Perhaps it didn’t have the cultural impact of “new phone, who dis?” but the search phrase “new listings near me” flipped the way buyers search for homes on its… well, its roof. It’s a direct example of the effectiveness of location-based searching, a far cry from the newspaper ads and weekend open houses of yore. […]
Category: Current Real Estate
Palm Springs Homeowners Shaken by Drastic Ground Lease Increases
Correction: An earlier version of this article misstated the nature of ground lease arrangements, suggesting they can be tailored to meet the financial situations of the lessee. While this may be true in some circumstances, this is not the case for the residents of Saddlerock Estates, and we did not intend to draw that parallel. […]
Absorption Rate Analysis – July 2025: A Predictable Month Serves Up Our Lowest Absorption Rate High Yet
July was a bit more predictable than June in the Greater Los Angeles housing market. For one, we sold even more homes, indicative of the summer surge we experience every year at this time as families take advantage of the break from school. The drops and surges were also more modest in July; no double-digit […]
Neighborhood Watch: Despite Its Selling Points, Competition Remains Lower for Encino Homes for Sale Than the Rest of the Valley
Featured image credit: JGKlein If you’ve been keeping up with our Neighborhood Watch series, you might get a taste of déjà vu from today’s focal point. But we assure you, Encino has its own distinct flavor, regardless of bordering both Reseda and Sherman Oaks, which we’ve previously covered. We didn’t mean to scrutinize so much […]
How Purposeful Real Estate Website Design Makes for a More Rewarding Experience
Computers have placed pretty much anything you can imagine at our fingertips. So why is it still so challenging to find the perfect house? While the digital world still hasn’t quite figured out how to make more housing inventory, a well-crafted real estate website does make house hunting easier than it was a few decades […]
Believe It Or Not, You Can Find Richard Neutra Houses for Rent Los Angeles Architecture Buffs Would Love to Call Home
Featured image credit: Sansculotte When it comes to houses for rent Los Angeles architecture buffs would adore, the supply can be pretty tight. That’s not to say we lack architectural wonders. Few other American cities can give you Spanish Colonial Revival bungalows across the street from a historically significant Craftsman home neighboring a modern brutalist […]
The Top 25 Agents of Q2 2025
Making it onto the list for the JohnHart Top 25 Agents of the Quarter shows that an agent truly understands their market, their clients, and their community. And while the numbers speak for themselves, they don’t tell the full story. How could they fully explain the strong connections these agents have undoubtedly built in their […]
Absorption Rate Analysis: June 2025 – Is This the Sign That We’re Moving Into an Overall Buyer’s Market?
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 […]
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 […]









