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 […]
Category: Current Real Estate
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 […]
Tariffs and Immigration Keep the Average Home Price in California Rising. Here’s What You Can Do as a Real Estate Agent.
I’m a firm believer that politics has no place in our role as service providers to our community. But when political changes impact our industry, we as professionals can’t simply ignore them. This isn’t a political opinion, nor an attempt to sway political perspectives. It’s a call to do what’s needed to best serve our […]
The Crossroads of the World, a Unique Former Los Angeles Mall, Has Blood in Its Foundation
Crossroads of the World is one of those LA landmarks that everyone recognizes but very few have visited. There’s not really much to see there these days outside of the beautiful architecture. But that wasn’t always the case. In the late 1930s and into the 1940s, this Los Angeles mall redefined how a shopping center […]
Absorption Rate Analysis – March 2025: Course-Correcting from February’s Surge
It almost feels like March is an apology to the prospective homebuyers of the Greater Los Angeles area for February’s unanimous surge into the seller’s market. It was mostly a kinder month for the buyers, showing drops closer to the buyer’s market in all except four of these communities. And two of those just treaded […]
Neighborhood Watch: Expect a Small Town Feel in the Big City When You Browse Houses for Sale in Glendora
Featured image credit: Glendora Village If you’re seeking a slice of small-town Americana but can’t quite give up the big city, a search for houses for sale in Glendora, California may be in your near future. Though it’s firmly a part of Los Angeles County, Glendora has a quaint and timeless feel to it. When […]
How Could AI in Real Estate Transform the Industry? 6 Ways Revealed
In just a few very short years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has infiltrated virtually every sector of business across the world. Real estate is not exempt. However, real estate agents concerned about being replaced by an AI agent shouldn’t be losing any sleep. If anything, the growing use of AI in real estate will make their […]
Absorption Rate Analysis – February 2025: Things Are Looking Up for Home Sellers. Way Up.
It seems that in the Greater Los Angeles area’s absorption rate stats, what goes down must come up. January’s month of down-the-line decreases in absorption rates were countered in February with increases across the board. We had a similar surge in every neighborhood in March 2023. So, while it’s rare, it happens. And it was […]
Neighborhood Watch: Join the Line for Houses for Sale in Upland CA
Featured image credit: City of Upland JohnHart Real Estate may be best recognized for redefining real estate in the Greater Los Angeles area, but our mission knows no boundaries as the focus of this edition of our Neighborhood Watch column illustrates. Today, we look at a city in San Bernardino County where things always seem […]
The Starburst House is the Home That Wasn’t But Someday Could Be
All imaged credited to: Whitaker Studio Normally, a house like the one we’re looking at today would get a feature in our home spotlight series. But to make it into that column, a house needs to actually exist. And outside of a concept, that’s not the case with the Starburst House. Perhaps you’ve seen it […]