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Community Spotlight – SummerWind in the Plaza Del Amo area of Torrance
Welcome to the gated community of SummerWind in the heart of Torrance CA. 
SummerWind is the largest of the gated communities in the Plaza Del Amo area of Torrance. This beautiful complex offers 508 individually owned townhome style attached units. Homes range between two bedroom/two bath home with between approximately 1,088 and 1,273 square feet and three bedroom/three bath units around 1,404 square feet (there are a very limited number of larger homes with approx 1,560 square feet. All of the homes offer 2 gar garages and laundry areas or rooms.
The community has a great look and feel with tree lined streets, water features, park areas scattered throughout and a good amount of space to roam around without ever leaving the complex. Although it was built in the late 80s, many of the units have been extensively updated and upgraded and look and feel much newer.
The communty offers an abundance of amenities including three recreation areas each with a pool and spa, community clubhouse, onsite manager, well maintained landscaping, and a playground area for the little ones and plenty of areas to walk the dogs or just sit in the sunshine.
As with all of the communities of Plaza Del Amo, Summer Wind is just a short distance to the newly rebuilt Del Amo fashion mall, Wilson Park with 2 farmers markets a week, The South Bay Galleria, shopping, dining, entertainment and more.
HOA dues are on the high side for the area at approximately $457** as of 4/30/23
Current SummerWind Homes for Sale
All information provided is deemed reliable, but is not guaranteed and should be independently verified.
*Square footage approximate based on information from the CRMLS and is not guaranteed.
**HOA fees approximate as of 7/28/20.
Vist some of the Gated communities and complexes near Plaza Del Amo
So Where’s The Big Seasonal Increase in Homes in Torrance?
By Keith Kyle
As a realtor who has been doing this a while, I’ve come to expect a nice increase in houses for sale in mid to late January. As the holidays wrap up, football season ends, and everyone gets back to work, we generally see a nice increase in homes that hit the market. It can often set the tone for much of the year as and abundance of homes early in the year often seems to stabilize the market one way or another. Unfortunately 2015 hasn’t seen that increase as the number of active homes for sale continues to go down at a time when the homes for sale should be going up. It’s still early enough that sellers may yet be holding off for a week or two to put their homes on the market and it would be welcome relief for the home buyers sitting and waiting.
The chart below shows the number of homes for sale represented by the light green bar. As of January 29th there are only 161 homes for sale in all of Torrance.
An Abundance of New Torrance Townhome Listings on Plaza Del Amo
By Keith Kyle
One of the most affordable ways of owning a larger home in one of Torrance’s best neighborhoods may be the townhomes in the Plaza Del Amo area of Central Torrance. There are a number of complexes each with a somewhat different feel and set of amenities, but all are centrally located and offer great square footage at reasonable prices. The gated communities include Springwood, Windsong, Windmere, Summerwind and more. Recently there have been a number of new listings in the various Plaza Del Amo complexes.
Click to see the current homes for sale in the Plaza Del Amo area
Current Torrance CA Foreclosures and Short Sales
Updated January 20th, 2015
While the number of distressed home sales in Torrance has dropped considerably in the past 2 years there are still a number of homes for sale at some stage of the foreclosure process. Although these homes are not quite the bargains they were there are some homes that are still priced below market value due to the extra work and patience required by the home buyers. The process has certainly gotten streamlined by the banks but they are still not as straightforward as traditional sales.
Current Torrance short sales
| PW14096768 | CONDO/A | 22334 | Harbor Ridge LN #2 | FOR, NOD | $340,000 | 3/2,0,1,0 | 1980/ASR | 1553/A |
| CV14230210 | SFR/D | 1157 W | 225th ST #A | FOR, NOD | $639,000 | 5/3,0,0,0 | 2007/ASR | 3068/A |
| PV14142427 | TWNHS/A | 3090 | Newton ST | NOD, SPA | $629,000 | 2/3,0,0,0 | 2003/ASR | 1852/A |
| OC14157232 | SFR/D | 2693 | Hillside DR | FOR, NOD | $899,900 | 4/3,0,0,0 | 1983/ASR | 2698/A |
| 14811725 | SFR/D | 3227 W | 188TH ST | SPAY | $549,000 | 4/3,0,0,0 | 1950 | 1854 |
| 14797349 | SFR/D | 2701 W | 182ND ST | SPAY | $450,000 | 2/1,0,0,0 | 1946 | 961 |
| PW14211431 | SFR/D | 2756 | Border AV | SPAY | $565,000 | 3/2,0,1,0 | 2003/ASR | 2020/A |
Current Bank Owned Homes and Foreclosures
| SB14231286 | SFR/D | 1323 W | 227th ST | REO | $369,900 | 4/2,0,0,0 | 1956/ASR | 1377/A |
| DW15005743 | SFR/D | 2119 W | 187th ST | REO | $508,300 | 3/2,0,0,0 | 1959/ASR | 1420/A |
Flipped Homes Becoming Commonplace in North Torrance
By Keith Kyle
You don’t have to look far to see that investor owned “flipped” houses are a significant portion of the active home listings in North Torrance. Investors have long sought out homes in this area as many homes, most built post WWII in the late 1940’s and 1950’s, have not been updated in any significant way but are usually well built and structurally in good shape. Those factors, along with great schools and highly sought after neighborhoods, have made North Torrance a fairly ideal market with low inventory and prices on the rise since early 2013. Gone are the days of distressed sales and short sales, so the margins have grown much tighter but given the demand, expect to see an abundance of remodel and flipped property in 2015. Below are just a few of the recent flips but there are certainly others and will be more coming to the market. Contact us about any of these homes, to find out about upcoming remodels or to look for potential investment/”as is” opportunities.
3318 Artesia Blvd.
4171 W 172nd Street
4348 W 179th Street
4312 W 178th Street
Current homes for sale in North Torrance
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