LA Affordable Housing Groups Poised for Pole Buying Position

LA Affordable Housing Groups Poised for Pole Buying Position

Los Angeles County is moving to boost affordable housing groups in the apartment sales process.  On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to begin drafting the Community Opportunity... Read more »
Taylor Frankie Paul Enters Rehab Weeks After Buying  Million Utah Home

Taylor Frankie Paul Enters Rehab Weeks After Buying $1 Million Utah Home

“The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star Taylor Frankie Paul has checked herself into rehab amid her ongoing legal battles involving her ex-boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen, and ex-husband, Tate Paul. Paul, 32, who... Read more »
Netflix Buying Foreclosed L.A. Studios at Huge Discount

Netflix Buying Foreclosed L.A. Studios at Huge Discount

Netflix is set to drop nearly $400 million on a century-old Los Angeles movie studio that was seized by banks in a foreclosure. The Studio City lot last traded five years ago... Read more »
The Smart Money Is Buying During the Slow Market in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica

The Smart Money Is Buying During the Slow Market in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica

Why Experienced Buyers Remain Active During a Slower Market Something interesting is happening in the Santa Teresa real estate market right now. While the pace has slowed compared to the peak years,... Read more »
Downsizing No Longer Pays Off for Some Retirees—So They’re Buying Bigger

Downsizing No Longer Pays Off for Some Retirees—So They’re Buying Bigger

For decades, downsizing was both a practical and financial rite of passage for retirees and empty nesters. Sell the big family home, buy something smaller, pocket the difference, and simplify the next... Read more »
Taylor Frankie Paul Enters Rehab Weeks After Buying  Million Utah Home

Taylor Frankie Paul Seeks Fresh Start After Buying Her First Utah Home

“The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star Taylor Frankie Paul is celebrating a very positive milestone after closing on her first home as a solo buyer—in the wake of a turbulent few... Read more »
L.A.’s surging real estate prices have cooled, so why is nobody buying condos?

L.A.’s surging real estate prices have cooled, so why is nobody buying condos?

Even as the relentless rise in Los Angeles housing costs seems to have paused, condominium sales slowed to a trickle this year. The number of condo units sold in the first two... Read more »
Nearly 9 in 10 Voters Say Buying a Home Has Never Been Harder

Nearly 9 in 10 Voters Say Buying a Home Has Never Been Harder

Voters want to see action on housing in Washington, DC, even if they don’t know all the details, a new poll has found. Up to 88% of respondents believe it’s harder than... Read more »
Alexia Umansky On Life After ‘Buying Beverly Hills’

Alexia Umansky On Life After ‘Buying Beverly Hills’

As the daughter of The Agency’s founder, Mauricio Umansky, the longest-running consecutive Real Housewife, Kyle Richards, and the niece of Rick and Kathy Hilton of Hilton and Hyland, Alexia Umansky is a... Read more »
Companies are buying their buildings instead of renting them as office values bottom out around Los Angeles

Companies are buying their buildings instead of renting them as office values bottom out around Los Angeles

As the office market bottoms out after a long fall, renters are swooping in to buy their own buildings. Occupant businesses are seizing the opportunity to become owners, especially in downtown Los... Read more »