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 Santa Monica Real Estate        Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing. - Warren Buffett        Los Angeles Real Estate 

I will make every client more knowledgeable, and, consequently, much more confident about their decision-making. 

7/3 Market Blog Headlines: June 2009 was the best sales month since August 2007.

203 Open Houses on 7/5 - Happy house hunting!


 Ave. House Prices Q1 2009:

Beverlywood - $850,185
Brentwood - $2,713,365
Cheviot Hills/Rancho Park - $1,460,268
Culver City - $620,337
Hancock Park - $1,290,916
Mar Vista - $710,940
Pacific Palisades - $2,730,162
Santa Monica - $1,814,770
Vence - $1,146,818
West Los Angeles - $617,444
Westchester - $636,847
Westwood -
$1,512,452

See the Housing Prices page for more data.













Family
, candor, home - These are the words that best describe my understanding of and my approach to this field. To achieve your real estate goals, enlist an advocate with comprehensive experience: negotiations, investing, schools, marketing, mentoring new realtors, and real estate instruction.

An average Joe without a shortage of will - From Lombardi Middle School in Green Bay, Wisconsin to the East Coast, England, East Africa, and finally to Santa Monica, there has been a lot of adventure and no quit. My father raised two boys on his own, and he instilled qualities in us from his childhood on my grandmother's farm. Most important is work ethic.



 Background   Raised in Green Bay - Go Pack Go! - my son, Alex, now asks me to read stories to him like Goodnight, Gorilla and Go, Dog, Go! He has all things under the sun in green and yellow: a bib, stocking cap, clothes, and, of course, a football.  These will soon belong to his little brother, Ben.

The army was home between 1988 and 1991. My father was an officer during the Vietnam War. So, following his lead, I enlisted at 17. First under Reagan and then Bush, I served in the
Presidential Honor Guard / 3d US Infantry Regiment in Arlington. Later called back to active duty during the Gulf War, I was attached to the Army's 25th Infantry Division on Oahu in the winter/spring of 1991. Two university exchange programs took me to England and Kenya as an undergraduate.



 Other Experiences   Prior to becoming a realtor in 2003, my wife and I were both teachers in Santa Monica. With well over 200 students in 6 classes, Monroe Middle School in Inglewood was the site of my first teaching position.

Before moving from New York to Los Angeles, George Mason and Columbia were schools that should have had majors in academic procrastination. Case in point - I once pulled three consecutive nearly-all-nighters in Butler Library for my senior seminar. 27 pages written in just 3 days... Stuyvesant High School, in the shadow of the Trade Center, was the home of my mentor teacher (the wacky but insightful Warren Donin), who was also an adjunct professor at Teachers College, Columbia.



 Community Ties 
  Sunset Park is my family's home, having married a Santa Monica native. We care about our community: the schools, the businesses, and the people.

My family supports charities for AIDS, cancer, Multiple Sclerosis, and the Sierra Club. These three diseases have affected family and friends, so the causes mean that much more to us. As a college student, I volunteered at a homeless shelter in Washington (McPherson Square) as well as an after-school tutoring program in New York (East Harlem).



 Philanthropy 
  2004 - In tribute to the lessons of my father, we created The Gordon Clark Scholarship Fund to help my former students pay for their college educations. Please contact Linda Gross at the Ed. Foundation if you would like to contribute: smmef@smmusd.org or 310.396.4557.

Having lost my mother on 12.20.07, a second scholarship specifically for nursing students is in the initial stages. She was a nurse. The other scholarship is a general fund for local high school students.

The hospice care-givers who looked after her in the last 9 or 10 months were absolutely remarkable. Thanks especially to Michelle, Sarah, and Deacon Bob :-) My brother and I will never forget you.






Chris Clark
Keller Williams Realty
2701 Ocean Park Boulevard, Suite 140
Santa Monica, CA 90405
310.251.2145
E-Fax: 310.626.9746
Email:chrisgordonclark@hotmail.com



310.251.2145

Clark Real Estate Partners

chrisgordonclark@hotmail.com










 Ave. Condo Prices Q1 2009:

Beverlywood - $492,613
Brentwood - $743,184
Culver City - $357,921
Hancock Park - $471,445
Hollywood - $487,091
Mar Vista - $435,394
 Marina del Rey - $686,049
Pacific Palisades - $685,843
Playa del Rey - $365,292
Santa Monica - $678,840
West Hollywood - $507,541
Westwood - $747,375

















Make Chris Clark your realtor of choice for Santa Monica Real Estate

real estate mugshot


A biography in pictures:



Milwaukee, WI (1970-71)



Green Bay, WI (1971-1988)



The Presidential Honor Guard / 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment,
Arlington, VA (1988-90)



George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (1990-94)



1994-5 ski season spent in Aspen and Snowmass, CO
This is neither me nor anyone I know - photo of me eating it not included.
My skiing improved in 5 months (from embarassing to passable),
but black runs with bumps was as good as it got.



Columbia University, New York, NY (1995-1999)



Los Angeles, CA (1999 - 2009)
Time to roll up my sleeves as a teacher, realtor, husband and
then father. Fridays are Mr. Mom days for the two of us.



3 generations of Clark boys together for Christmas 2007 - An avid fan
of the tell-it-like-it-is t-shirt, the old man tends to remind people
of Archie Bunker or Fred Sanford... in a good way.



Here is the last photo that we took of Great-grandma Vivian Eileen Clark
on 6.7.08. Alex was laughing his head off!  We were in Green Bay
to celebrate my little sister, Sarah, and her graduation from
West High School and acceptance to Lawrence University.



2.4.09 - Ben arrives!  The cutest little brother ever.
 


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