NEWS ARCHIVE


  • Housing Tracker: Southern California home prices largely flat in April
    Explore the price trends for home sales and rentals in and around Los Angeles. Read More
  • Landmark Los Angeles federal courthouse slated for quick sale by agency
    The landmark U.S. Courthouse built in the 1930s on Spring Street near City Hall has been slated for "accelerated disposition" by the General Services Administration as part of a plan to sell off obsolete and underutilized federal properties. Read More
  • Olympics broadcast center and movie studio coming to Hollywood Park
    Rams owner Stan Kroenke will build a movie studio next to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood that will serve as the international broadcast center for the 2028 Olympic Games. Read More
  • Contributor: Burned lots in L.A. will sit empty for decades unless Congress tweaks the tax code
    Current law encourages many fire victims to hold their now-empty lots until death to avoid a huge tax bill. That's a disaster for the community and the tax base. Read More
  • Some pointers on paying capital gains taxes from home sales
    You can shelter up to $500,000 of home sales profits from capital gains taxes. Capital gains also can be reduced if you have capital losses. Read More
  • Archer to open meat snacks factory in Vernon, employing more than 200
    The Vernon plant where Farmer John hot dogs were made will soon be cranking out millions of pounds of meat sticks for a Southern California snack food company. Read More
  • Trump proposes cut to federal rental assistance. California would be hit hard
    The Trump administration has proposed cutting rental assistance funding by 43%, while giving states more flexibility on how they spend the money that remains. Advocates for low-income households say the proposal would be a disaster. Read More
  • In a bid to blunt gentrification after fire in Altadena, nonprofits look to buy burned lots
    Some nonprofits are buying burned lots in Altadena in an effort to limit disaster gentrification as for-profit developers score the community to build. Read More
  • Amid tariff turmoil, these warehouses are in big demand in L.A.
    Some importers that are still receiving shipments are scrambling to rent space in bonded buildings where they hope to buy time for the tariff tensions to ease. Read More
  • L.A.'s office market takes a hit amid trade wars, fires and economic uncertainty
    Tenants hunting for office space in the Los Angeles area are in the driver's seat as vacancies plague many landlords trying to fill their buildings with people. Read More
  • Fires, tariffs and high interest rates: L.A. housing construction plunged at start of year
    In the first three months of 2025, the city of Los Angeles approved building permits for 57% fewer new homes than a year earlier, according to a report from research firm Hilgard Analytics. Read More
  • She transformed a historic Hollywood penthouse into a 'sanctuary' with secondhand gems
    A magical Mediterranean-style penthouse, rumored to have been rented by Stevie Nicks in 1971, offers a safe place to land for entrepreneur Caitlin Villarreal. Read More
  • Residential skyscraper for downtown L.A. mall clears hurdle to city approval
    A planned new residential skyscraper for downtown Los Angeles has cleared a key regulatory hurdle to be built in an usual location — on top of an existing parking garage. Read More
  • 'It's scaring the crap out of me': How Trump's tariffs are colliding with rebuilding fire ravaged L.A.
    Uncertainty about which imports will be socked with new tariffs and when they'll go into effect has thrown a cloud over home builders and other real estate developers trying to pay for new construction throughout Southern California. Read More
  • Southern California home price growth is slowing. Whose market is it now?
    Explore the price trends for home sales and rentals in and around Los Angeles. Read More
  • Measure ULA is reducing apartment development in the city of L.A, report says
    A report from researchers at UCLA and the think tank Rand found that Measure ULA, a Los Angeles tax on property sales, is reducing apartment construction by nearly 2,000 units annually and in the process likely worsening the city's affordability crisis. Read More
  • Tariffs chill Southern California's vast industrial property market
    Demand for warehouses used to move goods through Los Angeles County ports is expected to fall if widespread tariffs take effect, potentially damaging the economic vitality of one of the world's largest industrial real estate markets. Read More
  • Contributor: L.A.'s 'mansion tax' needs a remodel. Here's how to fix it
    New research shows just how serious the unintended consequences of Measure ULA have been for Los Angeles. Read More
  • Tired of apartments with no fridges? California bill would require landlords to supply them
    Assembly Bill 628 would require landlords in California to provide refrigerators in apartments. Assemblymember Tina McKinnor says she wants everyone to have one. Read More
  • UCLA report claims the 'mansion tax' stifles commercial development in L.A.
    Two years into Measure ULA, a new report claims that the tax is hurting commercial development and causing the city to lose $25 million in annual property tax revenue. Read More
  • L.A. housing authority turning luxury Woodland Hills apartments into affordable housing
    L.A.'s housing authority last year purchased a 335-unit luxury apartment building in Woodland Hills and is turning it into mixed-income, affordable housing. Read More
  • Disney plans to vacate storied Fox lot in Century City by year's end
    Disney's lease for space on Fox's Pico Boulevard compound in Los Angeles expires next March. The company has no plans to renew its lease and plans to vacate by year's end, Disney insiders said. Read More
  • Expansive offices for Apple are rising in Culver City
    Construction crews have erected cranes and are building upward on two bronze-colored structures expected to house Apple's television streaming service and expand its presence in Culver City. Read More
  • After fires, a concrete Malibu mansion infamously owned by Kanye West might be desirable again
    The Malibu property, listed at $39 million, is in the midst of renovation as its new owner undoes Ye's head-scratching remodeling choices. Read More
  • After L.A. wildfires, experts offer a road map for how to speed up recovery
    A prominent group of academics and real estate industry experts has crafted a far-reaching plan to hasten the recovery of Los Angeles County neighborhoods devastated by the January wildfires. Read More