Featured image credit: ValleyRelicsMuseum.org The San Fernando Valley can feel like its own world… maybe even its own dimension. Is there anywhere else quite like it? It has its own identity, its own culture. For a time, it seemed to even have its own accent. While characteristics of the Valley come and go, one man […]
The moment you pass the California real estate exam, you may feel that the last hurdle between you and success as a licensed real estate agent is finally behind you. And you might be right. But what comes next can often be a rude awakening for the novice agent. In most cases, the real estate […]
Featured image credit: Tedder Don’t call it a ghost town. Although, admittedly, California City is a ghost of what its creators intended. If we’re looking at it purely from the perspective of land area, it’s the third-largest city in California (bigger than San Francisco and Sacramento) and the 43rd biggest city in the country, measuring […]
In early June this year, JohnHart REALTOR® Kelli Dunaway was likely experiencing a much-appreciated case of déjà vu. It’s then she received a notification from the San Gabriel Valley News that she (for the second time) had been voted a Favorite REALTOR® of the San Gabriel Valley. People from around the region sent in their […]
Featured image credit: Sansculotte When it comes to houses for rent Los Angeles architecture buffs would adore, the supply can be pretty tight. That’s not to say we lack architectural wonders. Few other American cities can give you Spanish Colonial Revival bungalows across the street from a historically significant Craftsman home neighboring a modern brutalist […]
You might even find a few mechanical bulls mixed in. Featured image credit: Sassafras Saloon Let’s be honest: we don’t get a lot of people looking for an authentic hoedown in LA. It’s a place where the city slickers are extra slick; where the palm tree is greater than the prairie rose; where the emphasis […]
Think mortgage application can feel a bit like the wild west? Well, the long arm of the law might be stretching a bit further in the coming months. A new bill designed to combat trigger leads just passed the House and is expected to pass in the Senate as well. While there’s still some road […]
When we started publishing these absorption rates every month, we’d never in a million years have predicted we’d hit a point in which the neighborhood with the highest surge toward a seller’s market was also our lowest absorption rate for the month. But here we are. Looking at June as a whole, it sure looks […]
Last August, we had the honor of interviewing one of our own JohnHart Real Estate professionals, the incomparable Jon Barrist, as he was elected to the prestigious President-Elect position of the Greater Palm Springs REALTORS® organization. We expected to follow up with him in 2026 after he’d had time to acclimate to his official presidency, […]
Featured image credit: Levi Clancy This city (and, by extension, this blog) is no stranger to incredible feats of folk art. We’ve seen it in structures like Rubel Castle, the Mosaic Tile House, Zorthian Ranch, and even, to some degree, the Sam Maloof House. We explored it in installations like the Old Trapper’s Lodge and […]
