Los Angeles Real Estate Blog & Market Updates

To prepare your home for El Niño this winter, start before the first major storm arrives. Clean your gutters and drains, have questionable or overhanging trees assessed, and address any known roof issues now rather than waiting for rain to reveal a problem. It is also a good time to call your insurance agent and ask specifically what your policy does, and does not, cover for flood, mudflow, landslide or earth movement, sewer or drain backup, fallen trees, and rain entering th

Real estate communication problems, especially agents who refuse to get on the phone, are one of the most common and preventable reasons deals slow down or fall apart across the San Fernando Valley and the Westside of Los Angeles. A quick phone call between agents can resolve in minutes what a string of one-word texts cannot, and the deals moving smoothly right now are usually the ones where both sides are actually talking to each other.

Before you write an offer, or right after you fall for a house, spend real time in the neighborhood around it. Drive the school route, shop the grocery store, grab coffee, and walk the block, because lifestyle fit in the San Fernando Valley or on the Westside matters as much as the floor plan.

The Sherman Oaks restaurant boom along Ventura Boulevard is bringing a wave of new spots within easy walking distance of each other, from Jawny's Philly cheesesteaks and Burger She Wrote's smash burgers to Kreation Organic's cold-pressed juices, with Yama Sushi Marketplace and Hapa Haus's golf simulators on the way. For anyone living in or considering Sherman Oaks, it is turning a familiar stretch of the Boulevard into a genuine walk-to-dinner neighborhood.

Moving to Los Angeles means preparing for earthquakes, power outages, coyotes and other wildlife, wildfire risk, and insurance changes that most relocation guides skip over. A basic earthquake supply kit, a go bag with your essential documents, a car that never drops below half a tank of gas, and a careful read of a property's Natural Hazard Disclosure report will serve you better than any list of best neighborhoods. This post covers eleven things about life in LA that come u