Builders gut check what buyers may like vs. what they’ll pay for

As home sizes shrink and a new mega-generation ages into the homebuying market, homebuilders may have to rethink certain aspects of home design.  With affordability the main issue for buyers, builders are now working to maximize space with functional design over flash. Buyers are still largely drive

Beverly Hills Flats manse leads pack in $177M week for LA signed contracts

Los Angeles County signed contract activity last week trended up from a year ago, led by a Beverly Hills Flats listing.  The residence was one of 25 homes that went into contract last week amounting to $176.8 million in asking volume, according to a weekly report compiled by Marcy Roth of Douglas El

Equity Residential plots redevelopment, expansion at South OC apartment complex

Equity Residential is eyeing a density boost at one of its Orange County apartment complexes. The Chicago-based landlord proposed redeveloping part of its Vista Del Lago residences at 21622 Marguerite Parkway in Mission Viejo with a six-story apartment building, the Orange County Register reported. 

L.A. To Offer ‘Pre-Approved’ Home Designs To Speed Up Pacific Palisades Rebuild

Los Angeles will fast-track a set of "pre-approved" home designs to speed the rebuilding of Pacific Palisades and other areas after last year's wildfires. Mayor Karen Bass announced Tuesday that the city was expanding a pilot program of preset home plans, working with architect The Foothill Catalog