Live By The 16th Ranked College In The States

Want to send your kids to one of the best institutions for undergraduate education? Try Loyola Marymount University. Princeton Review has ranked it as #16 in its 2009 edition of the Best 368 Colleges. LMU has also been noted as one of the most beautiful campuses as well.

See what Matt Fissinger, LMU’s director of undergraduate admissions has to say about the campus, according to the Argonaut.

“Our campus is located in Westchester, a friendly, residential neighborhood that is removed from the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles, yet it offers easy access to all the richness of our most cosmopolitan environment,” said Matt Fissinger, director of LMU undergraduate admission. “Our students enjoy the ocean and mountain vistas as well as the moderate climate and crisp breezes characteristic of a coastal location.”

Even if you don’t have college-aged kids or you’re not heading off to college yourself, you can still plant yourself in this family-friendly neighborhood that’s just a hop, skip, and jump away from the ocean.

As of this posting, current listed homes average $749,000 according to Redfin. Sold homes average $739,250. (The gap between listed prices and sold prices are closing in!) The average price per square foot of listed homes is at $498 a square foot. It’s $473 per square foot for sold homes.

Here are a few homes selling right by the LMU campus.

7823 Kenyon Ave./2bd, 1bth/$699,000

8025 Belton Drive/3bd, 1.5bth/$699,000

7906 Nardian Way/5bd, 5.5 bth/$1,835,000

Incidentally, I wrote a little post about homes selling by LMU in November of 2007. One of them is still on the market!