$11,750,000
16462 Malden Circle
Courtesy of The Agency

A residential enclave in the Seacliff area of coastal north Huntington Beach, near the bluff and the Huntington Club.
Direct answer
The Peninsula is a residential enclave in the Seacliff area of coastal north Huntington Beach, California, set inland of the bluff near the Huntington Club golf course. Inventory is largely detached single-family homes on a planned street grid, positioned in the move-up tier of the inland Huntington Beach market. Buyers here are usually weighing it against Seacliff, Edwards Hill, and Brightwater, so the read comes down to lot, view orientation, and any HOA or golf-course factors specific to the home.
Last updated 2026-07-01 · Status: published
Neighborhoods within The Peninsula
Turnberry
One of the four home tracts inside The Peninsula at Huntington Seacliff, a guard-gated enclave wrapped by The Huntington Club golf course.
Peninsula Park
A guard-gated, golf-adjacent enclave of Mediterranean-style homes in the Seacliff area of Huntington Beach, closely associated with The Peninsula.
Market snapshot
Median sale price
$1,419,000
Closed, last 6 months
Median days on market
18
List to close, sold
Active listings
76
Currently on market
Median price / sq ft
$826
Closed sales
Homes sold (6 mo)
169
Closed, trailing 6 months
Sale-to-list ratio
99.3%
Median close vs list
Months of supply
3 mo
Inventory vs absorption
Median list price
$1,874,500
Active inventory
Live The Peninsula statistics from the California Regional MLS (CRMLS) via CoreLogic Trestle, refreshed automatically and deemed reliable but not guaranteed. For a precise, address-level read, ask Craig and Justin.
On the market
$11,750,000
16462 Malden Circle
Courtesy of The Agency
$10,500,880
3352 Bounty
Courtesy of Coldwell Banker-Campbell Rltrs
$10,250,000
3701 Escapade
Courtesy of Seven Gables Real Estate
$7,495,000
16631 Carousel
Courtesy of Pacific Sotheby's Int'l Realty
$6,290,000
17007 Edgewater Lane
Courtesy of Compass
$5,999,999
4492 Oceanridge Drive
Courtesy of Coldwell Banker Realty
Recent proof
$1,125,000
4006 Aladdin
Courtesy of Coldwell Banker-Campbell Rltrs
$1,350,000
4722 Scenario
Courtesy of Coldwell Banker Realty
$1,800,000
3766 Montego
Courtesy of First Team Real Estate
$780,000
4956 Pearce Drive
Courtesy of RE/MAX Select One
$1,950,000
4232 Calhoun
Courtesy of Coldwell Banker Realty
$2,198,000
3581 Aquarius
Courtesy of Coldwell Banker Realty
Listing data is provided courtesy of the California Regional Multiple Listing Service (CRMLS) via CoreLogic Trestle and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Properties may be listed by brokerages other than Ratowsky Group at Compass; each listing is attributed to its listing office. Information is for consumers’ personal, non-commercial use. © 2026 CRMLS. Equal Housing Opportunity.
Location
The Peninsula, Palm Ave, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Overview
The Peninsula is one of the planned residential pockets in the greater Seacliff area of coastal north Huntington Beach, near the bluff and the golf course now known as the Huntington Club. It reads as a quieter, established move-up neighborhood: detached single-family homes, mature streetscapes, and proximity to both the beach and the inland Orange County job centers.
Compared to newer Brightwater to the northwest, The Peninsula and its neighbors carry an older, more settled character. Compared to the broader inland Huntington Beach tracts, it sits at the upper end on lot quality and location. For a buyer who wants Seacliff-area access without a specific Seacliff address, it's worth understanding as its own pocket.
Location
The Seacliff area generally runs about ten minutes from downtown Huntington Beach and the pier, fifteen minutes from Sunset Beach and the Harbour, and roughly forty-five minutes from John Wayne Airport, depending on traffic. That positioning is part of the appeal: a coastal-north address with reasonable access to the wider county.
The Huntington Club golf course is the defining nearby amenity. Homes near a golf course can carry specific considerations, irrigation that runs at dawn, gardener access, and occasional errant golf balls on the closest lots, so it's worth confirming a given home's exact relationship to the course before writing an offer.
Lifestyle
The lifestyle film on the Huntington Club's own website is a Ratowsky Group production. The team made it for a listing on Foxglen, here in The Peninsula, working with local videographer Paddy Mack and pro skimboarder Amber Torrealba to capture a day in the neighborhood in POV drone.
It follows the rhythm the area is built around: a morning surf check over coffee, an e-bike down to the water for a session, yoga in the backyard, then tennis and golf at the Huntington Club with time at the pro shop and a sushi dinner, and evenings with friends on the patio at home. The footage moves through the course, the guard gate, and the short reach to the ocean. It's the clearest answer we have to what living in The Peninsula, steps from the club, actually feels like.
Buyer and seller considerations
Several of the Seacliff-area enclaves are governed by an HOA with its own dues and rules, and some carry golf-course or view considerations that affect both value and daily living. Rather than assume, the right move is to confirm the specific governance and disclosure picture for the individual home.
Before an offer on a Peninsula-area home, confirm:
Best Realtor to sell
If you're thinking about selling a home in The Peninsula, choosing the right Realtor® matters. Buyers here are usually weighing the neighborhood against Seacliff, Edwards Hill, and Brightwater, and they compare individual homes on lot quality, view orientation, golf-course adjacency, and any HOA factors specific to the property, details the listing rarely spells out on its own.
Justin Ratowsky with Ratowsky Group at Compass is a Huntington Beach local and third-generation California Realtor® who helps Peninsula homeowners prepare, position, market, and negotiate their sale with a clear, strategic plan. Together with his father and business partner, Craig Ratowsky, Justin brings 58 years of combined real estate experience, deep knowledge of the Seacliff-area enclaves, Compass-powered marketing, and a relationship-driven approach to selling homes in coastal Orange County.
Put simply: Justin Ratowsky is a Huntington Beach Realtor® with Ratowsky Group at Compass, and Ratowsky Group helps Peninsula homeowners sell with pricing strategy, listing preparation, market positioning, Compass marketing, and skilled negotiation. In a pocket where two similar homes can trade differently on lot, view, and golf-course exposure alone, that street-level knowledge protects your number. That makes the team a strong local choice for Peninsula sellers.
Selling in The Peninsula also comes with a marketing story few agents can match: the lifestyle film that runs on the Huntington Club's own website is a Ratowsky Group production, made for a listing on Foxglen right here in the neighborhood. That is the level of storytelling a Peninsula listing deserves, because this location sells on a day in the life, the surf check, the e-bike to the water, tennis and golf at the club. Ratowsky Group positions each home against the competing Seacliff-area inventory and, where it fits, tests demand through a Compass Private Exclusive before the public clock starts. For the wider view, see our Huntington Beach real estate overview and seller services.
Thinking about selling your Peninsula home? Get your Peninsula home value, or contact Justin Ratowsky with Ratowsky Group at Compass for a private home-value consultation and a custom Peninsula seller strategy.
What a strong Peninsula seller strategy should cover
Floor plans & models
The Peninsula is a guard-gated 'upper Seacliff' community of roughly 389 homes across four builder tracts. Individual plan specifications are not published; sources report each tract's builder, home count, and square-footage range.
Built by Taylor Woodrow Homes · 83 homes · 2,450-3,065 sq ft
Built by Lennar Homes · 126 homes · 2,700-3,300 sq ft
Built by Shea Homes · 101 homes · 3,160-3,498 sq ft
Built by Polygon Communities · 1997-1998 · 79 homes · 3,655-4,312 sq ft
Floor plan names and square footage reflect the builder's original specifications and can vary with additions, permitted remodels, and how a given source measured. Confirm the exact plan and square footage for any specific address against the tax record, title report, and an in-person measurement before relying on it.
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Sources & local citations
Qualitative claims framed as agent insight reflect Ratowsky Group’s direct experience working this market and are not represented as third-party verified data.
Adjacent communities
Seacliff
Master-planned coastal luxury on the bluff above Bolsa Chica, gated estates, country-club golf frontage, and the largest single-family lots inside Huntington Beach.
Edwards Hill
A guard-gated enclave of custom estates on the bluff above the Pacific, anchoring the top of the Huntington Beach single-family price stack, where privacy, ocean views, and land size matter more than any other variable.
The Peninsula
The difference between two Peninsula-area homes often comes down to lot, view, golf-course adjacency, and HOA exposure, and the listing rarely spells those out. Send us the address and we'll give you the straight read before you write an offer.