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Another Oak Record: $1,600/PSF

Depending where you are along Oak Avenue in the Tree Section, you might simply be in the thick of the Trees, or you might be up against commercial. 

(Or, eeek, how big are they talking about some of those new residential buildings proposed on Sepulveda?!? Story for another day...) 

If there's a sweet spot on Oak, it's probably around 17th, which is eminently walkable to Pacific Elementary (and Martyrs), not too close to MB Blvd., not too far from other stuff. 

You can see how buyers make the calculation: Sure, Oak represents a location challenge, but this particular part is actually convenient – a location with upside. Quite a balancing act.

We've been involved with a couple sales there, and we've noted that the immediate area seems to be where the highest sales on Oak have landed: 

1801 Oak ($5.425M, June '24, also, $4.300M in Oct. '20)

1721 Oak ($4.950M, Oct. '25)

1720 Oak ($3.600M, April '22)

1725 Oak ($3.511M, Dec. '21)

1716 Oak ($3.175M, March '19) 

Besides this cluster of homes just north of 17th, there's only 3 more anywhere else on Oak that are on the leaderboard for top sales on the street. (2001 Oak is pending now, after cutting from the $4.6M range to the $4.2M range.) 

While 1801 Oak holds the price record, we must also note: That is a gigantic house. It's got 6br, 5ba, 5370 sqft., thanks to a basement. (It's the 3rd-largest home ever to sell in the Tree Section on a standard-sized lot of less than 5,000 sqft.) 

Its most recent sale, at $5.425M last year, clocked in just over $1,000/PSF. 

That means the more recent sale at 1721 Oak may be the most impressive ever in the area. 

1721 Oak Avenue, Manhattan Beach,

1721 Oak Avenue, Manhattan Beach, We described the home when new to market in August as "ultra-modern new construction with a fully open floorplan ... distinguished by high ceilings both downstairs and up, along with thoughtful wood details that warm and soften the look."

The listing itself spoke of a "bold architectural statement" and suggested that the home would be "redefining Modern Coastal Luxury."

Now that's marketing copy there, folks. 

1721 Oak Avenue, Manhattan Beach, The home is just 4br/4ba, 3126 sqft., and was asking $4.950M – which it got. 

That's $1,583/PSF, fully 57% higher than the PPSF for 1801 Oak. (We rounded this up to $1,600/PSF for the headline here.)

There's only a handful of other Oak sales of 3000+ sqft. homes that netted more than $1,000/PSF.

The previous high stood out: 2809 Oak (5br/6ba, 3130 sqft.), new construction that went for $4.300M in July 2023, which earned $1,374/PSF. 

It almost seems as if Oak Avenue's PPSF title is back where it belongs now, closer to 17th.

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