Home prices jumped by 17.2 percent in Los Angeles County last month, and the story was the same across the region   With signs indicating that a rebounding U.S. economy may lead a worldwide financial recovery, Southern California’s pandemic real estate Continue Reading

How did the ballot measure change the rules governing tax assessment transfers? Proposition 19 changed the rules for tax assessment transfers. In California, eligible homeowners could transfer their tax assessments to a different home of the same or lesser market value, Continue Reading

The homestead exemption protects a specific dollar amount of a homeowner’s home equity from his or her creditors. In California, the California homestead exemption amount of protection is substantially increasing as of January 1, 2021. This increase in protection makes it Continue Reading

Southern California’s residential housing market down-shifted into holiday mode during September, with sales basically flat from a year ago and the median price dipping to its lowest level since May, a market tracker said Wednesday. Last month sales of new and previously Continue Reading