How to Spend a Rainy Day on the Monterey Peninsula

A Perfect Rainy Day on the Monterey Peninsula When the sky turns slate gray over the Monterey Peninsula and fog pulls itself tight around the hills, the rhythm of life changes. The light softens. The streets empty. Locals walk a little slower, shoulders tucked into their coats, smiling in tacit agre

Is the Market Finally Normalizing? A Monterey Peninsula Perspective Heading Into 2026

Is the Market Finally Normalizing? A Monterey Peninsula Perspective Heading Into 2026 Last year, it felt like real estate headlines couldn’t decide what story they wanted to tell. One day it was “housing crash incoming.” The next, “record-low inventory keeps prices high.” Between talk of lawsuits, i

What’s With All the Name Plaques on PG Houses? What to Know Before Buying a Historic Home in Pacific Grove

What’s With All the Name Plaques on PG Houses? What to Know Before Buying a Historic Home in Pacific Grove Walk the streets of Pacific Grove and you’ll start to notice that nearly every block has at least one cottage with a small rectangular plaque by the front door, engraved with a name and a year: