Justin Ladd is a REALTOR® with Seven Gables Real Estate and one of Orange County's leading specialists in historic homes. Since earning his real estate license in 2024, he has closed more than $20 million in sales, earned Seven Gables Real Estate's Rising Star Award in his first year, and been recognized in the company's Chairman's Circle as a top producer — an unusually fast trajectory built on a rare combination of subject-matter expertise, elite negotiation experience, and marketing reach that few agents can match.
Before real estate, Justin spent his career in the automotive industry, where he personally negotiated more than 100,000 transactions. That volume of high-stakes deal-making shaped the aggressive, disciplined negotiating style he now brings to every offer, counter, and closing. Paired with a lifelong passion for historic architecture, it created the natural path to his current specialty: buying and selling historic homes across Orange County.
Justin's geographic expertise covers the county's most significant historic districts, including Old Towne Orange, Floral Park, Washington Square, French Park in Santa Ana, the Colony Districts of Anaheim, and the Capistrano Bay District (Beach Road) in Dana Point. He also serves clients throughout Southern California and as far north as Sacramento. His clients rely on him for expert guidance on the Mills Act, historic district ordinances, preservation requirements, and the specific nuances of properties designed by noted architects including John Lautner, Herb Brownell, George Bissell, and Chris Abel.
His authority in this niche extends well beyond transactions. Justin serves on the boards of four preservation organizations — Preserve Orange County, the Orange County Historical Society, the Old Towne Preservation Association, and the Orange Community Historical Society — and lectures publicly on historic home ownership throughout Southern California. His Instagram platform, @historichomesoc, generates more than 100,000 views and interactions per month and has earned company-wide recognition at Seven Gables Real Estate, giving his listings a level of dedicated audience exposure most agents cannot offer.
Justin holds a 5-star rating across more than 30 verified client reviews, including on Google.
