The area of Gardena and Lawndale known as El Camino Village has long been a fantastic option for buyers, especially first time home buyers, feeling priced out of many of the family friendly neighborhoods of Redondo Beach and Torrance. The good news is that although prices are going up, they're still well below other similar areas....the bad news is that there just are no homes available. At the moment there is one home available with 12 pending home sales. On first look that is an absolutely stunning ratio but it is a bit misleading. Of the 12 homes 11 are short sales and the other is a flip meaning some of these homes have shown pending status for a very long time. What looks to be an ultra hot market isn't quite as active as it appears with an average days on market of 144. Bottom lin... 10/23/2012