Prices are up, but deals are still available

Prices along the Long Beach Peninsula have seen robust growth over the last few years. The days of nice move in ready homes at $225,000 have passed into yesteryear. Prices all over Southwest Washington however have done the same thing. Gone are the days of a nice move in ready home in Vancouver at $375,000. This leaves the beach as a bargain when coming from an inland location near Seattle or Portland.

Retiring to the beach is still a hot phenomenon and people are still doing it in large numbers. The Long Beach Peninsula remains still sweet bargain when compared to nearby Seaside, OR. I found a nice little house located just a few hundred yards off the crashing waves of the mighty Pacific with a public beach access point about 5 blocks away. Just a half block west are some of the most expensive beach homes in the area. The neighborhood is nice and the location is solid.

This home has 2 beds and 1.5 baths with 1316 SF of living space. It is situated on a nice large 0.24 acre lot and was built in 2014 so it's a modern home. Behind the home is one of the peninsulas lovely canals and you can walk to the beach in just a few minutes. It is priced at just $390,000. 

The weather at the coast is wet in the winter and dry in the summer with one of the flattest templates curves you'll find anywhere. Summer lows in the low 50s and highs in the upper 60s and in the winter lows are in the low 40's and highs in the low 50s for the most part. The beach does not get a lot of cold weather with only occasional snow falls that tend to be short lived. High temps above 85º are also rather uncommon. 

The beach is a great place for sand and surf lovers and retiring there is actually still affordable.