Author name: Larry Jackson

A prominent group of academics and real estate industry experts has crafted a far-reaching plan to hasten the recovery of Los Angeles County neighborhoods devastated by the January wildfires. The authors identified roadblocks to recovery and proposed such solutions as speeding construction approval processes; addressing labor and supply chain issues; and stabilizing California’s property insurance […]

The city of Los Angeles has cleared the way for three Pacific Palisades homeowners to begin rebuilding on their properties. The approval of the projects, one to repair a damaged home and two for full rebuilds, according to the Department of Building and Safety, represents a key milestone in the recovery from January’s devastating wildfires.

Southern California home prices ticked up in February, the first increase in seven months. The average home price in the six-county region rose 0.3% from January to $874,382 in February, according to Zillow. Home prices had declined each month since August, which economists said was a reflection of tapped-out consumers and seasonal factors. High home

Cody Recker and Jessica Perez loved their Boyle Heights rental — warts and all. Lots of warts. The plumbing broke, spraying raw sewage puddles on the floor. The floor and foundation were falling apart, inviting hordes of mice and fleas. The basement flooded 14 times, and there were so many leaks in the attic that

The first vacant lot in Altadena went up for sale in late January. The listing promised “great opportunity to build” after the Eaton fire destroyed the home previously on the site. A few weeks later came half a dozen more listings. Now the floodgates appear open. “There is so many to choose from,” said Jeremy

Not long ago, dentists were about as welcome as a toothache at shopping centers. Landlords preferred more conventional retailers in their malls, relegating dentists to out-of-the-way locations if they would lease space to them at all. Now they are prominent tenants in many shopping centers as part of a growing trend of medical-retail or “medtail”

Linda Bernardi spent four years building her Malibu dream home, putting the finishing touches on the coastal Sunset Mesa estate late last year. On Jan. 7, she watched it burn to the ground. “I absolutely knew I would never live in L.A. again,” she said. The days and weeks after the devastating Palisades and Eaton