PAUL DAFTARIAN
CO-FOUNDER/MANAGING DIRECTOR
DAFTARIAN GROUP
MICHAEL BALLIET
REAL ESTATE ADVISOR
DAFTARIAN GROUP
WHY: High-end real estate agents. Involved in two big sales on same street in Newport Coast: $42M sale at 1 Pelican Crest Drive, the most expensive on-market sale in the county this year, and the $37M sale at 9 Pelican Crest Drive.
IN THE NEWS: Seeing a lot of interest from clients seeking to escape the Palisades neighborhood after devastating fires in January.
NOTABLE: Along with Luxe Real Estate, Daftarian Group sold the house at 4700 Surrey Drive in Corona del Mar for $24.5M, a near record-breaking price for the Newport Beach village. The five-bedroom, 10-bathroom estate on one acre of land north of Pacific Coast Highway was once owned by Byron Roth, executive chair of Roth Capital Partners.
