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The Lakewood file

Lakewood, house by house.

4 price cuts and 10 new listings in Lakewood this week.

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This week

  • Price cuts4 in Lakewood
  • New listings10 in Lakewood
  • Status changes23 in Lakewood

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Lakewood this week

What moved, what dropped and what changed hands in Lakewood, read the way an inspector reads a house.

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Local news

It's All Lakewood: Online real estate advertisement sparks controversy and criticism from Toms River, Jackson, Brick, and Manchester

Shore News Network · Yesterday

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As of November 8. Listing brokerage shown on each row. A named property carries photography only when it matches the exact feed record.

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Lakewood MutualLocally called simply 'Mutual,' this is one of Lakewood's earliest tract developments, dating to the original 1950s build-out, and remains a time capsule of small ranch-style homes from the 1940s-1950s.Lakewood ParkThe largest and original tract built by the Lakewood Park Company starting in 1950, with 2- and 3-bedroom, one-bath homes on roughly 5,000-square-foot lots, raised foundations, and hardwood flooring; this tract is the core of what made Lakewood the country's first large post-war planned housing development.MayfairNamed in 1939 by developer Charles Hopper after London's Mayfair district, this neighborhood north of Mayfair Park was informally called 'Radio Park' in the early 1950s because many streets were named for early broadcast stars; Gene Autry and Hedda Hopper appeared at the tract's ribbon-cutting.Lakewood Country Club EstatesBuilt around the private Lakewood Country Club golf course, which developer Clark Joaquin Bonner laid out around Bouton Lake starting in 1930 (opening in 1933, predating the city's 1950s tract boom), this neighborhood holds larger custom homes that trade well above the city's typical tract-home prices.Carson ParkA quieter, tree-lined pocket of ranch-style tract homes on the city's south side, within walking distance of park and recreation space, consistent with Lakewood's original 1950s planned-community layout of parks distributed through every neighborhood.Imperial EstatesA suburban tract on Lakewood's east side built up with customized mid-century homes; the neighborhood sits near Rynerson Park, a 40-acre green space, and benefits from proximity to Interstate 605.

Who is buying in Lakewood

How local buyers financed recent purchases, alongside the homes whose listing status changed this week.

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ConventionalAn appraiser and an inspector both price condition.
CashNo lender, so condition lands as a discount, not a repair list.
VAThe home has to pass, not just appraise.
FHAThe appraiser flags the same condition items.
OtherTerms decide it more than the loan type does.
Long BeachCerritosBellflowerParamountHawaiian GardensLakewood
Lakewood and the markets next to it. Boundaries: US Census Bureau, TIGER/Line.

Closed sales that stated how the buyer paid, as of November 8, 2026. Addresses as of November 8; listing brokerage shown on each row.

Properties worth watching

The homes I’m following in Lakewood. See the listing, then talk through what it means for your next move.

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Listing snapshots, as of November 8. Property photos are supplied with the listing; brokerage credited on each card.

Where prices moved in Lakewood

Closed sales by ZIP, the last twelve months against the twelve before. It tells you which side of the city is moving, not what your house is worth.

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90712$869,000Median sale price$619Median $/sq ft$860,000Median a year ago169Closed salesFlat vs last year
90713$920,000Median sale price$668Median $/sq ft$899,950Median a year ago215Closed salesFlat vs last year
90715$799,475Median sale price$583Median $/sq ft$770,000Median a year ago67Closed salesUp vs last year

Nov 2025–Nov 2026 against Nov 2024–Nov 2025, as of November 8, 2026.

Auctions & what's moving

No agency publishes one authoritative trustee-sale calendar, so we never print one — here is what actually exists, next to this week's real Lakewood headlines.

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Auction calendar

  • Los Angeles County Treasurer and Tax Collector — Tax-Defaulted Property AuctionSold through GovEase. Dates and the parcel list come from the county — every source is listed on /auctions/.
  • Trustee salesPrivate aggregators carry the actual lender foreclosures; no central California calendar exists. We watch four of them and bid for you.
  • Came off the market unsoldListings leave without selling every month. Registered members see those addresses.
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What's moving in Lakewood

  • It's All Lakewood: Online real estate advertisement sparks controversy and criticism from Toms River, Jackson, Brick, and ManchesterShore News Network · Yesterday
  • Faris Lee Brokers $37.3M Sale of 97,319 SF Retail Space in Lakewood, CaliforniaREBusinessOnline · 6 days ago
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