It’s official: the landscape of homes for sale in Los Angeles is changing. And while change in real estate seems to be the only constant, it’s important to analyze not just how things are changing but why they’re changing. Just within the last year, we’ve seen significant evolution in how buyers assess location and cost […]
Featured image credit: Envato At one point, it seemed that people wouldn’t even consider buying a home in LA without a sparkling swimming pool punctuating a backyard oasis. Rising demand and dwindling supply have left buyers more willing to settle for properties without pools, but the heart wants what the heart wants. When the option […]
Featured image credit: BakedintheHole When we did our series of Los Angeles Architecture 101 blogs, we didn’t skip brutalism so much as we just didn’t consider that there was enough brutalist architecture in the city to warrant the spotlight. However, if you’re in search of a brutalist house in LA, you can find one (with […]
There’s a lot that goes into a lot (sorry!), especially in the dense Los Angeles real estate market. Puns aside, people often overlook just how much the size of a property’s lot influences the value of single-family homes. Square footage tends to steal the spotlight, followed closely by neighborhood, custom finishes, and so on. Perhaps […]
Where does the public realm end and the private world begin? It’s a question that tends to elicit some pretty strong responses, but for many homeowners, especially those in larger cities, the front porch serves as an unofficial “soft” barrier between the home and the street. But the arrangement of a front porch largely dictates […]
Featured image credit: Downtowngal Los Angeles is a lot of things to a lot of people – but Europe isn’t one of them. At least not outside of the Los Feliz neighborhood. That’s not saying you could mistake the curving streets, walkability, and natural beauty of Los Feliz for, say, those of Paris, Milan, or […]
Featured image credit: leimertparkvillage.org It can start to feel like, when it comes to real estate, success is measured purely in square feet. But there’s more to finding that feeling of home than square footage, or bedroom counts, or even proximity to your place of work. To see what we mean, look no further than […]
Luxury real estate isn’t for every buyer’s agent, especially in a city like Los Angeles, where the heights of decadence can be truly astronomical. In markets like Beverly Hills, Malibu, and Bel Air, price points soar higher, timelines stretch longer, and the buyers themselves are rarely rookies. Rather, they’re more often savvy, well-informed, and financially […]
New construction, despite all of the red tape, remains a popular alternative to buying older real estate in Los Angeles. But those set on new construction need to make a crucial decision right out of the gate: whether to purchase vacant land for sale or invest in a teardown – an older property marked for […]
Featured image credit: Clyde Charles Brown When it comes to property value in the chic neighborhood of Silver Lake LA, the Silver Lake Reservoir exerts a surprising amount of influence. Situated literally and figuratively at the center of the community, the reservoir has gradually shifted the priorities of homebuyers through its promise of recreation, its […]
