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I'm Looking at These 4 Things When I'm Picking a Mortgage Lender
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I'm Looking at These 4 Things When I'm Picking a Mortgage Lender This text discusses the process of shopping for a mortgage loan. The author is looking for the lowest interest rate on the loan and is avoiding paying points. They are also looking at origination fees and how long it will take to close the loan. They are doing this as they will soon be buying a home...

7 Upgrades That Add Instant Value to Your Home
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7 Upgrades That Add Instant Value to Your Home Renovating a home can be expensive and time-consuming, but focusing on lighter-lift upgrades such as improving the lighting, refinishing hardwood floors, replacing tile or laminate counters with granite or quartz, installing a kitchen island, resurfacing cabinets, replacing old lighting fixtures, ad...

The Mansion Tax Effect: Luxury Home Sales Stall in Los Angeles
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The Mansion Tax Effect: Luxury Home Sales Stall in Los Angeles In early 2023, the luxury real estate market in Los Angeles experienced a boom as deals were closed before the implementation of the “mansion tax”, Measure ULA. The tax adds a transfer tax of 4-5.5% on sales above $5 million and $10 million, respectively, and has caused a quantifiable pause in s...

First Dip in California Rents in Two Years

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5 Simple Ways to Update Your House Before Listing It for Sale -- for Under $100
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5 Simple Ways to Update Your House Before Listing It for Sale -- for Under $100 Making small changes to your home can help improve its appearance and help it to sell quickly without spending too much money. Upgrades such as updating cabinet hardware, adding plants and mulch for curb appeal, painting the exterior, and changing out light fixtures can make a big difference in how....

Forbes Advisor: A Comprehensive Analysis of the California Housing Market
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Forbes Advisor: A Comprehensive Analysis of the California Housing Market Forbes Advisor reports that the California real estate market is facing challenges due to higher mortgage rates and rising inflation. Despite these obstacles, the housing market remains largely healthy in the Bay Area and Southern California. Home prices vary across the state, but many markets are t...

Best Places to Live in LA

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Los Angeles' Multifamily Construction Activity Overview

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The Perfect Storm That Created the Housing Crisis
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The Perfect Storm That Created the Housing Crisis The United States is in the midst of a severe housing crisis caused by long-term and counterproductive housing policies. This crisis has resulted in 600,000 people being unhoused on any given night, as well as overcrowding and rent-gouging. Economic inequality has risen in the US over the past two d...

Los Angeles ranks below Columbus Ohio, Peoria Illinois, and Trenton, New Jersey as best place to live.
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Los Angeles ranks below Columbus Ohio, Peoria Illinois, and Trenton, New Jersey as best place to live. According to US News and World Report's list of the top 150 best places to live, Los Angeles ranked near the bottom at number 139. Sacramento, CA was not featured on the list. Wisconsin was the top city, with Green Bay getting an 8 out of 10 on the value index, followed by Huntsville, Alabama, Ralei...

Downtown LA Market in Early Spring 2023

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SoCal's Mid-Q1 Prices and Sales by County

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New Tax Will Be Costly For Some Los Angeles Home Owners
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New Tax Will Be Costly For Some Los Angeles Home Owners Los Angeles has implemented a new transfer tax, commonly referred to as 'the mansion tax', which charges a 4% tax on property sales at or above $5 million and a 5.5% tax on properties that sell at or above $10 million. The tax is meant to help fund affordable housing and homelessness prevention and....

Only 17% Of LA Households Earn Enough To Buy A Home
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Only 17% Of LA Households Earn Enough To Buy A Home The report released by the California Association of Realtors showed that only 17% of Los Angeles County households can afford a median-priced home, with even lower percentages for Latino and Black households. This illustrates how unaffordable housing is a major factor in the county's declining popu...

Home Insurance Coverage Options in Los Angeles

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LA City Council Helping Tenants Behind on Rent

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L.A.'s Ultra-Luxe Properties Are Seeing Massive Price Reductions—Here's Why
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L.A.'s Ultra-Luxe Properties Are Seeing Massive Price Reductions—Here's Why ,000-bottle wine cellar sold for $67.5 million in February 2021 , but now only has an asking price of $45 million . The Los Angeles real-estate market is facing a shift in the luxury segment, with sales volume dropping by over half in the last quarter of 2022. This is due to lower demand and potenti...

These LA County cities received federal grants for housing, development
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These LA County cities received federal grants for housing, development Los Angeles city and Long Beach were the top-two municipal recipients of grants the federal government recently doled out for community development, affordable housing and assistance for those who are homeless — nabbing $84 million and about $8.8 million, respectively. Those programs are: The Comm...

Los Angeles Adopts Permanent Tenant Protections

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Orange County's Multifamily Sector Remains Highly Sought After By ...
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Orange County's Multifamily Sector Remains Highly Sought After By ... Add to that a severe shortage of rental housing supply, more would-be homebuyers remaining renter, and Orange County’s affordability compared with other Southern California markets, and it points to a robust investor market. Average rents here are nearly $950 per month lower than the coastal marke...

Time To Invest In LA Multifamily Market As Sellers Rush!

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LA City Council to adopt tenant protections; 1-month grace period for those who miss rent before eviction
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LA City Council to adopt tenant protections; 1-month grace period for those who miss rent before eviction LA City Council to adopt tenant protections; 1-month grace period for those who miss rent before eviction The City Council voted Friday for a package of permanent tenant protections in Los Angeles, aiming to assist renters as the local state of emergency due to COVID-19 is set to expire at the end o...

Luxury Developers in Los Angeles Bet Someone Will Pay Record Prices for These Condos
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Luxury Developers in Los Angeles Bet Someone Will Pay Record Prices for These Condos A deal anywhere near those asking prices would shatter a record in the City of Angels, where no single condo unit has ever sold for more than $22.5 million, according to public records. The all-time highest price ever achieved for a single-unit condo sale in LA was at The Century Condos in Century C...

Los Angeles-Orange County homebuying plummets 44% to record low – Orange County Register
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Los Angeles-Orange County homebuying plummets 44% to record low – Orange County Register Here’s what my trusty spreadsheet tells us about how the rate jump changed a typical homebuyer’s house payment … Los Angeles County: Buyers got a $4,094 estimated cost per month for the $785,000 median vs. $2,669 a year ago on the $781,100 median, 53% higher. Single-family homes Sales: Los Ang...

What's behind the recent drop in rent prices?
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What's behind the recent drop in rent prices? In Los Angeles and Long Beach, there was a 1% drop. Anthony Lopez, a realtor with RE/MAX Vision, says that the drop comes from a combination in more homes on the market and more units for rent than there are prospective renters. While the price drops won't apply to current renters already locked int...

Late-Fall Performance in Los Angeles

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House listings drop 26% in LA County during November
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House listings drop 26% in LA County during November There were 1,794 listings in L.A. County in November compared to October, when there were 2,426 homes listed in the county. L.A. County inventory of homes for sale is about 22 percent below the pre-pandemic level, Miller said, comparing the number of single-family homes for sale in the third quarter...