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'Dollar signs in their eyes': Los Angeles landlords illegally jack up rent after fires
The recent wave of January wildfires in Los Angeles County that have displaced 150,000 people and counting has some landlords ...
California's Housing Market Isn't Moving—and the L.A. Wildfires Are Adding to a Growing Problem
California real estate has seen unprecedented losses because of the Los Angeles wildfires —but even before the fires, the ...
Rent rose by 20 percent across L.A. County after fires. That’s illegal.
Rent for single-family homes across Los Angeles County rose by almost 25 percent, and even more in certain areas, according ...
What Los Angeles can do to make its homes safer from wildfires as it rebuilds
Experts in fire mitigation and climate science said LA should use the fires as an opportunity to design more resilient ...
What we know about the victims killed in the California wildfires
Twenty-seven people have died across the Los Angeles area. Officials have said the true death toll isn’t known as the fires ...
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After the Wildfires, Where Does LA’s Housing Market Go From Here?
A new report examines the impact that the wildfires in Los Angeles County will have on the future of the area’s housing ...
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California’s Anti-Price Gouging Law Could Make It Harder for Victims of the Wildfires To Find Temporary Shelter
The emergency law caps rents to a ‘fair market value’ determined by HUD, but the caps are so low that many high-end ...
The Private Firefighters On Call for the Californians Who Can Afford Them
Andrew Sarvis of West Coast Water Tenders on the LA fires and the demand for private firefighers in Malibu and the Palisades.
What’s LA real estate’s role in fire rebuild efforts?
Big-time LA brokers like Jason Oppenheim host a private gathering to talk about redevelopment in areas impacted by the fires.
To Speed Recovery, California Must Let Markets Work
A week doesn't go by that I don't get at least one unsolicited offer for my property, typically from investors who don't use ...
Ellen DeGeneres Relists One of Her Last Remaining L.A. Homes at a Major Discount After Quitting U.S. To Move to the U.K.
Comedian Ellen DeGeneres is making moves to cut her remaining ties to the U.S. by relisting one of her final Los Angeles ...
From the Arctic Circle to Hawaii via Crypto Real Estate Innovation
Even the most established systems—like real estate—can be transformed when we dare to question what's possible.