“…and it has a protected view.” If you’ve shopped for a condominium for sale in the Los Angeles area, you’ve likely heard a real estate agent use this very phrase. But did you know it has legal and financial implications? Luxury condos that hit the market in LA are more likely to have protected views, […]
Featured image credit: Isaac Cruz If “all the world’s a stage”, as William Shakespeare so famously declared, then it could explain the traffic pile-ups that greet us every day across the city. But in one sleepy Los Angeles neighborhood, the more decked out the roadway, the better. At least where the historic Shakespeare Bridge is […]
Who doesn’t love fruit-bearing trees in the backyard? Beyond the immediate benefit of fresh fruit (especially with grocery prices so high), fruit trees are symbolic of bounty and can make for great marketing if you’re listing your home. This goes double when listing Downey homes for sale. That’s because a fruit-bearing tree in a Downey […]
Featured image credit: Pacific Southwest Forest Service, USDA We’re approaching two years since wildfires levelled huge portions of Altadena real estate. In that time, the area’s median home price has virtually lost all meaning. Long used as a quick, hyperlocal cost estimate for homes, the median home price cuts extremes at both ends to help […]
Closing costs on a house strike fear into even the most gung-ho of buyers. But if you’re expecting closing fees in California to be handled the way they are on reality TV, you may be in for a reality check. And that goes double for house closing costs in Los Angeles. While you may think […]
Featured image credit: Junkyardsparkle Very little lasts forever, even in real estate. Even though generation upon generation may pass through the bones of the same home, it’s slowly depreciating. So, when you find something that lasts, it’s worth pursuing. Those searching for Encino homes for sale may have stumbled on a secret hiding in plain […]
Featured image credit: Carol M. Highsmith A desert may seem like an unlikely place to plant a golf course, but try telling that to anyone in Palm Springs. Verdant green links pepper the Coachella Valley’s planned communities in the likes of Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage, La Quinta, Indian Wells, Cathedral City – you […]
We’ll be frank: a starter home in Los Angeles is not the same as a starter home in most of the rest of the country. If you ask LA residents about the average down payment on a house, they’re likely to respond somewhere in the neighborhood of 20%. But this is higher than the national […]
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… if you’re a stargazer anyway. That’s because the Perseid meteor shower 2026 season has officially begun. Cloud cover over Los Angeles means a drive will be inevitable. But even with clear skies, you’ll need to find a spot much darker than any afforded by the sprawling Greater […]
Featured image credit: Friends of Big Bear Valley It’s estimated that around 100,000 people flock to the mountainous resort town of Big Bear every year. Yet, your best chance of seeing the most illustrious seasonal residents is by staying glued to your computer. That’s because no one in Big Bear is as popular as the […]
