A few months after being toppled by a towering pine tree, a Monrovia home — or what’s left of it — is up for grabs for $499,999.The humble bungalow made headlines when it was crushed by a tree in May with two renters and two dogs inside. None were injured, but... More »
A saltbox-style house in Ancram, a Tudor Revival cottage in Richmond and a four-bedroom home in St. Louis.Ancram, N.Y. | $925,000A 2007 saltbox-style house with four bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms, on a 3.6-acre lotThis property is on a picturesque co... More »
The TV host is trading his 3,500-square-foot apartment, painstakingly assembled over nearly 21 years, for a penthouse in the same neighborhood.Andy Cohen, the TV host, author and longtime producer, spent 21 years building his dream West Village home — a fantas... More »
Rising interest rates. Natural disasters. There are a host of reasons not to buy a home in the current real estate market — particularly in certain areas. But the ultra-rich are unfazed.As most of the market recovers from its pandemic hangover, megamansions in... More »
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed two bills that tweak existing shelter and ADU laws in an attempt to boost supply and make a dent in the state’s housing and homelessness crisis. One of the bills, Assembly Bill 3057, focuses on something called junior ADUs —... More »
The reincarnation of a shuttered Los Angeles retail mecca as a sprawling UCLA research center has received a major boost from billionaire philanthropist Dr. Gary Michelson and his wife, Alya, who will give $120 million to ramp up the project.Michelson, a spine... More »
The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday sued a major real estate firm, alleging the company’s algorithmic software enables landlords across the country to set rent at artificially high rates.The lawsuit, joined by several states including California, focuses ... More »
A century-old orange grove in Tarzana appears on its way to becoming the site of luxury homes, a transformation that would mark the end of commercial citrus farming in the San Fernando Valley, where the crop was once a mainstay.At 14 acres, Bothwell Ranch repr... More »
California’s beaches are public, but on the sands of Malibu, one billionaire has been accused of stealing a slice of paradise — or at least a few scoops of it — for himself.A lawsuit filed last week alleges that Mark Attanasio, billionaire businessman and owne... More »
Let’s start with some common sense: Covering the Earth with plastic carpet is a terrible idea. And yet we continue to cover an ever-growing swath of our public and private open spaces with artificial turf in a way that will surely leave future generations scra... More »
The county of Los Angeles has tentatively agreed to buy the Gas Company Tower, a prominent office skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles, for $215 million in a foreclosure sale.The price is a deep discount from its appraised value of $632 million in 2020, undersco... More »
Voters rank the economy and inflation as the most important issues facing the country, and in spite of good news on both fronts, discontent over pocketbook issues remains steady. There’s one stretch of Southern California where, one could say, that all began: ... More »