{"id":263873,"date":"2026-04-12T11:12:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T11:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/263873\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T11:12:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T11:12:19","slug":"in-altadenas-housing-market-its-a-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/263873\/","title":{"rendered":"In Altadena\u2019s Housing Market, \u201cIt\u2019s a Dance\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A healthy dose of skepticism should be applied when you hear an agent talk about plentiful market opportunities to buy.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, even in the mixed bag that is <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/la\/2026\/04\/07\/altadena-real-estate-on-pause-until-rebuild-visibility-appears\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Altadena\u2019s residential landscape<\/a>, it would seem the buyer window for \u201cgetting in\u201d is quite open.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/la\/2025\/08\/05\/pre-fab-housing-offers-affordable-solution-in-altadena\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Altadena<\/a>\u2019s median sale price over the past five years peaked in September 2023 to $1.5 million, which was a nearly 20 percent gain over the year-ago period, according to Redfin.<\/p>\n<p>Pricing of course dropped immediately after the <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/la\/2025\/04\/17\/altadena-burned-lot-sales-outpace-pacific-palisades\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eaton fire<\/a>, with March of last year seeing median sale prices drop 43 percent to $710,000. You could call a bit of a bounce back in looking at February of this year when the median was $990,000.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Still, in an interview with The Agency\u2019s Lisa Ashworth, she tempered any sentiment around market stability, given the market\u2019s nowhere near the recent peak. That\u2019ll take time\u2013Ashworth guessed years.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, the agent is optimistic considering her comparison to Eagle Rock\u2019s residential runup in the early aughts to where Altadena was heading before last <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/magazine\/november-2025\/agents-of-the-recovery\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January\u2019s fire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gen X and Millennial buyers pre-Eaton fire were exploring <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/la\/2025\/06\/24\/crest-real-estate-launches-case-study-2-0-program\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Altadena<\/a>, attracted to the unincorporated Los Angeles County area\u2019s unique \u201cvibe\u201d as many residents would describe it.<\/p>\n<p>Ashworth offered a good example that painted the picture of demand. Pre-Eaton fire, she listed a home for a seller at $949,000, received 17 offers in a week and sold it for $1.4 million. Pre-fire homes sat on the market between seven to 14 days, she said. Now, it\u2019s more like just over two months.<\/p>\n<p>Market comps are hard to come by making it more difficult to price homes and anticipate what a buyer might pay. Older, unique homes, of which there are many in Altadena, add to the complexity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s always been nuanced,\u201d Ashworth said, \u201cbut now more than ever it\u2019s incredibly nuanced. It\u2019s a dance quite honestly trying to determine the right price and what a buyer\u2019s going to pay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coming out ahead<\/p>\n<p>Not that it\u2019s a race, but a statement of fact is that Altadena has more homes rebuilt post-Eaton fire than the Pacific Palisades.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 31 residential projects have been completed in the Eaton fire-impacted area, according to Los Angeles County data as of Friday. The completion count is at one for the Palisades, the County reported.<\/p>\n<p>The answers to why are complex. <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/la\/2026\/04\/07\/altadena-real-estate-on-pause-until-rebuild-visibility-appears\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Williams Rebuild President Dan Faina<\/a>\u2019s experience in pitching prospective Palisades clients might offer one explanation.<\/p>\n<p>The local developer has 30 Altadena residential projects in various stages of rebuilding. It was never the company\u2019s intent to only focus on Altadena. In fact, Williams Rebuild offered nearly 100 building proposals to Palisades families and \u201creally didn\u2019t get anywhere,\u201d he said. Faina likened it to a \u201cchicken or egg kind of thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That is, while the homeowners Williams Rebuild spoke with were mindful of costs, they also wanted a level of customization that would inevitably increase pricing.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, in the case of financing gaps many homeowners face when it comes to the cost of their rebuilds compared to what their insurance carriers are willing to give, Altadena may also be coming out ahead.<\/p>\n<p>For starters, Southern California Edison is offering compensation to homeowners and renters impacted by the Eaton fire. There are also non-profits, such as Habitat for Humanity, offering low or no interest financing, Faina pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>Former Mayweather, Niami residence takes price cut<\/p>\n<p>A home luxury developer Nile Niami sold to undefeated boxer <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/la\/2026\/04\/08\/beverly-hills-manse-once-home-to-floyd-mayweather-jr-cuts-price\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Floyd Mayweather Jr.<\/a> just saw another price reduction.<\/p>\n<p>The home at 917 North Crescent Drive in Beverly Hills is down to a $27.3 million asking price, which is reduced from a high of $38 million.<\/p>\n<p>The latest ask is getting close to what Mayweather paid Niami for the home in 2017, which was $25.5 million and came not long after the boxer bagged the $100 million purse from his win over Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n<p>Newport Beach nabs another whopper<\/p>\n<p>Here we go with <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/la\/2026\/04\/05\/socals-high-end-resi-market-continues-to-lurch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newport Beach<\/a>, again.<\/p>\n<p>Agents from Compass and Coldwell Banker Realty closed up the $33.5 million deal of <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/la\/2026\/04\/10\/bayshore-manse-nabs-34m-in-gated-communitys-priciest-deal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2668 Bayshore Drive<\/a> this week. That\u2019s a new historical record for the gated Bayshores community and now the County\u2019s second priciest home sale of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Those records are nothing to scoff at but take a look at what the deal equates to on a price-per-square-foot basis: $5,115.<\/p>\n<p>Just for the sake of comparison, the median sale price per square foot in Newport Beach was $1,500 in February, according to Redfin. Radiating out to Los Angeles County, Beverly Hills\u2019 median sale price per square foot that same month was about $1,700, while Malibu was $1,500 per square foot, per Redfin data.<\/p>\n<p>\tRead more<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"BlogrollPost\" href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/la\/2026\/04\/07\/altadena-real-estate-on-pause-until-rebuild-visibility-appears\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Altadena-Real-Estate-on-Pause-until-Rebuild-Visibility-Appears-200x133.jpg\" class=\"FeaturedImage_image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Williams Rebuild\u2019s Dan Faina, Genesis Builders\u2019 Rebecca Zandovskis, Foothill Catalog Foundation\u2019s Alex Athenson and The Agency\u2019s Lisa Ashworth\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike playing monopoly\u201d: Time ticking in Altadena rebuild as market limps along<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"BlogrollPost\" href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/la\/2026\/04\/08\/beverly-hills-manse-once-home-to-floyd-mayweather-jr-cuts-price\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beverly-Hills-Manse-Once-Home-to-Floyd-Mayweather-Jr.-Cuts-Price--200x133.jpg\" class=\"FeaturedImage_image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Floyd Mayweather Jr. with 917 North Crescent Drive in Beverly Hills\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Floyd Mayweather Jr.\u2019s former Beverly Hills manse takes another haircut to $27M ask<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"BlogrollPost\" href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/la\/2026\/04\/10\/bayshore-manse-nabs-34m-in-gated-communitys-priciest-deal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bayshore-Manse-Nabs-34M-in-Gated-Communitys-Priciest-Deal__1-200x133.jpg\" class=\"FeaturedImage_image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Compass\u2019 Michael Taormina and Coldwell Banker Realty\u2019s Anne Stiefel and Krista McIntosh with 2668 Bayshore Drive in Newport Beach\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>$34M sale sets new record in Newport Beach enclave<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A healthy dose of skepticism should be applied when you hear an agent talk about plentiful market opportunities&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[48,52,51,47,50,49,32151],"class_list":{"0":"post-263873","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-la","9":"tag-la-headlines","10":"tag-la-news","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","13":"tag-los-angeles-news","14":"tag-residential"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}