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How College Grads Drive Up Urban Rents
In cities that gain college graduates, wages rise but so do rents, resulting in a cost burden for the least advantaged.
Richard Florida
 

California mandates solar panels on all new homes by 2020
State already has a housing shortage and new law could boost cost of new homes
Kim Brunhuber

Multifamily Rents Leveling Off in 2018

In an interview with MHN at the 2018 ULI Spring Meeting, USC Lusk Center for Real Estate Director Richard Green shared his insights on the state of the industry and the challenges facing the sector.

Samantha Goldberg

Finally: Red-Hot Rental Market May be Cooling off

LOS ANGELES (KNX1070) - It may be hard to believe, but there are finally signs of relief for renters in Southern California.

Champion Real Estate Co. Eyes Greater Downtown Housing Development

Developer Secures Loan For New Multifamily Project Near USC

Karen Jordan

West Los Angeles-based Champion Real Estate Co. has secured a $28.5 million loan to purchase a nearly three-acre property to build a townhome project. 

Southern California home prices jump to a record high

Andrew Khouri

Southern California's median home price jumped 8.4% in March from a year earlier, setting a new all-time high, as hopeful buyers engaged in bidding wars over a limited supply of homes on the market.

Experts Say LA Is Making The Right Call When It Won't Pay For New Stadiums

Joseph Pimentel

While many cities across the country bend over backward to attract or keep sports teams by helping the owners build modern stadiums, often offering public funding and tax breaks, Los Angeles is a different world.

Page 3: City of Hope as Prototype? Rockefellers in New Light

Jerry Sullivan

Controversial $1-billion Hollywood high-rise project relaunched by developer

Roger Vincent

The developer of a stalled $1-billion real estate project near the Capitol Records Building in Hollywood will try again with a new proposal that prioritizes housing over commercial uses.

Millennium Partners said it will file plans with the city Thursday for what it is now calling Hollywood Center, a high-rise complex with double the number of apartments and condominiums above shops, restaurants and courtyards.

Measuring the impact of the Fair Housing Act in LA

Fifty years after the landmark bill was passed, problems it was supposed to fix persist

Elijah Chiland