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There’s a lull in LA’s high-end market action at the moment, so Yolanda thought we’d take advantage of this (temporary) quiet to experiment with something a wee bit different today. Just to keep things fresh. Y’all understand. And since the folks over at Douglas Elliman were kind enough to send us their Q3 market reports […]

Mama always said that nobody likes a tattletale. Never have and never will. After all, there’s even a rather gory old nursery rhyme detailing what happens to blabbermouths: “tell tale tit / your tongue shall be slit / and all the dogs in town shall have a little bit…” Oh my! But in select situations — […]

Today is Thanksgiving for the Yanks among us! In addition to life and health, Yolanda is thankful for the numerous cool houses all over LA. And no, sillies, we don’t just have McMansions out here. Take this sublime mid-century modern quietly purchased late last year by accomplished actress Julie Bowen. (Yeah, we were a bit […]

Today we decided to give y’all a quick peek at a big new house located high in the mountains above Beverly Hills, in a celeb-soaked area known as Beverly Hills Post Office (BHPO). Built on spec in the trendy Traditional/faux-Cape Cod style, the 6,000-square-foot pad was recently sold for a hefty $5,700,000 to a blind trust […]

In case y’all somehow forgot, professional sports is an extremely lucrative business — not just for the players by virtue of their enormous contracts, but also for the team owners, managers and coaches, too. Take Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton, who was signed to a five-year deal with a healthy base salary of […]

It’s been some time since we’ve discussed a house on LA’s Eastside, the part of our fine city that includes trendy (and historically hipster) communities like Silver Lake, Echo Park, and Los Feliz. Though oft-overlooked by snooty Westside homebuyers, flocks of wealthy creative types — and celebrities in general — have migrated out yonder toward […]

Listen kiddies, today has been super hectic and we really don’t have time to sit and dawdle like we normally do. So instead of blabbing away for hours, this story is going to be super condensed and unusually short. Problem? Take it up with our lawyer. After years on and off the market, a private […]

The Los Angeles Almanac says that LA’s richest resident is Elon Musk, a guy who makes do with a net worth of $22 billion or so. While true — Yolanda does not doubt he is our richest full-time resident — there are an assortment of other folks even richer than ol’ Musky who own part-time […]

We know some folks accuse us of being too LA-centric, but Yolanda really does enjoy monitoring real estate moves in many other locales. This evening we took a quick peek behind the Orange Curtain to check on the action in our favorite OC seaside communities: Newport Beach, Newport Coast, Laguna Beach, and Dana Point. Turns out […]

It’s no secret that Los Angeles rental rates are astronomical — in fact, renters here spend an average of 47% of their income just to satisfy a landlord. And in Beverly Hills, mansion lessees fork over the cost of a luxury vehicle, each and every month, for their temporary 90210 address. We’re not talking C-Class […]