HVN Seeks to Build More Mar Vista Affordable Units

HVN Seeks to Build More Mar Vista Affordable Units

Two one-story apartment buildings in Mar Vista could give way to an affordable housing complex.  HVN Development filed an application with the Los Angeles Department of City Planning to clear the two... Read more »
Trump Vows To Make Housing Affordable While Keeping Values Up as He Praises the ‘Golden Age of America’ in State of the Union Speech

Trump Vows To Make Housing Affordable While Keeping Values Up as He Praises the ‘Golden Age of America’ in State of the Union Speech

President Donald Trump reiterated his aim of making the housing market affordable without lowering home values during the State of the Union speech, his annual address to Congress. Trump’s speech on Tuesday... Read more »
L.A. and Long Beach among least affordable cities for homebuyers

L.A. and Long Beach among least affordable cities for homebuyers

Los Angeles, Long Beach and San Diego are among the world’s least affordable cities for homebuyers, a recent report says. When the price of a regular home is compared to regular local... Read more »
The World’s Least Affordable Cities Revealed—and U.S. Tech Hub Is Named as Hardest Place To Buy a Home

The World’s Least Affordable Cities Revealed—and U.S. Tech Hub Is Named as Hardest Place To Buy a Home

California dominates a world list, but in an expensive way. Nine of the priciest locales of the least affordable cities to buy a home are in the United States: San Jose, CA,... Read more »
Culver City Gun Store to Become Affordable Housing

Culver City Gun Store to Become Affordable Housing

A former gun store in Culver City is slated for redevelopment as affordable housing.  Culver City’s City Council voted to greenlight West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation’s Washington Palms proposal, Westside Today reported. ... Read more »
Wellpointe Plans Affordable Development within Warner Center

Wellpointe Plans Affordable Development within Warner Center

A property-holding affiliate of Wellpointe Inc. has acquired 6400 Canoga Ave., a 4.71-acre site in Woodland Hills. The acquisition represents a milestone in Wellpointe’s plan to pursue a 100% affordable housing, mixed-use development in... Read more »
Affordable Housing Projects Get Los Angeles County Help

Affordable Housing Projects Get Los Angeles County Help

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has signed off on more than $40 million in loans for affordable housing developments across the county.  Overall, the county has approved nearly $43.8 million... Read more »
Affordable Housing Booming in Los Angeles Area

Affordable Housing Booming in Los Angeles Area

Developers in Los Angeles have been some of the most active in erecting affordable housing across the country in the post-pandemic years.  Los Angeles ranked seventh nationwide for affordable housing between 2020... Read more »
Rate’s Victoria DeLuce on the path to affordable housing

Rate’s Victoria DeLuce on the path to affordable housing

All eyes are finally on housing affordability. As Victoria DeLuce, senior vice president of home equity lending at Rate and a speaker at HousingWire’s Housing Economic Summit, states in a recent interview,... Read more »
A blueprint for making housing more affordable 

A blueprint for making housing more affordable 

As we kick off the New Year, affordability remains one of the biggest challenges facing the mortgage industry and the broader housing market. It continues to shape conversations among lenders, policymakers, and... Read more »