Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura | firsttuesday Journal

California tiered home pricing

by ft Editorial Staff | Oct 14, 2024 | Bay Area, Charts, first tuesday Local, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Mortgages, Real Estate, San Diego | 30

Home prices are flatlining across California’s metropolitan areas at the end of 2023.

SoCal commercial vacancy rates continue to rise in Q1 2024

by David Swistock | Apr 30, 2024 | Charts, Commercial, Economics, Inland Empire, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Market Watch, Orange County, Real Estate, San Diego | 0

Southern California’s commercial market softened even further in the first quarter of 2024.

Zoning obstacles for manufactured homes in California

by Amy Platero | Sep 8, 2023 | Bakersfield-Fresno, Bay Area, Economics, first tuesday Local, Inland Empire, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Orange County, Real Estate, Sacramento, San Diego | 1

More acceptance of manufactured homes within California’s zoning laws may help address the state’s 980,000-unit housing deficit.

May a landlord maintain an unlawful detainer (UD) action against a month-to-month tenant who remains in possession following expiration of a notice of intent to vacate when the unit is subject to a rent control ordinance?

by David Swistock | Aug 14, 2023 | Laws and Regulations, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Property Management, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0

Roxbury Lane LP, v. Benjamin Harris

SoCal commercial vacancy rates continue to rise in Q2 2023

by Amy Platero | Aug 7, 2023 | Commercial, first tuesday Local, Inland Empire, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Orange County, Real Estate, San Diego | 0

Southern California’s commercial market softened even further in the second quarter of 2023.

Los Angeles housing indicators

by ft Editorial Staff | Aug 3, 2023 | Charts, first tuesday Local, Forecasts, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Mortgages, Real Estate | 11

View these Los Angeles regional charts for details on current activity and forecasts for its housing market.

HCD awards grants to increase access to housing

by Amy Platero | Jul 28, 2023 | Bay Area, first tuesday Local, Inland Empire, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Orange County, Real Estate, Sacramento, San Diego | 0

California is rewarding local agencies with over $352 million in grant funding to help achieve housing and climate goals.

Grants awarded to pro-housing metros

by Amy Platero | Jul 12, 2023 | Bakersfield-Fresno, Bay Area, Economics, first tuesday Local, Inland Empire, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Real Estate, Sacramento, San Diego | 2

Was your service area among the 18 awarded with grant funding for having pro-housing policies?

SoCal’s commercial market further softened in Q1 2023

by Amy Platero | Jul 7, 2023 | Commercial, first tuesday Local, Inland Empire, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Orange County, Real Estate, San Diego | 0

SoCal’s commercial market faced tough headwinds in the first quarter of 2023.

May a landlord maintain an unlawful detainer (UD) action when they have not complied with local rent control ordinances?

by David Swistock | Jun 28, 2023 | Fair Housing, Laws and Regulations, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Recent Case Decisions | 0

Frazier v. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County

What you need to know about LA’s new “mansion tax”

by Carrie B. Reyes | Apr 7, 2023 | Economics, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Real Estate, Tax | 0

Now that the mad scramble to beat the tax deadline is behind us, what do agents need to know about the new mansion tax?

California Attorney General clashes with NIMBYs in Huntington Beach

by Carrie B. Reyes | Mar 23, 2023 | Laws and Regulations, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Real Estate | 0

This is the second time the state has sued Huntington Beach over housing law violations.

Black homeownership is growing slowly but surely

by Ashley Collins | Mar 10, 2023 | first tuesday Local, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Orange County, Real Estate, Sacramento, San Diego | 0

Black homeownership has historically been low for decades — but it’s snailing forward.

Redlining practices cost LA-based lender $31 million in settlement

by Amy Platero | Mar 10, 2023 | Fair Housing, first tuesday Local, Fundamentals, Laws and Regulations, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Mortgages, Real Estate | 0

The largest redlining settlement in the Justice Department’s history involved a lender servicing Los Angeles who achieved disproportionately low numbers of mortgages from minority areas.

SoCal’s industrial leasing performance peaked in 2022, now trending downward

by Adam Kolvas | Dec 7, 2022 | Economics, Inland Empire, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Orange County, Real Estate, San Diego | 0

SoCal’s industrial leasing performance is in for the third quarter.

Most SoCal cities miss deadline to complete housing plans

by Amy Platero | Nov 14, 2022 | first tuesday Local, Inland Empire, Laws and Regulations, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Orange County, Real Estate | 0

Just 73 out of 197 Southern California cities and counties met an October 2022 deadline to get their housing plans for the next eight years approved.

Apartment construction soars in Los Angeles, but is it enough?

by Amy Platero | Oct 14, 2022 | Economics, first tuesday Local, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Real Estate | 2

Multi-family residence construction is at a 50-year high.

The housing deficit is worst in California — almost a million homes short

by Amy Platero | Sep 6, 2022 | Economics, first tuesday Local, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Real Estate | 1

The housing deficit has worsened in recent years. See how California’s metros rank compared to the rest of the nation.

Local governments try to dodge California’s single family zoning ban

by Carrie B. Reyes | May 2, 2022 | Laws and Regulations, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Real Estate | 1

Designating landmark districts and wildlife sanctuaries are just some of the ways towns are attempting to avoid the new, looser zoning laws.

Does local zoning allow for the short-term rental of units in an apartment complex?

by Ariel Calvillo | Mar 14, 2022 | Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0

People v. Venice Suites, LLC

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