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Housing and Tenant Advocates Fail to Advance Key Bills in Push Watched Nationally
Measures to Protect Tenants, Produce More Rental Housing Get Luke-Warm Reception California lawmakers, under pressure from real estate...

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California Assembly Passes Bill Capping Rents at 7%
Tenant Protection Measure Passes After Several Concessions to Landlords, Real Estate Brokers The California Assembly narrowly passed a...

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Los Angeles County Extends Temporary Rent Control Measures
Los Angeles County is extending temporary rent control in its unincorporated areas through the end of the year. The Los Angeles County...

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HBO Relocation Near Apple & Amazon, Spurring Apartment Demand
Cable Channel Lease Marks Resurgence of City as Entertainment Center Premium cable channel HBO plans to relocate its headquarters to a...

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Freddie Mac: These are the Most Rent-Burdened Housing Markets
GSE releases analysis on rent-burdened communities It’s not exactly a secret that affordability for both home buyers and renters is...

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Lower Interest Rates Should Drive More Acquisitions in the Multifamily Sector
Borrowers have an unexpected second chance to get low-interest financing to buy or re-finance apartment properties, thanks to growing...

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Making Rent-Controlled Properties Work for You
While many investors shy away from rent-controlled buildings, they can offer good returns and steady revenue streams. Communities around...

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Rent Hikes Restricted to 5% Near New Los Angeles Pro Football Stadium
Landlords in Inglewood, California, Limited to 5 Percent Increases During Moratorium Inglewood, California, one of the last remaining...

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Multifamily Developers Continue to Target Cities with Highly Educated Workforces
As wealthier, higher educated people show a preference for renting, apartment construction follows them. In spite of concerns about...

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LA Rent Control Increases will climb to 4% in 2019
Angelenos living in rent-controlled apartments may see monthly rent payments climb slightly higher than expected in the coming months. In...

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LA Mortgages are the Nation’s 3rd Least Affordable
Only in San Jose and San Francisco do families spend a higher share of their income on mortgage payments, new report finds With nearly...

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Burgeoning Koreatown Development Reflects Growing Demand
Latest Development Reflects Neighborhood's Growing Demand Driving through the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles, it’s impossible to...

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Los Angeles Suburb Calls for Apartment Landlords to Pay Relocation Fees After Big Rent Hikes
Glendale's Effort to Curb Rent Growth Could Spur Multifamily Selloff In the City Apartment landlords in the Los Angeles suburb of...

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Marcus & Millichap Taps Luchs as Regional Manager of Ontario Office
Multifamily Investment Broker Takes Greater Leadership Role Commercial real estate investment services firm Marcus & Millichap has named...

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How Baby Boomers, Retailers, Banks May Change Commercial Lending This Year
Some of the industry's top commercial real estate mortgage bankers expect business to stay just as strong in 2019 as the past two years...

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Glendale Landlords to pay Relocation Fees When Hiking Rents
It’s not rent control, but it’s similar. In Glendale, where close to two-thirds of residents are renters, landlords will soon face new...

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4,600 ‘Soft-Story’ apartment buildings still need earthquake Retrofits
Most of the apartments damaged and destroyed in the Northridge quake were in these dingbat-style buildings. Los Angeles city officials...

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California Sues Huntington Beach Over Lack of Affordable Housing
As Californians deal with a housing crisis driven by increasing costs and limited development, the state’s new governor, Gavin Newsom,...

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Los Angeles Miracle Mile Set to Undergo Makeover
Bulldozers are expected to start tearing up a parking lot along a palm tree-lined stretch of Los Angeles' Wilshire Boulevard known as the...

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Property Sales in Opportunity Zones Grew 12 Percent in 2018
Industry Hopes for New Surge Once Government Shutdown Ends, Rules Are Released. Sales of commercial properties in so-called Opportunity...

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