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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
