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California’s housing market surged last month as prices jumped from Southern California to the San Francisco Bay Area.

Experts disagree on whether it's a real recovery, or one stoked with government money.

Before making the decision to buy, people shopping for homes must consider hundreds of factors. This includes the location of the house, the school district, the size of the lot and also the interior features.

Curbed University delivers insider tips and non-boring advice on how to buy, sell, or rent a house or apartment. Additional questions welcomed to la@curbed.com. It's not exactly a secret that...

The supply of newly listed homes for sale is starting to show signs of keeping pace with buyer activity in some of the nation's hottest real estate markets, new data suggests.

Homeowners made $359 billion in home improvements from 2009 through 2011.

The West LA Neighborhood Council is inviting the public on Tuesday night to discuss a proposal to widen Bundy Drive, a major motor speedway north-south thoroughfare on the Westside....

Rising home prices are raising concerns among some housing analysts that prices could again become unaffordable if price gains outpace income growth.

The practice of agencies’ sharing offices with tax services has slowed as business has grown more competitive. But in some areas of the city, it is still mutually beneficial.

It's still possible to buy a foreclosure and make it the home of your dreams. It's just harder these days.

As home prices rise, some real investment investors see less of an opportunity for a quick buck

Consider this one more sign that the housing market is heating up: Appraisers are putting higher values on homes again, allowing for more deals to go through.

Home warranties are useful—but they have their limits.

Demand among homebuyers is so high in some parts of the country that builders are holding lotteries to decide who gets to purchase homes in their developments.

Why homeowners are keeping properties off the market.

Fun fact: there are only 32 free-standing single-family houses in Century City (at least according to a developer). They're all in the gated Century Woods, home to the aging...

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Let's check in in the  Los Angeles real estate real estate market by neighborhood for the 1st Qtr of 2013 and compare it to the last Qtr of 2012.  Which areas favor sellers and which favor buyers? ...

It looks like LADWP officials have gotten one step closer to pulling the stopper out of Silver Lake Reservoir. Eastsider LA reports that the Department of Health has tentatively...

WASHINGTON — They're back after barely a decade: escalation clauses in real estate contracts, "naked" contingency-free offers and low-ball-priced listings designed to pull in dozens of bidders and turn routine sales transactions into auctions.

At the REOMAC 2013 Summit & Expo in Dallas on Monday, keynote speaker Rick Sharga, executive vice president of Carrington Mortgage Holdings, addressed what’s in store for the housing market and if the recovery is for real.

Seemingly overnight, many of the nation's major housing markets have gone from stagnant to sizzling, with for-sale listings spurring bidding wars among a large number of house hunters.