Los Angeles is a sprawling city, with 88 cities and 140 unincorporated areas. Within the City of Angels are some truly fantastic places to live — cities with high-quality schools, developing businesses, community events, and more! In this recurring blog series, I aim to explore the latest happenings in cities across the southland. Next on […]
Category: Local News
How to Safely Social Distance: Tips & Ideas
It can be rough spending time away from your loved ones. With many cities still experiencing self-quarantines, business shutdowns, and festival closures, many of us are feeling isolated. While absence does make the heart grow fonder, enough is enough already! So, how can you arrange a much-needed reunion with friends without risking exposure to Covid-19? […]
Compassion? Are You Out There?
Over the last weekend of May 2020, about 3 hours before Southern California was filled with the various pockets of peaceful protests that unfortunately were tarnished by the violent rioters, I saw a small sign in Granada Hills. Compassion is stronger. Only three words that presented a powerful and significant message. Turmoil, fear, and uncertainty […]
California Evictions in a COVID-19 World
As the COVID-19 crisis began in California, concern grew among lawmakers of potential widespread evictions due to the potential economic ramifications created by the virus. State and local governments were directing individuals to stay at home and encouraged social distancing. These state and local directives would necessarily impact businesses that relied on people to congregate […]
The Truth About the LA Housing Market
In these uncertain times there is plenty of information and unfortunately, misinformation, about the current state of the housing market. The misleading predictions and status updates about the market apply both here locally in Los Angeles and the country as a whole. Given the potential for ambiguity and confusion, I want to set the record […]
UNDERSTANDING THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTOR’S “CORONAVIRUS ADDENDUM OR AMENDMENT” AND “NOTICE OF UNFORESEEN CORONAVIRUS CIRCUMSTANCES”
With the beginning of another week living “Safer at Home”, the California Association of Realtors (“CAR”) released the “Coronavirus Addendum or Amendment” (CVA). This is an update to the Coronavirus Addendum/Amendment released last week. CAR also released a companion document entitled “Notice of Unforeseen Coronavirus Circumstances” (“NUCC”). Recently, we discussed the CVA and addressed its […]
UNDERSTANDING THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTOR’S “CORONAVIRUS ADDENDUM”
Over the course of the last two weeks, our lives have drastically changed. The emergence of the worldwide Coronavirus pandemic has created uncertainty in the economy not seen in years. It was inevitable that this uncertainty would present itself in the real estate industry. Like most brokerages, we have seen our share of listings canceled, […]
JohnHart Tote Bag Contest ‘Draw Your Dream Home’ Delivers Fun to Children Stuck at Home
JohnHart Real Estate is organizing a fun new contest in Los Angeles, CA that’s sure to be fun and engaging for children (ages 12 & under) stuck at home, and their parents too! What is the Tote Bag Contest? Children are encouraged to draw their dream home as they see fit Your creativity can run […]
Things To Do On Thanksgiving in Los Angeles
No plans for Thanksgiving? Have no fear. Here’s the breakdown of our top five options to turn Thanksgiving into a Turkey Day you’ll never forget. 1) Thanksgiving Feast at the Sofitel Hotel What is Thanksgiving without a feast? Eat, drink and be thankful at this lively event in Beverly Hills, California. The fun kicks off at […]
First Ever 5K Walk For A Cause
On behalf of all us at JohnHart, thank you so much to everyone who helped make our 5K Walk For a Cause a reality. Not only did we receive a flood of donations for 15 deserving charities and organizations, but over 900 people showed up to walk with us at our very first Walk For […]