Awards
Ranked #1 on Zillow in Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach (2025)
Los Angeles Magazine Real Estate All-Stars (2025)
LABJ Top 100 Residential Real Estate Agents in LA County (2025)
RealTrends - Top 1.5% of U.S. Real Estate Agents (2025)
Press
About Lauren Forbes Group
The powerhouse team at Lauren Forbes Group has been dedicated to making dreams come true for their clients in the South Bay since 1999. Led by Lauren Forbes, who has achieved over $1 Billion in sales (1999-2025) and garnered global recognition as a top producer, Lauren Forbes Group has harnessed both their expertise and Compass's state-of-the-art technology to secure their position as the top ranked team on Zillow for Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach. (Zillow, 2025)
As a member of the Compass Sports & Entertainment Division, Lauren Forbes Group leverages the premier network of vetted, high-profile agents and clientele, industry-leading marketing resources, and unmatched national exposure. With 170+ members across 75+ U.S. markets, the Sports and Entertainment Division delivers a tailored, white-glove real estate experience for an exclusive clientele. While Lauren Forbes Group’s core business is rooted in the South Bay, their reach extends nationwide—enabling them to serve clients with exceptional discretion, strategic insight, and proven results.
Lauren Forbes Group prides itself on it's unwavering commitment to excellence and originality, which not only empowers buyers and sellers but also ensures that they feel confident in their decision-making. Their approach is comprehensive, looking at every aspect from a 360-degree perspective, drilling down into the details, and above all, caring deeply about what they do and how they go about doing it. Their meaningful approach has garnered the respect of peers and the trust of clients, setting the standard that others aspire to follow.
SERVICES
Seller Representation
SERVICES
Seller Representation
· Current brokers’ price opinion with different options at no cost
· A business plan that is better than the “normal” comparative market analysis
· Transaction management for pre-market, escrow control and post follow-up
· Property analysis including referrals for repairs, staging and sales preparation
· Risk management covering seller disclosures to protect you from lawsuits
Buyer Representation
· A business plan that is better than the “normal” comparative market analysis
· Transaction management for pre-market, escrow control and post follow-up
· Property analysis including referrals for repairs, staging and sales preparation
· Risk management covering seller disclosures to protect you from lawsuits
Buyer Representation
· Loan qualification and approval
· Finding properties on the market, off the market and upcoming
· Market knowledge and information to gain every possible advantage
· Advanced negotiation strategies including knowing who the competition is
· Investment analysis with an exit strategy
· Hands-on transaction management to make our clients’ lives easier
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
· Finding properties on the market, off the market and upcoming
· Market knowledge and information to gain every possible advantage
· Advanced negotiation strategies including knowing who the competition is
· Investment analysis with an exit strategy
· Hands-on transaction management to make our clients’ lives easier
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
· All residential sales including income properties
· Estate and trustee sales
· New construction including interior design and staging
· 1031 tax-deferred exchange and reverse exchange
· Probate sales and family estate planning
· Short sales and bank owned properties
· Property renovations with our own design build teams
· Creating calm in situations i.e. divorce
· Making the difference with statistical analysis beyond the normal CMA
· Estate and trustee sales
· New construction including interior design and staging
· 1031 tax-deferred exchange and reverse exchange
· Probate sales and family estate planning
· Short sales and bank owned properties
· Property renovations with our own design build teams
· Creating calm in situations i.e. divorce
· Making the difference with statistical analysis beyond the normal CMA
Team Agents
Lauren Forbes Group’s Transactions
Past Sales
$10,500,000
- 7
- Bedrooms
- 9
- Bathrooms
- 7,700
- Square Feet
- 11.46
- Acres
$9,959,999
- 5
- Bedrooms
- 6
- Bathrooms
- 6,713
- Square Feet
- 0.27
- Acres
$9,600,000
- 5
- Bedrooms
- 6
- Bathrooms
- 7,590
- Square Feet
- 0.55
- Acres
$7,575,000
- 4
- Bedrooms
- 5
- Bathrooms
- 3,636
- Square Feet
- 0.08
- Acres
$7,300,000
- 4
- Bedrooms
- 8
- Bathrooms
- 7,800
- Square Feet
- 0.97
- Acres
Past Rentals
$22,000
- 5
- Bedrooms
- 5
- Bathrooms
- 4,715
- Square Feet
- 0.19
- Acres
