California Real Estate

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Florida’s Fisher Island Dethrones Atherton, Calif. After Nearly Decade-Long Domination

In 2025, Florida’s rise was the standout story as Miami Beach’s Fisher Island claimed the nation’s top spot. However, California maintained broad dominance through Newport Beach and Los Angeles, while the Bay Area contracted. At the same time, the Northeast recorded its weakest showing in a decade and New England’s interior hierarchy reordered. Overall, hotspots of expensive real estate were present in 15 states.

The Aftermath of the Flames: How LA’s Wildfires Impacted Local Real Estate Dynamics

Despite increased distress and ongoing uncertainties around the early 2025 wildfires, the real estate market in areas surrounding the largest Los Angeles fires displayed resilience.

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Loving or Leaving New York: Domestic Migration in & Out of NYC

What are the top destinations for New Yorkers moving away from the city and where do most new NYC residents move in from?

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Top 100 Most Expensive U.S. Zip Codes 2024: Nearly 70% of Luxury Markets Rebound in 2024

Reversing last year’s depreciating trends, nearly 7 in 10 of the most exclusive zips logged price increases in 2024.

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Buying NYC Then & Now: Tracking Out-of-State & Local Buyers in 2024 vs. 2014

Increasingly over the past 10 years, out-of-state buyers are investing in NYC real estate, as are residents from counties surrounding NYC.

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Downtown Deals: Most of USA’s Largest Cities See Slower Home Price Growth in City Centers

Citywide prices grew much faster in 31 of the 40 most populated cities in the U.S. over the past decade, with 17 downtowns now cheaper than the city.

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Top 100 Most Expensive U.S. Zip Codes: 2023 Marks Yet Another Record Year, Despite Market Slowdown

While more than half of the zip codes record drops in median sale prices, Atherton and Sagaponack reach $8 million for the first time.

Top 50 Most Expensive L.A. County Neighborhoods in 2022: Malibu & Beverly Hills Lead as Medians Rise as High as $13 Million

Medians continued to rise in L.A. County’s 50 most expensive neighborhoods, with 42 logging increases, while sales overwhelmingly declined.

Top 100 Most Expensive U.S. Zip Codes: 2022 Shatters Last Year’s Records with 14 Zip Codes Surpassing $4 Million Median

As Atherton closes in on $8M median, 13 more zips post medians over $4M. In fact, only a fifth of the top priciest zips post medians under $2M.

Life by the Ocean Without Breaking the Bank: The 25 Most Affordable Beach Towns for Homebuyers

Find a home by the beach below $100/sq. ft in 5 Southern towns or buy in Humboldt Co. for California houses & in New Jersey for NYC commutes.

8 of the Best Coworking Spaces in San Jose

Discover some of the best coworking communities at the heart of Silicon Valley! The rise of flexible office space makes San Jose one of the most active markets in the country.

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11 Top Coworking Spaces in Los Angeles

Los Angeles awaits with millions of square feet of flexible workspace, home to some of the most diverse innovative communities in the country.

Self Storage Development Surges in Undersupplied NYC & LA,  and in Trending DFW & Phoenix

Nationwide more than 131MSF of new storage space is currently in the pipeline, set to increase the existing 1.6BSF inventory by 9%.

Hotel Conversions: Striking the Right Balance Between the Public Sector & Private Developers

Increase in hotel-to-multifamily conversions becomes one of the best unintended consequences of the pandemic for the real estate industry. 

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2021 California Office Sales Report: Bay Area Sales Activity on a Roll, LA & San Francisco Slowly Returning

The California office market was white hot up until the pandemic hit. Two years after, office sales activity is slowly building back toward those levels, with some markets closer than others.

Innovatus Capital Partners Acquires 5-Story San Diego Office Building

Innovatus Capital Partners, a New York City-based portfolio management firm, recently announced the purchase of the Pinnacle, a five-story, 110,128-square-foot office property in the San Diego suburb of Rancho Bernardo, Calif. A branch of real estate firm Lincoln Property Company is set to provide property management services for Innovatus’ new office building, marking Lincoln’s 13th…

Gen Z’s Homeownership Dreams Tempered as Affordability Concerns Grow

Surveying Gen Z, Millennial and Gen X on housing reveals that generational expectations have shifted toward a more pessimistic outlook since 2018.

Most Expensive U.S. Zip Codes in 2021: 10 Areas Surpass $4 Million Median Sale Price

Overwhelming majority of 100 most expensive U.S. zip codes surge in pricing, with 10 at $4M+ and an additional 20 going climbing over $3M.

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Industrial Campus in Los Angeles’ South Bay Sells for $182 Million

Newmark announced the sale of a 576,000-square-foot industrial tech campus in the Los Angeles metro for $182 million.

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Hines Fund Pays PG&E $800M for San Francisco Office Property

A fund affiliated with Hines recently agreed to purchase PG&E’s San Francisco headquarters as the utility and energy company is preparing for a relocation and consolidation in Oakland.

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