Fannie And Freddie’s New Bubble
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac still have housing blood on their hands from the 2008 financial crash. However, the giant GSEs, placed in government conservatorship in September 2008, have now, virtually ...
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2024 Olympics: See the flashy sports park planned for the Valley
The main strength of Los Angeles’s bid for the 2024 Olympic games has been the city’s existing infrastructure; bid leaders maintain that no permanent facilities will be constructed for the games, ensuring LA won’t end up with any wildly e...
Los Angeles ranks as the top choice in the U.S. for international real estate investors
Los Angeles is in a sweet spot in its real estate cycle that will make it one of the top choices in the world for buying property this year, a new report says.
The L.A. area ranked No. 1 in North America in a survey of global real estate inv...
Multifamily Market “Poised for Growth” This Year, Says Freddie Mac
Multifamily origination volume could grow to around $295bn this year, according to new data from Freddie Mac.
This multi-hundred-billion dollar increase would depend on the 10-year treasury rate and whether it stays in the 2.5% range.
Vol...
Los Angeles City Rent Stabilization – Reminders and Updates
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 due by February 29, 2017. Serving a timely ...
RENT CONTROL: A QUICK FIX OR LONG-TERM SOLUTION?
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...
Condos in Downtown LA tower Ten50 are 60 percent sold
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...
Why Build In Emerging Neighborhoods
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...
Why Leaders Say Measure S Could Halt Tods, Devastate City
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...
The Tech Oasis Known As Silicon Beach
It's no secret that Silicon Beach is the place to be if you're a tech company.
Several factors — not least of which is the SoCal lifestyle — are drawing an increasing number of firms, including the Honest Co and IMAX. Facebook signed a 5...