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AVERAGE LIST PRICE: 4 BEDROOM $ 455,1000 - 3 BEDROOM $ 365,320

Coastal-Inland town that mixes the old with the new. Situated between Solana Beach and Carlsbad. Encinitas incorporated in 1986,, drawing together the towns of Cardiff-By-The-Sea, Leucadia, Olivenhain, and old and new Encinitas. In many ways, the coastal neighborhoods are similar: they share the same thoroughfares and to some extent, the same housing styles, a mixture of cottages, custom homes and suburban models, many old, some new. Also mobile homes, townhouses and apartments. But there are differences.

Leucadia, founded in 1885 by English settlers who were fond of Greece. Some of the streets have Greek names - tends to narrow streets and cottages and ocean view homes. In Cardiff, the lots are smaller and the bluffs disappear.

The neighborhoods have attracted retirees, artists and everyday people who want to live by the coast. Many of the homes are small, many lend themselves to remodeling. The state has purchased much of the beach for park land. Batiquitos Lagoon marks the northern boundary, San Elijo Lagoon (a regional preserve) the southern border. Moving east, the terrain rises and, between the railroad and the freeway, many of the homes have ocean views. Going further east, beyond the freeway, hills and mesas take over and the Pacific ambiance fades, to be replaced by suburban countryside. Thousands of homes, landscaped, well-cared-for, one- and two-story, three car garages, utilities underground, many homes with views - upper- middle-class.

Older children attend schools in the San Dieguito Union High District. The community has 11 parks, 10 public beaches, trails, Boys and Girls Club, YMCA, skateboard park, city sports programs for kids and adults, Little League, soccer, small museum, Quail Botanical Gardens and a Marine Life Refuge. Encinitas has about six miles of coastline.