1)  Capistrano Beach is a neighborhood similar to that of the Southwest San Clemente area of San Clemente where you have a wide mixture of custom homes that were built from the early 1920's to brand new construction homes.  It's not unusual to find a newly built two story home surrounded by smaller one story beach homes.  The location to the ocean is very close by getting down to the beach does require going down the hill on either side of "Camino Capistrano" street beach access. 

  

2)  Monarch Beach is the Newport Beach of Dana Point.  This where you will find numerous gated communities with polished streets and very expesnisve real estate.  It's home to some of the most exclusive neighborhoods in all of South Orange County and is no wonder that the Ritz Carlton and St. Regis hotel call Monarch Beach home.  The St Regis even has it's own luxury condo's offered for sale located right on the grounds of the hotel called the St. Regis Sea Villas & St Regis Sea Village which range from 2 to 4 million dollars can rent anywhere from $7,000 - $25,000 a month!  Monarch Bay Estates homes can be found in the communities of Monarch Bay, Monarch Bay Terrace and Monarch Bay Villas.  Other popular communities like Cape Cove and Marquesa at Monarch Beach are wonderful gated communities in Dana Point that feature beach close homes in the million dollar range.

  

3) Lantern Village Is one of my favorite areas.  Home to wonderful gated communities like Lantern Bay Estate and "The Admirality", Lantern Village is a beach and harbor close cluster of homes and condos that are within walking distance to the Dana Point Harbor and Doheny Beach.  Typically there is a price to pay for this close proximity and quality homes in this area are slow to come on the market. 

   

4) Dana Hills is home to traditional single family homes built in the 1970's and is close to the Dana Hills High School and Laguna Niguel.  It has a real family oriented feel to it and it reminds me of the homes I grew up with in the midwest.  There isn't the glitz of Monarch Beach but a real sense of community can be found here.

  

5) Del Obispo area of Dana Point borders San Juan Capistrano and the homes in this area have a more country feel to them with larger lots and wider streets.

  

Dana Point Real Estate is a great value compared to other beach towns in Orange County.   Real Estate in Dana Point tends to be half the value compared to Laguna and Newport Beach homes for sale.  We our your Team of Dana Point Realtor Associates and provided free Dana Point MLS search for homes for sale in Dana Point and all beach towns here in Orange County.   For a complete list of Dana Point neighborhoods and properties available, please scroll down.  Click here to do a custom serach.