Hopefully, if you own apartments in the City of Los Angeles and are under the L.A. Rent Stabilization Ordinance, you have already paid your building’s registration fees of $24.51 per unit which was ...
With rents heading upward in many cities in the U.S., municipalities have turned to rent control to contain skyrocketing rents. In California, where affordability is on the minds of residents, rent control is again up for debate as state lawmak...
Borrowers still have lots of choices when securing permanent financing for apartment properties, particularly from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
“There is overall good liquidity in the mortgage markets,” says Mitchell Kiffe, senior managin...
About 60 percent of the units in Ten50—the 25-story condo tower in Downtown LA’s South Park neighborhood with a drone landing pad—have been scooped up after sales launched last year, says Los Angeles Downtown News.
The tower at the cor...
Investors’ interest in multifamily properties seems to be at an all-time high. However, a good location, nice unit condition, and the right amenities are no longer enough to keep occupancy rates up and a property’s value high.
To increa...
The Arts District, South Park and Koreatown are among L.A.'s emerging neighborhoods. Many developers consider them ripe for development.
From Carmel Partners senior vice president of development Neils Cotter's perspective, the entire City o...
Multifamily occupants nowadays are becoming more concerned about cutting down their house energy footprint and save on electricity bills and therefore look for energy-efficient units for rent. In an effort to attract as many prospective tenants...
Transit-oriented development is often offered as one solution to help decrease traffic, provide housing and improve the quality of life in Los Angeles, but Measure S, which would halt large developments, could put a freeze on planned TODs and c...
Details continue to roll in about a massive mixed use project developed by SunCal that could transform the Arts District. Earlier today, Urbanize LA spotted a freshly released initial study that includes plenty of information about the project,...
The mood on the show floor at the annual MBA Commercial Real Estate Finance/Multifamily Housing Convention & Expo,, which is taking place in San Diego this week, is an odd mixture of optimism and uncertainty. With ealthy property fundamentals a...