A Sore Spot in L.A.’s Housing Crisis: Foreign-Owned Homes Sitting Empty
International buyers, from China in particular, have contributed to the hundreds of thousands of vacant residential ...
Los Angeles wildfire czar's $500K paycheck for 90 days of work draws swift blowback, mayor reverses course
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass reneged wildfire czar Steve Soboroff's $500,000 compensation for 90 days of work after the ...
For many who lost homes in Los Angeles fires, insurance won't cover entire cost of rebuilding
The total cost of rebuilding homes in the L.A.-area fires will outpace what underinsured owners' insurance policies can ...
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More houses are being built in wildfire-prone areas. Los Angeles has a plan to stop
Houses spread steadily into the foothills, nestled against the dense, flammable brush of the San Gabriel Mountains. In December, Los Angeles County officials considered a new land use plan ...
Los Angeles Fires Put Up to $40 Billion of Residential Real Estate at Risk
The recent wildfires in Los Angeles County put more than $40 billion of real estate value at risk, according to a new report ...
Marketplace5d
Loss of costly homes in urban areas made LA wildfires a financial disaster
Corringham said not only are the houses more expensive, but there are just more houses. “Los Angeles has grown so dramatically in the last 50 years. The increase in population within these ...
Marketplace2d
A Los Angeles-area developer gives advice on rebuilding after the fires
Developer Waleed Delawari shares some of the lessons he's learned on what rebuilding a home might look like after the LA fires.
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Issues Executive Order to Waive All-Electric Building Requirement for Rebuilding After Los Angeles Wildfires
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued Emergency Executive Order No. 1, entitled “Return and Rebuild,” in response to the ...
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Real Estate
The six-bedroom home in Los Angeles, where the family’s reality ... By Jill Terreri Ramos A couple lived in a three-story house on a double lot in Portland, Ore. But they wanted a smaller ...