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 […]
Category: Current Real Estate
3 Obstacles Keeping LA from a Healthy Housing Supply – and What You Can Do About Them
There’s no way around it: Los Angeles has a housing supply shortage. You may not hear us talk about it much here at JohnHart. But that’s only because we invest in agents who know how to use conditions like this to your advantage. That doesn’t mean we’re working in an ideal market. Will supply ever […]
Neighborhood Watch: Cutting Through the Competition in Search of La Cañada Homes for Sale
Featured image credit: City of La Cañada Flintridge Perched in the rustic foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, La Cañada Flintridge (frequently shortened to La Cañada by the locals) is a city beloved by those who want seclusion without giving up the conveniences of the city. You can feel like you’re in a wooded resort […]
22 JohnHart Agents Make 2025 RealTrends America’s Best Real Estate Agents List
As if to say “keep the challenges coming”, over 20 JohnHart Real Estate agents earned coveted spots on the prestigious 2025 RealTrends America’s Best Real Estate Agents List in a year fraught with industry adversity. For those unfamiliar with the RealTrends America’s Best Real Estate Agents List, it ranks the top 1.5% agents in the […]
NAR Votes in Favor of Suspending Controversial No-Commingling MLS Listing Guidelines
After a meeting closed to the media, the National Association of REALTOR®s (NAR) has agreed to suspend its controversial no-commingling MLS guideline. Alternately known as the “segregation rule”, the guideline was frequently criticized as being insensitive to the client experience by making it more difficult to search for non-MLS listings. Following a June 3 vote […]
Absorption Rate Analysis – May 2025: Sometimes Stable Terrain Deserves a Closer Look
If you’ve stepped away from our absorption rate analysis for a few months, you could easily look at May’s stats and think nothing’s really changed. It’s true, most of our neighborhoods have spent months hovering roughly around the same absorption rate range. Here’s a town hopping up a percentage point or two. There’s a neighborhood […]
Neighborhood Watch: Get Your Foot in the Valley’s Door with Houses for Sale in Reseda
Why is competition so steep in this cozy Valley enclave? Featured image credit: Eric Shalov This entry in our Neighborhood Watch series will be a bit shorter than previous examples because Reseda isn’t its own city. Rather it’s a neighborhood situated in the San Fernando Valley. That being said, we get so many buyers searching […]
Absorption Rate Analysis – April 2025: A Busy Month Influences a Divided Housing Market
Where does your neighborhood stand after a particularly divisive month? Despite national economic concerns, April was a remarkable month at JohnHart Real Estate as our agents doubled down on their determination, selling significantly more homes than in March. And that inexhaustible grind was felt in April’s absorption rates. Following January’s unanimous drop, February’s unanimous surge, […]
Neighborhood Watch: The Reasons Why Sherman Oaks Houses for Sale Stir Up So Much Competition
Featured image credit: Los Angeles If you’re curious about Sherman Oaks houses for sale, get in line. This is one of the most coveted neighborhoods in the San Fernando Valley. Just don’t remind them that they’re in the Valley. They famously tried to secede from it in 2002. Sherman Oaks is beloved for its serene […]
The Top 25 Agents (and Top 5 Associates) of Q1 2025
The agents on this list just delivered a better quarter than anyone would have the right to hope for in the current market. Sure, changes in the real estate landscape are nothing new to our seasoned agents. But even acknowledging this, we’ve stepped into a new market, one unlike anything we’ve seen before. The world […]