Nina Kurtz, Realtor

Just Sold ✨

Meet Millie - my clients’ sweet doggy! I’m so happy for my awesome first time buyer clients and so proud that I was able to help them find an incredible vintage restoration dreamy charmer on a fabulous huge lot in Valley Glen. Finding a good investment was of course top of mind, which we definitely succeeded at, but finding a big yard for Millie to frolic and play in was the big dream for their new chapter. It’s a super special house that only had one owner since 1947, and the family chose us from multiple offers, but one of the best parts of my job is imaging all of the fun in the grassy sun Millie is going to have now in her very own new place. Her owners are pretty happy too! So excited for the new memories they will make in their incredible new home.

Just Leased✨ Sunset Mesa dream home with views that have to be experienced in person to be believed! White water ocean and sweeping vistas of the beautiful mountainside of Topanga State Park make for truly inspired living ✨

18461 W Clifftop Way,
Malibu, CA 90265
4 bd | 3 ba | 2,564 sq ft

Such a pleasure to work with treasured repeat clients and so grateful for their continued faith in me. That means so much to me! Am so excited for their new chapter and hope to visit their garden during epic sunsets. Such a pleasure to work with Forbes Halliburton

If you have questions about the market, DM me and let’s connect!

So proud to be this year’s Marquee sponsor of 🦋 Butterfly Day 🦋 at the Mountain Mermaid in Topanga Canyon! Will have a booth with lots of native plant resources, locally sourced pollinator friendly seed packets and some fun giveaways!

May 5th, 2024, 10AM-6PM
Hope to see you there!

For more info visit:
https://butterflyday.org

I had the great pleasure of having sold this property to my beloved clients over a decade ago, and it has been such a deep honor and joy to watch their family grow and their dreams fulfilled during their time at Blackberry Creek Farms at the iconic Kelly Gulch in Topanga Canyon.

These relationships mean so much to me. Being able to be there for the long term goals of clients who become friends makes my profession feel like such a fulfilling journey.

From the staging to the marketing, geo-targeted digital ads, LA Times annoucements, custom marketing pieces and catered Open Houses with jamming playlists that captured the full vibe of the place, it was a very fun one!

Wishing my sweet clients well on the next chapter of their adventure and the new buyer many happy days in the magical light that shines through the ancient oak trees.

1801 N Topanga Canyon Blvd, Topanga, CA 90290
4bd/2ba • 8.6+Acres • Guest House • Barn + Studio

Sold over asking in multiples for $3,550,000

Happy Winter Solstice my loves!
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At this special time of year we celebrate the return of the light across many cultures and traditions. Starting today, our days will get longer and the symbolism regarding Winter Solstice being a time of hope and renewal feels really good to me right now.

This year has been filled with so much to be grateful for, and I’m so thankful that I was able to help some of my most beloved clients in profoundly meaningful ways for the betterment of their lives and the lives of their families this year.

I’m happy to share some market reports on the latest local happenings. Interest rates are down and are projected to go down even further in 2024. In the landscape of Los Angeles real estate, things are looking up!

May peace and love and the return of the light fill all of our hearts this season and may we all have a beautiful year to come.


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NINA KURTZ • COMPASS • DRE 01794599

Happy fall season everyone!
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Interest rates just went down twice for the first time in a bit. Inventory remains tight and demand is high throughout Los Angeles. Prices have leveled out in some areas lately, but if interest rates continue to go down that price leveling likely won’t last. We shall see!

Have questions about what is going on in your local market? Questions about what this market means for your property? DM me and I’m happy to connect!
📱 (310) 428-6066
✉️ [email protected]
Link in bio for more info


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Just Sold✨ This gorgeous 1911 Craftsman style home is like a little piece of Topanga Canyon in Highland Park. Beautiful hillside views, a completely private lush garden and all the artistic vibes anyone could wish for! ✨

860 Crestwood Terrace, Los Angeles, CA 90042
3 bd | 2 ba | 1,556 sq ft | 7,251 sq ft lot
Sold at $1,550,000

My sweet buyer came to me as a referral from beloved previous clients and friends, and working together was incredible from the start - it’s such a pleasure to make dreams come true for the friends of those you adore, and then to discover a new forever friendship in working with a new client feels amazing and makes my job such a joy. 🪄✨

Special thanks to the incredible agent on the listing side and to my transaction side for helping to work together to make this all so dreamy! This all happened from relationships and friendships that I’ve been blessed with on all sides of this transaction, and that means the most to me. It’s all about connection and community always and forever.

If you have questions about my process or want more info, let’s connect!

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Just Leased✨ Gorgeous sunsets, pink sky moments, hawk flights and sacred Big Rock mountain views are about to be enjoyed by the new steward at my beautifully designed Bill Adams AIA architectural listing in the canyon. It all felt in flow from the first moment of their introduction to each other and when a magical house calls in magical people it all feels… well… perfect ✨

Portage Circle Drive, Topanga, CA 90290
3 bd | 2.5 ba | 1,632 sq ft | 32,040 sq ft lot

Topanga Canyon, and really all of LA, is such a special community. I truly adore my clients so much, am so proud and in awe of their design brilliance, and am so grateful and touched by their continued faith in me. Relationships are key in our business and the awesome agent representing the tenant was actually the first person I showed the space to when it first became available while it was still off-market. I love how much this feels like a happy completion of a cycle and is setting the stage for many happy days upon the mountain.

If you have questions about my process or want more info, DM me and let’s connect!

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Just Sold✨ This beautiful, magical property has taken us on such an amazing journey. In what has been referred to as “the last of wild Topanga” it’s nearly 10 acres of a sprawling ranch in one of the most coveted parts of the canyon. A romantic retreat off a private road, with cross-canyon views, enormous flat areas, an orchard and its very own well. The dreamiest of dreams truly. ✨

1233 Greenleaf Canyon Road, Topanga, CA 90290
3 bd | 2 ba | 1,810 sq ft | 9.85 acre lot
Sold at $2,300,000

I have been so humbled by this process. This was one of the longest escrows that I’ve ever worked on and am so grateful to everyone that helped make this happen for my happy buyers. My buyers came to me as a referral from a beloved previous client, and working with them was such a deep pleasure - all was in flow and their trust in me gave me wings to manifest some miracles for them. 🪄✨

Special thanks to the incredible team on the listing side and on my transaction side for helping to work together to make this all such a triumphant success story with a happy ending - an absolute dream team for a dream property! This all came about from relationships and friendships that I’ve been blessed with on all sides of this transaction, and that truly means the most to me. It’s of course true for our unique business and especially true in Topanga Canyon that it’s all about relationships and community.

If you have questions about my process or want more info, let’s connect!

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Happy September everyone! Looking out to the beautiful view from my latest sale - out to the landscape of our gorgeous Los Angeles to bring you the latest market reports for our area. Limited inventory has kept pushing prices upwards, even during this time when interest rates remain at some of the highest levels in years. Zillow recently forecasted a rise in home prices of 6.5% from July of 2023 to July of 2024 in an article in Fortune magazine, which is higher than normal appreciation years. The take away? It’s a good time to buy if you’re cash or willing to refinance later if and when rates come down - though if rates go up then you’ll still have a win! When rates do come down, it will inevitably drive prices up sharply because everyone that has been waiting on the sidelines for those rates to come down will suddenly want to be in the game.

Have questions about your specific market? Reach out anytime directly via DM and let’s connect!


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Just Sold✨ Gorgeous and soulful new construction view home in the hills of Encino… and when I say views, I mean VIEWS! This one was was all about timing and precision. We were able to negotiate an incredible value opportunity for my buyer clients with a savvy, holistic, high-vibes strategy and it was a massive success!

3557 Alginet Drive, Encino, CA 91436
5 bd | 5.5 ba | 4,501 sq ft | 21,142 sq ft lot
Sold at $4,500,000

I’m so grateful when clients have complete faith in my process and I’m able to work my magic 🪄✨ for them. They put their trust in me, took all of my expert advice and were able to close with perfect timing on their dream-come-true! Special thanks to the incredible team on the listing side and on my transaction side for helping to work together to make this all happen so smoothly.

I’m so happy for my ecstatic buyers!

As I’ve mentioned before, the right representation in this market is more important than ever. With tight inventory in the Los Angeles market and fluctuating interest rates, who you work with matters the most right now.

If you have questions about my process or want more info, let’s connect!

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Hi all! Showing my beautiful lease listing today and people had a lot of questions for me about the market so am including some handy reports. If you have questions about any additional areas definitely hit me up! Inventory is still pretty tight, but with the right agent on the lookout for you there are some incredible opportunities out there both on and off market. Summer is here and the market feels pretty hot, and when things are priced right I’m seeing multiple offers.


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Just Listed for Lease ✨
Topanga Canyon architectural designed by the legendary Bill Adams AIA

3 bd | 2.5 ba | 1,632 sq ft
+ pool + office + loft
22878 Portage Circle Drive, Topanga, CA
Listed for $9k/ month
📱(310) 428-6066
✉️[email protected]
Link in bio for more info

So inspired by the architecture and colors of Mexico City. A beautiful garden makes all of my dreams come true and my spirit come alive! Frida Kahlo’s garden is extra beautiful and the vibes are so good I recommend you visit in person.
My family is from here so I’ve been coming back to visit throughout my life, but this trip feels particularly special. The colors feel more colorful and everything is buzzing with history and whispers from ancient ancestors collect in the shadows of my ears. Mexico mágico!

Just Sold ✨

This is me having a magical moment with my sign while also having a Hollywood Hills-y daydream in the sun. We went viral everywhere, had some super successful open houses, received double digits worth of offers and sold for more than a quarter million dollars over asking.

I’m humbled and grateful for all of it, for my sweet clients and what this means for their lives, for my amazing team of support that made it all flow so successfully, and for dreams coming true. It feels like just yesterday I sold my clients this house and now years later we’ve sold it to its new owner for its next chapter.

The Hollywood stories with happily-ever-afters do happen in real life - I can tell you that much for certain. Happily-ever-after happened today at 3250 Hillock Drive, so to all my dreamers out there, keep dreaming all the good dreams!

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Just Leased ✨ Gorgeous mid-century traditional single-level home in the heart of desirable Sunset Park in Santa Monica. Incredible flow for entertaining with indoor/outdoor living through french doors that open to a private rear garden and a soothing fountain.

As soon as I posted photos of this special one it was gone. Makes sense too because vintage beauties like these are so rare and precious. So close to the beach, Santa Monica College and my personal hands-down favorite for all of one’s guitar, dulcimer, ukulele or last minute charango or banjo needs (and Goddess knows I’ve been well supplied by McCabe’s through the years with some of my most cherished instruments).
We found the perfect renters for my sweet client and the rest, as they say, is history!
((insert ukulele strum here))🎵

Designed by owner/architect and former Mayor of Santa Monica
3 Bed | 2 Bath | Built in 1940
2209 Pearl Street, Santa Monica, CA
📱 (310) 428-6066
✉️ [email protected]
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Just Sold✨ The most beautiful craftsman in all of Pasadena! There were (understandably) so many offers on this gorgeous light-filled Grand Dame and I’m so proud that I was able to make this dream come true for my beloved buyer clients.

This truly is one of those special places with so much history in Pasadena’s Prospect Park neighborhood. This was its first time on the market in over 65 years! Built in 1909-1911 by architect Louis Millar, it’s surrounded by architectural gems by Frank Lloyd Wright, Greene and Greene (the architects who designed The Gamble House down the street), Wallace Neff, the Heinemans and more. Its patina and authenticity is the architectural and vintage lover’s ultimate find, and I’m so excited for my happy buyers!

The right representation, in this market, is more important than ever with inventory being so tight. Who you work with matters the most right now.

Special thanks for an incredible transaction and fabulous listing agents Peter and David for being an absolute dream team to work with, and for giving us this special opportunity.

Photos ©Erik Grammer
Link in bio for more info.

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This is me dancing with the view as we set up for our open house today. What a great turnout!! I’m also super grateful for going viral on all the platforms, for my incredible assistant, and for my sweet clients who made this dreamy place absolute perfection.

3250 Hillock Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90068
📱 (310) 428-6066
✉️ [email protected]
Link in bio for more info

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The Broker’s Open yesterday was a huge success, and the biggest consensus that I deeply agree with is that there’s a certain special sweetness to this home on Hillock. It’s timeless and impeccably designed, but it’s also got that special something that immediately makes you feel welcomed and warm. The interplay of the use of colors and that glowy light that streams through the house during different times of day are just, well, the kind of thing that grabs you right in the heart space and makes you feel all the good feels.

Come see it at our opens this Saturday and Sunday from 1-4pm!

Link in bio for more info.
3250 Hillock Dr., LA

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Just Listed ✨ Nestled on a private street in the desirable Hollywood Manor area of the Hollywood Hills is this artfully designed 3 bedroom/ 2.5 bath property with breathtaking mountain and canyon views from every room.

I helped my sweet clients purchase this home several years back and it’s been such a beautiful journey watching them reimagine it into the design gem it has become! They have such an eye for detail that makes a house feel like a home for creativity and inspiration.

Link in bio for more info.

Come check it out this Saturday and Sunday from 1-4pm!

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🎸ROCK ‘N ROLL HISTORY STORY TIME

Word on the street (literally) was that back in the day one of the Eagles wanted to buy this house, but he wasn’t sure if the band was getting back together or not and the business manager talked him out of it. It felt like too much for a musician possibly in transition and out of their gig. By the time the Eagles got back together the house was long gone, and he missed the chance to buy it. The amount he was going to pay for the place makes me more sure than ever that you ALWAYS buy the real estate when you have the chance.
Want to know which Eagle and how much he was going to pay? Come to the open house tomorrow and I’ll tell you everything I know. 🦅

Link in bio for more info.

Come check it out Sunday 2/19 from 1-4pm!

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Just Listed ✨ Chic architectural in Topanga Canyon by the legendary Bill Adams AIA has been reimagined with an exquisite artful aesthetic, and luxurious inviting warmth. Iconic views of Big Rock, Saddle Peak, and the most stunning sunsets. This 3 bd/2.5 ba + loft + office offers a detached guest house and a private pool with views of the sprawling mountainscape.
I found this place off-market years ago for my sweet clients and they have made it something so truly special. Link in bio for more info on this offering.

Come check it out Sunday 2/19 from 1-4pm!

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Vintage Restorations are my jam! 🪄✨ I can’t help it, call me sentimental or nostalgic or romantic, but vintage restoration projects are the renovations that inspire me the most. I’ve put together a guide that’s a work-in-progress of a few of my favorite LA area resources, but many more to come because there’s so much to share in this magical city of Los Angeles we are so lucky to get to call our home. Check out the guide in the guides tab on my profile, or click the link in my stories today. Happy restorations!


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Hi all! Inventory is tight right now in Los Angeles and am seeing well priced and well marketed properties go into escrow pretty quickly. Rates have come down a bit too and that has helped get things moving, but it’s looking like generally a lot of people are waiting until after their winter holidays and travels to put their places on the market and make their moves - so pickings are feeling pretty slim right now for buyers. For sellers, lower inventory means less competition, which is a good position to be in but the market has shifted since earlier this year, and so as I’ve said before but mean more than ever, it’s so important to have your marketing and pricing strategy on point if you want to crush it in this market. Will keep you posted as everything develops!
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May the places you gather today with loved ones support you to bring you joy and happiness. So thankful and honored to be a part of creating that in the landscape of your lives and so grateful for you all.

Photo by .vida.mediterranea

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Hi there it’s Nina here with your latest Birkenstocks-on-the-ground market report. The fed just keeps on raising those rates as fast as my heart rate rises when I hit my tread with (some say we are at the peak now - but we shall see) and those higher rates have created a unique opportunity market for buyers while supply is lower. The low interest rates people obtained on their homes and properties during the last few years has made them pretty unmotivated to sell when usually they would be going on the market, which has greatly affected the supply of homes available for sale while demand has remained high. The prices, however, have been not climbing as steeply as before due to those interest rate hikes, so prices are projected to continue to rise but not as steeply as in the last few years. Ultimately, lower rates give people more spending power, and as we’ve seen, more motivation to drive prices up into the stratosphere. So in summary, it’s a great time to buy something if buying is on your mind, because as they say you date the rate but marry the house, and for the next few months it’s looking like it will be at a price that will feel like a great deal compared to what is projected for next year.
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🍋 DREAMHOMEMALIBU x VENTURA SPIRITS 🍋
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*DM me for an exclusive discount code*⁠

When I serve a cocktail I want it to be a work of art that paints an olfactory landscape of something truly special, and for that reason I love serving Ventura Spirits’ Wilder Gin at gatherings and special occasions. It’s an elixir made up of wild-harvested local native botanicals like sagebrush, purple sage, bay, yerba santa, and pixie mandarin peels cultivated in the Ojai Valley. It feels like all of the sacred aromas of a walk in our beloved mountains has been put into this masterpiece. I find that lemon brings those flavors forward even more, so I hope you try it and enjoy it too!

Ventura Spirits is now shipping so DM me for a special discount code and try some for yourself!
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-1 shot of Wilder Gin from Ventura Spirits⁠
-Juice of half an organic lemon⁠
-1/2 cup sparkling water⁠
-Poured over ice and shaken gently in the shaker because the sparkling water will make the top pop off if shaken too hard
-Serve with a lemon slice in a preferably vintage glass and voila! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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Here’s your latest Birkenstocks on the ground market report! The markets are shifting but interest rates are still better then they are forecasted to be in the near future, so it’s still a great time to buy - in fact in some ways better than a few months ago when low interest rates made the prices soar sky high. It’s a great time to sell too, but you’ve got to be strategically priced, well presented with your visuals and marketing, and have the right professional by your side with a game plan and network to get it launched with extra savvy and care, especially since there is more competition now with rising inventory. If you have questions on the best strategies for you, give me a call!
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It might feel like fall elsewhere, but here in SoCal we have the joyous pleasure of an extended summer. September and October are some of the best times to visit. Kids are back in school, most tourists have returned home and the weather is still superb. Come enjoy it!

Seller Representation 6465 Bonsall Drive, Malibu


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Nina here 🥰 Dropping in to explain why it’s still a seller's market..⁠.
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• While buyer demand has moderated and housing supply has grown in recent months, it’s still a sellers’ market because inventory is low.⁠
• The latest data shows sellers continue to benefit from serious buyers and competitive offers.⁠
• You haven’t missed your opportunity to sell. Ask me about how we can seamlessly begin the process now.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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