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Lincoln Heights is considered the oldest neighborhood in Los Angeles outside of downtown. And, we are delighted to say, it is going to get some desirable gentrification—the 1930s vintage Lincoln Heights jail (condemned in 2014 for lead- and asbestos-related issues)…

The name California comes from the Spanish writer, Garci Rodriguez de Montalvo, who wrote of Calafia, the black queen of a tribe of Amazon women warriors who inhabited the island of California. The only metal on the mythical island was…

Recent statistical analysis of the Los Angeles real estate market shows that while there was a dip in the median price of sold residential real estate from September to October 2017, the longer-term uptrend is still in place. The median…

The Southern California real estate market continues its strong advance as the median price of existing homes sold in Los Angeles County increased more than 10% from September 2016 to September 2017. According to the California Association of Realtors, the…

Those looking to make a real estate purchase might not apply for a mortgage because they think they need a 20% down payment. That is simply not the case today. There are numerous programs now that make no-down- payment mortgages…

Is it time to sell? The question is now keeping a growing number of Los Angeles area homeowners awake at night. And there is good reason according to an article at Zerohedge.com: Bottom Line: If 2006/07 was the peak of…

Southern California real estate continues to rock. Sales volume of homes in Los Angeles County increased 5.4% over last year and hit a stunning 10-year high in August. Eye-popping low rates and job growth are driving the sales, according to…

In what appears to be two elements of the Los Angeles real estate market in a head-to-head confrontation, home prices have continued to rise while sales have slowed—for the second month in a row. Sellers, it would appear, are trying…

Real estate in Northeast Los Angles continues to be a rock star. While the median price of homes sold in Los Angeles County increased 8.5% last month, the number of sales fell 12.6% compared to July 2015. However, the Northeast…

The Federal Reserve Bank just released the minutes of its July 2016 meeting wherein they decided not to increase interest rates. The minutes contained 14 pages of financial mumbo jumbo that basically said, no rate increase. Despite the Fed dangling…