$1,290,000
8881 Albatross Dr
Listing Office: VHP Financial

Communities · Downtown & The Pier
A central Huntington Beach area organized around Yorktown Avenue, with single-family tract homes and strong long-term ownership.
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Yorktown is a residential area in central Huntington Beach, California, organized around Yorktown Avenue, with single-family tract homes built largely from the 1960s through the 1980s. It's a core inland family-home market with strong long-term ownership and steady move-up demand, central enough to reach the beach, downtown, and the freeways without sitting on top of any of them.
Last updated 2026-07-01
Market snapshot
Median sale price
$735,000
Closed, last 6 months
Median days on market
15
List to close, sold
Active listings
4
Currently on market
Median price / sq ft
$680
Closed sales
Homes sold (6 mo)
6
Closed, trailing 6 months
Sale-to-list ratio
100.3%
Median close vs list
Months of supply
4 mo
Inventory vs absorption
Median list price
$872,000
Active inventory
Live Yorktown 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.
Figures reflect active and recently closed listings in Yorktown, drawn from California Regional Multiple Listing Service data. They are market statistics, not appraisals, and not legal, tax, or financial advice. Ratowsky Group are licensed real estate professionals, not appraisers, lenders, attorneys, or tax advisors. Market conditions change, and a specific property can differ significantly from any median. Verify permits, association documents, insurance, and tenancy status for any specific property, and confirm valuation, financing, and tax questions with the appropriate licensed professional. For a read on a particular home, reach Craig or Justin Ratowsky at 714-336-5682. Craig Ratowsky DRE #00608046, Justin Ratowsky DRE #02026158. Equal Housing Opportunity.
On the market
$1,290,000
8881 Albatross Dr
Listing Office: VHP Financial
$945,000
19544 Vasile Cir
Listing Office: Compass
$799,000
9704 Bickley
Listing Office: Agent Group Inc.
$698,000
9705 Bickley Drive 5
Listing Office: RE/MAX TerraSol
Recent proof
$725,000
9717 Pettswood #6 Drive
Listing Office: First Team Real Estate
$765,000
19752 Bromley Lane 9
Listing Office: Seven Gables Real Estate
$605,000
19796 Inverness Lane
Listing Office: eXp Realty of Southern California, Inc
$673,500
9538 Bickley Dr 2
Listing Office: South Capital Realty Group
$745,000
9732 Pettswood Drive Drive 12
Listing Office: Seven Gables Real Estate
$755,000
9594 Pettswood 4
Listing Office: Keller Williams Pacific Estate
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Location
Yorktown, Huntington Beach, California
Schools
The Yorktown area is served by the Huntington Beach City School District (K-8) and the Huntington Beach Union High School District (9-12). Attendance is assigned by address, so confirm the exact boundary.
Elementary (K-5)
Agnes L. Smith Elementary · Huntington Beach City SD
GreatSchools 8/10 · CAASPP 65% ELA / 64% Math
Middle (6-8)
Ethel Dwyer Middle · Huntington Beach City SD
GreatSchools 7/10 · CAASPP 65% ELA / 56% Math
High (9-12)
Huntington Beach High School · Huntington Beach Union HSD
GreatSchools 9/10
School attendance areas are assigned by address and change over time. Confirm the current assignment for a specific property with the districts. Ratings and scores come from GreatSchools and CAASPP and are not a representation of school quality.
Source: Huntington Beach City School District
Scores: GreatSchools ratings and CAASPP results, latest reported
Overview
Yorktown is a central Huntington Beach residential area built around Yorktown Avenue, made up largely of single-family tract homes from the 1960s through the 1980s. It's the kind of established inland neighborhood that anchors a city: stable, family-oriented in the everyday sense, and held for the long term by owners who like the central location.
Its appeal is balance. Yorktown is close enough to the beach and downtown to enjoy them regularly, close enough to the 405 and Beach Boulevard for commuting, and far enough inland to price below the coastal-adjacent tracts. For many Huntington Beach buyers, that balance is the whole point.
The homes
Inventory is predominantly detached single-family tract homes on standard lots, with the variety in condition you would expect from homes of this era. Many have been updated over decades of ownership; others are original and priced as projects. The spread between the two is where buyers win or overpay.
When we evaluate a Yorktown-area home, we weigh the bones and any additions against the lot and street, then against genuinely comparable recent sales, not against a neighborhood average that mixes updated and original homes together.
Buyer and seller considerations
Central-Huntington Beach single-family homes of this era are generally straightforward, but the property-specific items matter.
Before an offer in the Yorktown area, confirm:
Best Realtor to sell
If you're thinking about selling a home in Yorktown, choosing the right Realtor® matters. Buyers in this central Huntington Beach market compare 1960s-through-1980s tract homes on condition and updates above all, an updated home and an original one shouldn't price the same, and they weigh the lot, the street, and the balance of beach access and commute convenience that draws people here.
Justin Ratowsky with Ratowsky Group at Compass is a Huntington Beach local and third-generation California Realtor® who helps Yorktown 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 neighborhood knowledge, 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 Yorktown homeowners sell with pricing strategy, listing preparation, market positioning, Compass marketing, and skilled negotiation. In an area where the spread between updated and original homes is where buyers win or overpay, an agent who prices to genuinely comparable sales protects your side of that spread. That makes the team a strong local choice for Yorktown sellers.
A Yorktown sale is won on positioning within the condition spread. Ratowsky Group starts with an honest read on where your home sits between original and fully updated, advises on the handful of pre-sale improvements that actually pay for themselves in this price band, and then markets the central-location balance, close enough to the beach and downtown to enjoy them, close enough to the 405 and Beach Boulevard for the commute, that Yorktown's steady move-up buyer pool is searching for. For the wider view, see our Huntington Beach real estate overview and seller services.
Thinking about selling your Yorktown home? Get your Yorktown home value, or contact Justin Ratowsky with Ratowsky Group at Compass for a private home-value consultation and a custom Yorktown seller strategy.
What a strong Yorktown seller strategy should cover
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Yorktown
Homes of this era range from fully updated to original-project, and they shouldn't be priced the same. Send us the address and we'll give you the straight read on condition and value before you write an offer.