Southern California’s weird and wild real estate market: The priciest home sales of 2022
Per usual, 2022 was a wild year for Southern California’s luxury market with hushed deals, foreclosed mega-mansions and more. Here are the biggest sales….
Vin Scully’s Hidden Hills mansion sells for $14 million
Vin Scully’s longtime home — a two-acre compound in Hidden Hills dubbed ‘Home Plate’ — just traded hands for $14 million….
Howard Jarvis group, apartment owners sue to block L.A.’s new housing tax
Lawyers representing the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn. and the Apartment Assn. of Greater Los Angeles argue that the documentary transfer tax violates the California Constitution. …
How to protect your home from the type of damage seen in Humboldt County’s 6.4 earthquake
Earthquakes can drop in at the worst possible time. Jacqui and Shane McIntosh were about to sell their home when it was shattered by a 6.4 quake….
Home buyers get some relief as mortgage rates come off 7% highs
Mortgage rates are roughly double year-ago levels but have fallen from their 7% highs. That’s providing at least some relief to potential home buyers. …
Sylvester Stallone lists Hidden Hills compound for $22.5 million
After selling his Beverly Park mansion to Adele earlier this year, actor Sylvester Stallone is asking $22.5 million for his compound in Hidden Hills. …
L.A. confirms end of COVID eviction rules, while other tenant protections remain in limbo
The L.A. City Council has voted to allow landlords to resume evictions Feb. 1. But additional planned tenant protections have not passed. …
Beverly Hills developer gets 4 years in prison for bribing L.A. County official
Beverly Hills developer Arman Gabaee gets 4 years in prison for bribing L.A. County official for a $45 million lease deal and other favors…
California just slashed rooftop solar incentives. What happens next?
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s appointees voted unanimously to reduce payments to homes and businesses that go solar….
Pandemic eviction protections, direct payments kept homelessness in check, study shows
Eviction moratoriums and relief checks helped thousands of people avoid homelessness during the pandemic, a study finds. Its authors say the same measures should be used in the event of a recession….