JohnHart Real Estate Opens Office Number 15 in Magical Monrovia

As other brokerages continue to scale back in the face of industry changes, JohnHart Real Estate moves ahead in leaps and bounds. Perhaps that has never been more evident than in our latest acquisition. Finding opportunity in another brokerage’s loss, JohnHart’s newest addition to the family urged us to branch into the Monrovia housing market. […]

Absorption Rate Analysis – June 2024: Early Summer Slipping Toward the Buyer’s Favor

We’ve seen the summer favor buyers before, but not quite like in June this year. The last time we even got close to a near-universal absorption rate drop like we saw last month was in July 2023. Back then, 10 of our 12 neighborhoods dropped closer to the buyer’s favor. But in June 2024, only […]

Absorption Rate Analysis – May 2024: Relief for Buyers at the Edge of a Heatwave

It’s been an interesting month in the Greater LA housing market as more housing inventory flows into a parched market. We ended April’s absorption rate analysis with a prescient statement: “We did see a higher number of houses for sale in Los Angeles hitting the market in April. If that trend continues, we may see […]

California Cannabis Cafe Bill Would Put a Little More Focus on the Cafe Side of Things

Not to fan the flames of any stoner stereotypes, but munchies are a very real thing. And if State Representative Matt Haney (D) has his way, they might finally get curbed. He wants the state’s cannabis cafe locations to serve food prepared onsite. It doesn’t seem like a particularly controversial take. In fact, his Assembly […]