Kari Hamanaka

Newly built house comes with heated Toto toilets and a self-playing piano In Southern California's car culture, a Bel-Air spec mansion listed for just under $40 million might be an aficionado's dream house.

Former president brings six-person team, $1.7B in career sales David Kramer's reign as president of Hilton & Hyland is over, with the executive and his team making the jump to Compass.

Never mind the glamorous addresses and eye-watering prices. If there's one takeaway from Los Angeles' most expensive residential deals, it's that 2024 was the year of Carolwood Estates.

The “Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles” agent revealed last week the latest acquisition he brokered: 170 Mercer Street in New York's SoHo, bought by Josh's parents Michael and Cindy Flagg.

Slowdown brings a total of six contingent deals worth $30 million in asking dollar volume, with top pending sale in Brentwood.

Agent exits Douglas Elliman, taking her 18-person team and $550 million in listings to new home brokerage.

Arvin Haddad's 75-year-old aunt covered her face to cry as she saw her home burned and reduced to rubble from the Palisades Fire.

As the displaced seek shelter, agents representing luxury homes report generosity by some owners, money-grubbing by others.

Home sale contracts in Los Angeles not surprisingly fell last week in neighborhoods affected by the fires in what could be a glimpse into the wildfires' impact on residential dealmaking.

Amalfi Estates founder Anthony Marguleas and his family lost their Pacific Palisades home last week in the fire. His boutique brokerage's office in the Palisades — left with significant smoke damage and blown out windows — is not safe for work.