With rates finally dropping and relief setting in for clients and real estate professionals alike, it’s easy to momentarily forget the challenges this industry has endured in the last year. But we dedicate our 3rd quarter results to these 25 real estate agents and teams who pushed through the resistance without any reprieve in sight. […]
Category: Current Real Estate
Absorption Rate Analysis – September 2024: The Most Impressive Absorption Rates We’ve Ever Published
This is the single most impressive absorption rate analysis we’ve published since we first started sharing our numbers in August 2022. Perhaps it was the market anticipating the federal interest rate drop. We’re finally below 5%! Or perhaps things really are just starting to swing in the buyer’s favor. Whatever the case, the dropping absorption […]
The Rancho Palos Verdes Landslides Are a Horror 250,000 Years in the Making
Featured image credit: Dave Proffer We’ve all heard horror stories of homeownership woe. A flooding upstairs bathroom crashing down into a home’s lower level. The spark of electrical wiring burning down a dream. Unseen black mold contaminating everything it touches. But you’ve heard of nothing quite like what’s happening right now in the coastal community […]
Protect Your Independent Contractor Status as a Real Estate Professional in California
It’s been a tough time for real estate professionals. The industry is just beginning to adjust to the NAR ruling that left real estate in upheaval, completely changing the way professionals addressed representation for their clients. But the wake of that ruling could be a cakewalk compared to what’s on the horizon. Earlier this year, […]
Absorption Rate Analysis – August 2024: A Great Month for Home Buyers
August 2024 was a great month for home buyers according to our absorption rate stats. While it wasn’t one of those months with a near-unanimous pull toward the buyer’s favor, the surges were (mostly) modest. And the drops tended to be much more significant, plunging certain communities into absorption rate depths we haven’t seen in […]
The Famed Poltergeist House Haunted the Greater Los Angeles Real Estate Market For Only Three Weeks Before It Sold
Featured image credit: Warner Brothers We like to dispel the myth that Los Angeles real estate is scary. But in this case, we might have to eat our words. The house from the classic 1982 horror film Poltergeist hit the market just a few weeks ago. And it’s already found its buyer. The single-family home […]
Should You Rent Out or List Homes for Sale in California?
Is it better to rent out or list homes for sale in California? You’d be surprised how much this question comes up. There’s no denying that property is a solid investment. But when you’ve generated enough wealth to consider retiring your primary residence to an investment property, it’s time to make that crucial choice. Is […]
Absorption Rate Analysis – July 2024: This Market’s Healthier Than You Think
At first glance, July seemed like a rebound month for LA’s absorption rates (with a few outliers, of course). But what’s not obvious by simply looking at the statistics is that we sold more homes in nearly every market in July than we did in June. Summertime is often one of the hottest times for […]
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. […]
The Top 25 Agents of Q2 2024
Is it hot enough out there for you? We’re not talking about summer heat. We’re talking about the kind of heat that could only come from a year this vicious. The heat that comes from the friction of agents being ground against the most resistance many of us have ever felt in our entire careers. […]