival of Arts Grounds
650 Laguna Canyon Road
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Phone: (949) 497-9229
Website: http://www.lagunabeach...

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LAGUNA BEACH Real Estate professional, Lauren Selinsky can help sell your home or assist in showing you homes in the area or surrounding area to buy. Cal 949-310-4960 and incentive when you Buy/Sell.

Hawaiian Craftsman

What is Hawaiian Craftsman? I know craftsman style is. It is the style just after the victorian era. I have even owned a craftsman style home. You may be asking youself the question also.

Well it is a style that is described for a home in Laguna Beach. The home takes some of the traditional look of a craftsman and increases the height of the ceilings and opens up the home. It has floor to ceiling windows. The home is in Woods Cove on Diamond St.

This beautiful home is on the market at $2.49 mil it is 3200 sf. The home was designed by Greg Able. Harold Noriega listed the property.

If you are looking to purchase a luxury home contact us.

LAGUNA BEACH is an amazing beach oriented city tucked among the Pacific ocean sands and rocks at South Orange County, CA - also located in the bluffs and hills with spectacular blue water and Catalina island views.

Laguna Beach CA real estate owner sellers have expectations for 2012.

LAGUNA BEACH CA real estate update for January 2012

329 Laguna Beach homes were resold last year during 2011

Average resold price for those homes during 2011 was $1,614,000.

Average time on market for those resold homes during 2011 was 153 days.

52 of the Laguna Beach resold homes last year were short sales - average sold price of $1,125,000.

Laguna now has 238 homes listed for resale - average asking price of $3,680.000.

Average time on market for homes now listed and not yet sold has been 181 days.

At current rate of sale (27 homes per month) it will take about 8.6 months to theoretically sell all Laguna homes now listed.

See Laguna Beach single family homes now listed for sale - click here.

See Catalina Island view homes at Laguna now listed - click here.

See Laguna Beach CA condo homes now listed for sale - click here.

See short sales at LAGUNA BEACH that are now listed - click here.

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Some of this information is from CRMLS, does not include that for new homes, and is for resale of homes listed and sold by all agents and brokers.

Speechless Sunday-I'm Dreaming of a 70 Degrees and Sunny Christmas........

I know it's been a few weeks since Christmas so I am a little late about posting any pictures. I live in South Orange County, CA. and Laguna Beach is one of most favorite parts of the country. So much culture here, very much an artistic city, so many museums and it's awesome city right along the coast and some of the best beaches it's just an awesome city! During Christmas while a good majority of the country is dreaming of a while Christmas here Laguna Beach we had a very beautiful sunny day.. Cloudless skies and in the 70s... Though I was still in the process of recovering from the flu it was just nice to be outside soaking up the sun and just sitting on the beach chillin in the sand and watching the tide come in.

So tell me... And be honest.. We are officially in mid-January.. How many of you still have your Christmas decorations up?

Laguna Beach Short Sale Agents|What is a Short Sale?

A short sale is any time you owe more on your home mortgage than current home value on the real estate market, and your lender allows you to sell the home for less than the current loan value, that is a short sale. The conditions vary somewhat but with the market prices of homes in Laguna Beach taking a deep plunge in the last several years, many homeowners find themselves facing new and difficult financial circumstances, often the by product of a job loss or failed investment produce the inability to keep up with their mortgage payments.

A successful Laguna Beach short sale agent will bring skill and short sale listing experience to the table and will already know how to excel in handling the complex and sometimes seemingly treacherous processes that are part of every Aliso Viejo short sale.

In your Laguna Beach short sale, there are four seats at the bargaining table with four different interests. Your Laguna Beach short sale agent must be constantly aware of and carefully negotiate the interests of each. They are:

1. The Laguna Beach homeowner
2. A buyer
3. The servicer who processes the paperwork
4. The investor(s) who owns the mortgage and who make the final decision

When the investor(s) signs the approval, the Laguna Beach short short sale is basically a done deal, but processors don’t always go with the flow even with investor approval. Even when your Laguna Beach short sale agents follow lender and investor directions- to call in and have the foreclosure date postponed, loan servicers may “change their mind” even in the final hours of a short sale. Sellers have found out, sometimes in the last 48 hour window that the foreclosure is moving ahead on the original scheduled foreclosure sale date.

It is critical that you not hire just any agent, who lacks experience in closing short sales. Short sales are complex and filled with pitfalls. Closing and foreclosure are often just days apart and the day that gets there first for you, the Laguna Beach short seller makes all the difference between a successful sale and an unforeseen and sudden, unexpected Laguna Beach foreclosure.