1)  San Clemente Central area is right around the San Clemente pier you will find a lot of beach close, ocean view and ocean front condos.  The area includes the downtown San Clemente area where the Beach Cities Real Estate office is located.  San Clemente condos with an ocean, catalina and/or Dana Point harbor views are always in demand and you will find the largest inventory of condos for sale in San Clemente in the San Clemente Central neighborhood.  The area is more condensed than other parts of San Clemente and the majority of Vacation Rentals will be found in this area.  The rental season in San Clemente run's typically from early spring to late summer.  As in the San Clemente North neighorhood you will find a lot of mixed-use properties, typically duplex, triplex's and fourplex's are very common here.  A lot of Real Estate investors buy properties in the San Clemente Central area due to it's cash flow and quicker turnover of homes.  If you are looking for condos for sale in San Clemente please visit our San Clemente property search page.  

  

2)  San Clemente North side condo's are mainly on the bluff street "Buena Vista" offering great ocean front views.  A lot of the homes built in this neighborhood range from the early 1920's where Ole Hanson built a small selection of homes.  The majority of other homes were built in the 1960's and 70's here are were built as small single level vacation beach homes.  The historical Ole Hanson Beach club is also located here and was a popular destination in the from the early 1930's.  Condo's typically start around $400,000 and single family homes start at $500,000.  Popular neighborhoods that are included in the San Clemente North area are the beach community "Shorecliff's" (a beach close community with price ranges from $500,000 - $1.3 million) and the gated community "Sea Pointe Estates " (a luxury gated community featuring large mansions starting as low as $600,00 - $5 million with community pool, tennis courts and play area).  Real Estate in the north side of San Clemente between El Camino Real and the ocean tends to be more affordable than the Southwest San Clemente real estate.  There are even 55 year old + senior communities like Colony Cove on "Camino San Clemente Drive" that overlooks the ocean and very close proximity to the beach.

   

3)  Southwest San Clemente area starts from Trafalgar street and going south to the Orange & San Diego County border (near Cyprus Shore & Cyprus Cove) and west of El Camino Real (PCH) and includes the Riviera Beach neighborhood.  Homes sold in the T-Street area of Southwest area are predominately single family homes and can be seen on our San Clemente Sold Search..  Southwest San Clemente is a neighborhood consisting of custom home after home with some historical homes built in the 1920's called "Ole Hansons."  Some of the most popular beaches are located in the Southwest San Clemente area: T-Street beach, Riviera Beach, Lost Winds, Trestles surf beach just to name a few.  Homes in the Southwest San Clemente area will start typically 10-20% higher than homes in central and north side of San Clemente due to the large majority of single family and large custom homes.  The gated communities of Cyprus Shore (Cypress Shore) an ocean front community with prices from $2 - $7 million, Cyprus Cove (ocean close community with prices as low at $1 million to $7 million), Cotton Point Estates (ocean front community with prices from $5 - $10 million) and The Breakers (ocean close community next to Cyprus Shore with prices in the $1.5 million dollar range) are also considered in the Southwet San Clemente area.  These are beach front communities offering community pool, tennis courts and direct access to private beach just located near the Trestles surf beach.  If you are looking a realtor specializing in the Cyprus Shore community please contact us today.  Locations for T-Street Beach can be found at the corner of Paseo de Cristobal and Esplanade.  Riviera Beach beach access is located at "Plaza a la Playa" street and Trestles beach access can be found by parking at the Cristianitos exit and walking along the west side of the 5 freeway where a beach trail will take you down to the beach.   We also handle rentals in Southwest San Clemente as well.  Visit our San Clemente rentals page.

  

4)  San Clemente Southeast area is probably one of the best kept secrets in San Clemente.  These homes are located on the east side of the freeway so walking to the beach will take a bit longer than homes on the Southwest side.   The advantage to homes on this side is that a lot of them capture great ocean views and typically have larger lots than homes closer to the beach.  There are some neighborhoods like Mariners Point (large estate homes from $1 - $3 million) & Sea Ridge Estates (single family homes just above the $1 million range) that offer large custom estates on large lot and a majority of them have great ocean views.  Presidential Heights I & II (ocean view townhomes from the $300,000 - $600,000 range) is also a great community of ocean view townhomes with ocean and/or golf course views..

  

5)  Rancho San Clemente is located inland of "Avenida Pico" on your way to Talega.  It is located right after the high school and the Albertson's shopping center.  This is a great neighborhood and offer a wide variety of housing typically at a very affordable price.  Vista Pacifica is a condo neighborhood that offers entry level pricing for one and two bedrooms condos with current prices on 1 bedrooms start at $150,000.  There some really great neighborhoods here in Rancho San Clemente; Bella Vista (single family homes under $1 million), Brisa Del Mar (single family homes from $500k - $900,000), Harbor Ridge (single family homes from $700k - $1 million), Montego (great starter homes priced from $600k - $900,000), Pacific Crest (a gated community with price ranges from $600,000 - $800,000), Pacific Shores (a largely ocean view homes priced under $1 million), Rancho Cristanitos (a great community in the $500,000 range), Richmond Pointe (homes in the $500,000 range), Vilamora (townhomes in the $400,00 range), Villa Pacifica (single family homes in the high $400,000 - $700,000 range), Villagio I & II (single family homes in the $400,000 - $500,000 range) are the neighborhoods located here.   These communities here in Rancho San Clemente are in close proximity to the Rancho San Clemene Tennis and Fitness Club which offers 19 lighted tennis courts.

  

7)  Forster Ranch is a huge area in San Clemente just located east and inland of the 5 freeway and between the exits Vista Hermosa and Camino De Los Mares.  Homes in the neighborhood can vary from starter homes in the Rimrock & Tocayo Ridge area all the way up to large estates in the El Encanto (large singe family homes around the $1 million dollar range) and Cantomar (very large single family homes in the $850,000 - $1.3 million dollar range) Neighborhoods.  One of the newest communities to Forster Ranch is called "The Reserves."  The Reserves are broken down into four different communities:  Reserve East, Reserve West, Reserve North and Reserve South.  These are newer construction homes and offer great amenities with a real sense of community.  A large majority of these San Clemente homes will also offer some kind of an ocean view and Is boasted to be the best values in all of San Clemente.