Los Angeles Real Estate Blog & Market Updates

Both sides of Los Angeles offer real value when you're relocating, but they deliver different things. The Westside (Santa Monica, Brentwood, Beverlywood, Pacific Palisades) is denser, cooler in the summer, more walkable, and more expensive per square foot. The San Fernando Valley (Tarzana, Encino, Sherman Oaks, Woodland Hills) is more spacious, warmer, family-oriented, and gives you significantly more home and lot for your budget. The right side for you depends on where you w

The Metro D Line Westside extension opened on May 8, 2026, adding three new subway stations along Wilshire Boulevard at La Brea, Fairfax, and La Cienega. Riders can now travel from Union Station to the edge of Beverly Hills in about 20 minutes with no transfers, giving neighborhoods like Beverlywood, West LA, Brentwood, and the Miracle Mile faster, car-free access to Downtown and some of LA’s most important cultural destinations.