Costs for home repairs jump in SoCal wildfire region

If home repair contractors want to earn more money, they should look for work in and around Los Angeles. That’s based on research by the Los Angeles Daily News about increases in home-repair costs last year in California. The study found the biggest hikes were in markets near the wildfires that ravaged Altadena and Pacific Palisades in January 2025.  In Los Angeles, research shows repairs became 8.4 percent more expensive in 2025, the largest jump in the state. That followed 2024’s 5.9 percent increase – also No. 1 that year – and the 5 percent average pace of increases in […]This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.