Month: February 2019

First-time homebuyers in the San Jose and San Francisco metropolitan areas make average down payments of more than $125,000. In San Jose, 95 percent of new homebuyers have credit scores of 680 or better. While Federal Housing Administration-insured loans can...

We are pleased to announce the 12 remarkable charity beneficiaries of the Community Giving Fund for 2019. These organizations are devoted to helping those in our Southern California community, and we are proud to be a part of their vital...

Surveying the ocean from the ultraprime Pacific Palisades Riviera, this 10,000-square-foot residence at 1506 Sorrento Drive is designed for expansive entertaining. Every inch of this grand yet welcoming seven-bedroom, 11-full-bath estate is exquisitely realized. Paneled and coffered ceilings, wainscoting, walls of multipaned...

Active home listings in California rose for the 10th straight month in January, up by almost 30 percent year over year. California home sales dropped by nearly 13 percent from January 2018 to the lowest level in more than a decade....

Here’s a look at recent news of interest to homebuyers, home sellers, and the home-curious. CALIFORNIA HOMEBUYERS ENJOY THE LOWEST MORTGAGE RATES IN AMERICA Although California claimed four of the nation’s five most expensive real estate markets in the fourth quarter,...

West Coast casual meets New York loft attitude in this sunswept beach house, set on some sixty feet of dazzling ocean frontage at 19158 Pacific Coast Highway. Within the large, private atrium-style courtyard, stairs rise to a house-spanning rooftop deck with...

The median price for an existing U.S. single-family home was $257,600 as of the fourth quarter, up by 4.0 percent year over year. U.S. home price growth outpaced annual appreciation in the San Francisco metropolitan area, while San Jose saw...

Twenty-eight percent of California households could afford the median-priced home in the fourth quarter, down slightly from the same time in 2017. California’s four million-dollar housing markets — San Mateo, San Francisco, Marin, and Santa Clara counties — all saw...

California housing markets are at a critical juncture at the beginning of 2019. After experiencing the tightest market conditions seen over the past three years in the first half of 2018, the number of homes sold in the Bay Area...

Offered for the first time in more than sixty years, this light-filled 1920 Italian Revival-style treasure is sequestered on 3130 Maiden Lane in the foothills of Altadena. Set against the backdrop of the San Gabriel Mountains on some 2.36 acres...

Here’s a look at recent news of interest to homebuyers, home sellers, and the home-curious. SILICON VALLEY IS HOME TO THE COUNTRY’S MOST EQUITY-RICH HOMEOWNERS The number of U.S. residential properties classified as equity-rich climbed to another new all-time high...

California ranks as the country’s second-best state to be single, boosted by its opportunities for romance and fun. San Francisco has been named the best American city for celebrating Valentine’s Day in 2019. Los Angeles also ranks in the top...