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 […]
Los Angeles, like California as a whole, has been promoting the blending of indoor and outdoor living for decades. Perhaps this is most evident when you tour ranch-style homes for sale. Amongst the comfort and style so inherent with the design, easy access to the outdoors is pretty much in the blueprint. It’s no wonder […]
Featured image credit: Mountain Mike Johansen Malibu and Santa Barbara have shone so bright over the years that you’d be forgiven for overlooking homes for sale in Oxnard CA. But this enclave between the two more renowned communities is finding its way more and more into the spotlight as Southern California’s real estate market evolves. […]
Photo credit: Jeff Turner We’re not here to debate climate change. But it is our responsibility to report on real estate trends with accuracy, and if you don’t believe that the top real estate companies in the country are also paying attention, then a market as competitive as LA’s will simply pass you by. Climate […]
Featured image credit: Everyday On Tour How do a lumber magnate, the Marx Brothers, a haunted forest, and a white-knuckle auction relate? It all has to do with the property at the center of it all… but isn’t at the center of much of anything anymore. The mysterious Cobb Estate is long gone, yet its […]
Featured image credit: Living in Irvine California Most people in the United States have at least some understanding of an incorporated municipality, because most of us live in one. These are cities with their own governments, civic planning departments, police forces, and identities (some more than others). North Tustin is not one of these municipalities. […]
Who hasn’t at one point or another dreamt of lavish homes along Los Angeles beaches, the sound of the surf, the salt in the air, and your very own private stretch of shoreline? Most likely, anyone familiar with California law. Because they would recognize that this dream is nothing more than a dream. Yes, the […]
