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California YIMBY’s Brian Hanlon on what real estate insiders can do to fight...
Brian Hanlon, founder of California YIMBY (credit: California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund, Getty Image) He may have received the blessing — and the big bucks — of Silicon Valley’s biggest...
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Mohamed Hadid sentenced to community service, $17,000 fine for building...
Mohamed Hadid and his mansion in Bel Air (credit: Google Maps, Getty Image) To make up for dozens of zoning violations, Mohamed Hadid must put in 200 hours of community service and pay more than...
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REITs don’t want to build — here’s why that’s actually a good thing
A rendering of One Vanderbilt From TRD New York: Real estate investment trusts have been reluctant to build in recent years, a caution that helped prop up property values and extended the market cycle,...
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Law firm DLA Piper to acquire Liner LLP, which will vacate its LA offices
From left: Roger Meltzer, DLA Piper’s global co-chairman and co-chairman for the Americas, and Stuart Liner, managing partner of Liner LLP (DLA Piper/Liner LLP/Google Maps) Liner LLP, the law firm...
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Hey, hey, hey, hey! Adult Zack Morris’ home is available to rent for $13,500...
Actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar and his Sherman Oaks home (Credit: Getty, Zillow) Time out! This is your chance to live in the home of America’s childhood crush: Zack Morris. “Saved by the Bell” actor...
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How Larry Ellison became the real estate king of Malibu
Click to enlarge (Illustration by Daniel Gray-Barnett) Billionaire software mogul Larry Ellison has established himself as the big kahuna on the Malibu real estate scene, having acquired 12 separate...
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Blackstone making bets on permanent investment funds
Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village and Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman From the TRD New York: UPDATED, July 20, 3:15 p.m.: The Blackstone Group plans to focus more of its fundraising on long-term...
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Donald Sterling’s wife prevails over mogul’s ex-squeeze, who must return...
Shelly Sterling, V. Stiviano and Donald Sterling (Credit: LA Progressive, Bodybuilding.com) Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned — especially if the woman is the longtime wife of a billionaire real...
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The Long View: Real estate technology and the M-word
From left: StreetEasy’s Susan Daimler, CoStar’s Andrew Florance and VTS’s Nick Romito From TRD New York: UPDATED, July 20, 12:28 p.m.: StreetEasy’s decision to charge for rental listings set off the...
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Assessed property values in LA County hit record-breaking $1.5T
Townhomes under construction (Getty Images) Los Angeles homeowners will have to pay more to the tax man, thanks to a thriving real estate market. Total assessed property values jumped 6 percent over...
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This week in celebrity real estate: Matthew Perry buys $20M penthouse, a...
Matthew Perry and Alex Meneses in front of her Encino home (Credit: Getty) Seems like the rich and famous are craving a change in scenery these days — judging by the handful of celebrity listings that...
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LA takes over top i-sales spot as Manhattan sales tumble
From TRD New York: Los Angeles took over the top spot as the country’s largest investment market in the first half of 2017, as Manhattan investment sales tumbled by 55 percent, according to research...
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Gov. Jerry Brown moves to push affordable housing bills through legislature
Governor Jerry Brown (Getty Images) Gov. Jerry Brown’s top priority? Pushing a series of housing bills through the state legislature in August, he announced this week. Whether the plan will pass is not...
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Foreign buyers are snapping up more American real estate than ever
From TRD New York: One market’s loss, is another market’s gain. Countries like Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand are starting to see foreign buying tapering. However, the United...
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Brentwood mansion linked to former Putin aide Mikhail Lesin lists for $23M
321 S Bristol Ave (MLS) Another Los Angeles mansion owned by an entity linked to Mikhail Lesin, Russia’s former minister of communications and mass media, hit the market last week, asking $23 million....
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Scoring the new kids
The head of Compass, Robert Reffkin — pictured here as the hare — and Douglas Elliman CEO Howard Lorber — pictured as the tortoise — have taken divergent approaches to establishing themselves in the...
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Priciest home listings in LA last week
Priciest listings (MLS) Summer in Los Angeles isn’t complete without a backyard shindig. The priciest listings last week all came with plenty of outdoor space — and plenty more inside. Three of the...
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National Cheat Sheet: Investors ditch hedge funds for real estate, Quicken...
Clockwise from top left: Miami Beach, Compass founder and CEO Robert Reffkin, Venice Beach, Quicken Loans building. From TRD New York: Investors are putting their money in real estate over hedge funds...
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Reserve your spot at The Real Deal’s California real estate event
Tickets are now on sale for The Real Deal’s first-ever California Real Estate Showcase and Forum on Thursday, Sept. 14! Click to purchase tickets Our two panels will dive into into the city’s...
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How one sleep-deprived lawyer can single-handedly tank LA development
Robert Silverstein From the summer issue: Robert Silverstein’s office, buried in a large commercial building off of Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, has few of the trappings that one might expect of a...
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