Harbor Ridge, Newport Beach:
homes, streets and what sells.
Harbor Ridge is a guard-gated hillside community in Newport Beach, reported by local agent guides at about 170 acres,, above Corona del Mar between San Miguel Drive and the San Joaquin Reservoir. It has two parts: the attached Crest homes from 1978 and custom estates built mostly in the 1980s. Only a few homes sell each quarter.
Greg reviews every request and replies with a written valuation.
Harbor Ridge in Newport Beach is a guard-gated hillside, about 170 acres by local agent guides' count, on the ridge above Corona del Mar, where the homes look out over the harbour, the ocean and the city lights at night. It sits between San Miguel Drive and the San Joaquin Reservoir, across from the Port Streets, and dates from the late 1970s, one of the planned hillside communities that followed Spyglass Hill.
Inside the gate there are two different markets. Harbor Ridge Crest is a section of attached homes that local agent guides date to 1978. Above and around it are custom estates, built mostly in the 1980s on lots of about 9,000 to 25,000 square feet. This guide, under the Newport Beach guide, covers both, along with the latest sale figures and how Greg Toussieng would price a home in each.
Harbor Ridge · July-September 2026 · Source: Redfin Data Center
- Where the hillside above Corona del Mar, between San Miguel Drive and the San Joaquin Reservoir, across from the Port Streets (source)
- Size about 170 acres, as reported by local agent guides (source)
- Gate guard-gated, with a guard on duty 24 hours, as reported by local agent guides (source)
- Era planned in 1977, after Spyglass Hill (source)
- Crest homes attached, built 1978, about 2,000 to 3,800 square feet, as reported by local agent guides (source)
- Custom homes built mostly in the 1980s, about 4,500 to 13,000 square feet, as reported by local agent guides (source)
- Custom lots about 9,000 to 25,000 square feet, as reported by local agent guides (source)
- Crest amenities pools, spas and tennis courts, as reported by local agent guides (source)
- Next door the San Joaquin Reservoir, built in 1966, now storing about 1 billion gallons of recycled water (source)
- ZIP code 92660 (source)
- School district Newport-Mesa Unified (source)
What do homes in Harbor Ridge look like?
Homes in Harbor Ridge fall into two groups: attached Crest homes from 1978 and large custom houses built mostly in the 1980s, many of them since remodelled or rebuilt. The streets in the Crest carry European place names such as Lucerne, Salzburg and Trafalgar, and its homes run from two-bedroom plans of about 2,000 square feet to four-bedroom plans of about 3,800, sharing pools, spas and tennis courts.
The custom section is a different world. Houses there run from about 4,500 to 13,000 square feet on lots of roughly 9,000 to 25,000 square feet, and because owners built to their own plans, styles vary from street to street, from Mediterranean to traditional and French-influenced designs. The hillside was planted with trees when the community was built, so mature pines and sycamores now screen many of the lots.
What moves price is the view and the lot. A custom home on the ridge with an open ocean view over Corona del Mar sits at the top. A house whose outlook is mostly trees, or a smaller lot lower on the slope, sits further down. In the Crest, the plan size and whether the unit has an ocean or reservoir view do most of the work, along with how recently it was updated.
What do Harbor Ridge homes for sale go for?
Harbor Ridge homes sell in the millions, with Crest homes at the lower end and custom estates at the top, and the card above shows Redfin's median, days on market and sale-to-list ratio for the latest three months. Only a few homes sold in that window, so read the median and the days-on-market figure as a snapshot of a few closings.
Harbor Ridge has two price levels behind one gate, so a single median says little. In a typical three-month window only a few homes close here, and Redfin's figure above can swing by millions depending on whether the sales were Crest homes or custom estates. With a sample that small, nobody should read a trend into it.
The Crest homes trade on plan size, view and updating, and they compete mostly with each other. The custom homes trade on lot, view, size and the age of the build, and a house rebuilt in recent years sells in a different bracket from an original 1980s home on a similar lot.
For an owner, the honest comparison is the few recent sales in your own section, adjusted for view, size, lot and condition. Greg writes that analysis out, shows each adjustment and explains where your home sits before a price is set.
A long days-on-market figure in the card usually reflects one or two custom homes that sat. Homes priced from the recent sales inside the gate tend to draw their buyers sooner.
How do the Crest homes and the custom homes compare for a buyer?
The Crest homes and the custom estates suit different budgets and different amounts of upkeep. A Crest home is attached, from about 2,000 to 3,800 square feet, and its dues cover shared pools, spas and tennis courts, so the buyer gets the gate and the hillside without a large lot to maintain. A custom home is detached, from about 4,500 to 13,000 square feet, on a lot of roughly 9,000 to 25,000 square feet, with its own garden, slope and often a pool to look after.
The two rarely compete directly on price. A buyer moving up within Harbor Ridge usually goes from the Crest to a custom home, and a seller in the Crest is mostly measured against other Crest sales.
Which Harbor Ridge homes are for sale now?
The Harbor Ridge homes for sale right now appear below, from the MLS, with each listing brokerage credited.
What is living in Harbor Ridge like?
Living in Harbor Ridge means a quiet, gated hillside with views and a short drive down to the coast. A staffed guard gate controls entry, and the Crest section has its own pools, spas and tennis courts. Mature trees planted when the community was built give much of it a wooded feel unusual for the coastal hills.
The San Joaquin Reservoir sits behind the community. Built in 1966 by the Irvine Ranch Water District as a drinking-water reservoir, it now holds about a billion gallons of recycled water used for irrigation across Irvine and Newport Beach. Below the ridge, Corona del Mar's village shops and restaurants line East Coast Highway, with beaches and coves under the bluffs, and Fashion Island is a few minutes away by San Miguel or MacArthur.
Corona del Mar became part of Newport Beach in 1923, and Harbor Ridge shares its schools: listings in the community name Lincoln Elementary and Corona del Mar Middle and High School, in the Newport-Mesa Unified School District.
Two markets, one gate
The attached Crest homes and the custom estates share a guard gate and a hillside, and they sell to very different buyers. Newport Beach guide
How would Greg sell a home in Harbor Ridge?
Greg would sell a Harbor Ridge home by pricing it within its own section and marketing the view, then the house. For a custom estate, the photography is planned for the hour that shows the ocean and the city lights best, and the listing explains the lot and the outdoor space as carefully as the rooms. For a Crest home, the pitch is the view, the shared pools and courts, and the gate, set against the price of a detached house nearby.
Pricing comes from a written analysis of the closest sales in the same section, adjusted for view, plan or lot, size and the age of the build or remodel. Showings are arranged with the gate, so visiting agents and buyers are on the list before they drive up.
Greg Toussieng is a California real estate broker, DRE #01495415, first licensed in California in 2005, and runs each listing himself from preparation to closing.
Greg prepares a written valuation from recent sales near you. Start with the address.
What should a buyer check before an offer in Harbor Ridge?
A Harbor Ridge buyer should check the association documents for the section the home is in, the permit history and the trees around the view. Dues and rules differ between the Crest and the custom homes, so read the budget, the reserves and any planned assessments for the specific section.
Many custom homes have been remodelled or rebuilt, so ask for the permits behind each change. Then look at the view itself: on a planted hillside, the trees on neighbouring lots and in common areas can grow into a view, so ask what the association's rules say about tree height and view maintenance. Property tax starts at 1 percent of the purchase price under Proposition 13, plus any voter-approved charges, so check the latest tax bill too.
Which communities near Harbor Ridge should you compare?
Buyers who look at Harbor Ridge often compare it with Crystal Cove down the coast and with the harbour islands below.
Crystal Cove is a newer guard-gated community in the Newport Coast hills above the state park, with Spanish colonial homes and a private recreation club. Balboa Island is the public island in the harbour, for buyers trading a view for the water itself. Inland, Turtle Rock in Irvine offers hillside homes across a wider price range. See the Newport Beach homes guide for the city and the luxury homes guide for every gated and waterfront community in the county.
Own a home in Harbor Ridge?
See what it would sell for from the recent sales in your own section of the community. Get a written home value
Selling in Harbor Ridge? Ask Greg for the recent sales inside the gate.
Who can finance a home in Harbor Ridge?
Esther Buede at Choice Home Mortgage can arrange the loan, timed to Greg's work on the purchase.
Financing a home in Harbor Ridge? Esther Buede at Choice Home Mortgage
Esther works with Greg on the loan side of a purchase, from conforming loans to jumbo loans on the coast. Choice Home Mortgage, NMLS #2629064, has a page on buying and financing in Newport Beach.
Newport Beach home loans with Esther Buede
Gregory James Group and Choice Home Mortgage are trade names of the same California company, Montana Real Estate Inc (CA DRE #01822046, NMLS #2629064), which Greg Toussieng owns. If we represent you in a purchase or sale and you also arrange your loan through Choice Home Mortgage, the company is paid for both services. You are not required to use Choice Home Mortgage to work with Gregory James Group, and you are free to compare loans from any other lender. When we refer you, we give you a written disclosure of this relationship and the estimated charges, and when we act as both your agent and your loan broker we confirm both roles in writing within 24 hours.
Common questions
Is Harbor Ridge guard-gated?
Harbor Ridge is guard-gated, with a guard on duty around the clock at the entry, according to community listings. Visitors, contractors and buyers touring a home are cleared through the gate under the association's procedures, so a seller or buyer's agent arranges names with the gate before each showing.
How big is Harbor Ridge?
Harbor Ridge covers about 170 acres of hillside in Newport Beach, set between San Miguel Drive and the San Joaquin Reservoir and across from the Port Streets. Inside the gate it divides into Harbor Ridge Crest, a section of attached homes, and the custom estates on larger lots higher on the ridge.
What is the difference between Harbor Ridge Crest and the custom homes?
Harbor Ridge Crest is the attached-home section, dated to 1978 by local agent guides, with homes from about 2,000 to 3,800 square feet and shared pools, spas and tennis courts. The custom section holds detached homes built mostly in the 1980s, from about 4,500 to 13,000 square feet, on lots of about 9,000 to 25,000 square feet.
Is Harbor Ridge in Corona del Mar?
Harbor Ridge is in the City of Newport Beach, on the hillside above Corona del Mar, with addresses in ZIP code 92660. Corona del Mar itself is the village along East Coast Highway that the city annexed in 1923. Many people group Harbor Ridge with Corona del Mar because the schools and shops are shared.
What schools serve Harbor Ridge?
Harbor Ridge is in the Newport-Mesa Unified School District, and recent listings in the community name Lincoln Elementary and Corona del Mar Middle and High School as the assigned schools. Attendance areas are set by the district and can change, so confirm the assignment for a specific address with Newport-Mesa Unified.
How much is a Harbor Ridge home worth?
A Harbor Ridge home's value depends first on whether it is a Crest home or a custom estate, then on the view, the lot, the size and how recently it was rebuilt or remodelled. Greg Toussieng, a California real estate broker, prepares a written comparative market analysis from the community's own sales, with each adjustment shown.
- The Coastal Group: Harbor Ridge, 170 acres, guard-gated 24 hours, Crest built 1978, custom homes mostly 1980s, home and lot sizes, location · checked 2026-10-28
- Cassie French: Harbor Ridge, Newport Beach (170 acres, Crest and Custom sections) · checked 2026-10-28
- Josh Kiss Real Estate: Harbor Ridge, Irvine Company plantings of sycamores, pines and alders; Tudor, traditional and French styles · checked 2026-10-28
- Los Angeles Times (1989), Properties at the pinnacle: Spyglass Hill, Harbor Ridge and Seaview (Harbor Ridge 1977) · checked 2026-10-28
- Irvine Ranch Water District: San Joaquin Reservoir, built 1966, about 1 billion gallons of recycled water storage · checked 2026-10-28
- Listing record, Harbor Ridge Crest, 25 Lucerne, Newport Beach 92660 · checked 2026-10-28
- Listing record, 2 Trafalgar, Newport Beach 92660: Lincoln Elementary, Corona del Mar Middle and High, Newport-Mesa Unified · checked 2026-10-28
- Newport Beach, California: Corona del Mar annexed in 1923 · checked 2026-10-28
- California State Board of Equalization: Proposition 13 and the 1% base rate · checked 2026-10-28
- Redfin Data Center, Harbor Ridge neighborhood figures (rolling three months) · checked 2026-10-28
- California DRE licence lookup · checked 2026-10-28
Start with the address. Greg does the rest.
A written valuation from recent sales near you, prepared by a licensed broker. Or call (949) 868-8820.