See where the fun is: Mapping NYC and LA’s Halloween party locations
Looking for a good scare this Halloween? We’ve put together two fun maps with some of the best party locations around NYC and LA to help you spot the one that’s closest to you! Moreover, we’ve broken them down into 2 categories: the ones that are adult-centered – and may involve alcohol and late hours…
LA County Tax Sale Coming Up; 3,500+ Properties Scheduled for Auction
Looking for information on the 2014 LA County Tax Sale? You can find it here. With only a few days left until this year’s Los Angeles County Tax Sale – set to take place on October 21, 22 in Pomona – we thought we’d take a look at the properties that will go up for…
Selling Homes? These Are the Most Popular Keywords NYC Agents Use to Sell Fast
Selling a property can take a long time, and in NYC the average selling time can last even longer than in many other parts of the nation. One of the things that agents can do to speed up a sale is to work on the listing description carefully. And if you ever wondered what those…
The Kardashians and the Trumps Top PropertyShark’s Searches by Property Owner
Celebrities and the real estate sector usually make quite a hot pair. How hot? It depends if you are on the East Coast or West Coast, and if you prefer Hollywood to the business world. At PropertyShark we were quite curious to see what names most people were running owner searches for, and the results…
Chart of the Week: Top 10 Largest Homes in Los Angeles
If you live in NYC or any other city where very large home spaces are rather scarce, we won’t think anything less of you if you skipped this week’s chart. This time at PropertyShark, we searched for the 10 largest homes in Los Angeles by building square footage and watched numbers go from 28,222sqft to…
Average Home Sizes in Washington D.C., Atlanta Twice As Much as in New York
The average home in New York City (all the five boroughs) is 1,124 square feet, which places the Big Apple at the bottom of the list of 20 cities in the U.S. Home owners in Washington D.C. and Atlanta enjoy almost twice as much space as New Yorkers.
Foreclosure Proceedings Started Against City Place Site in San Francisco
Notices of default, which signal the start of foreclosure proceedings, have recently been filed against 5 parcels on Market Street in San Francisco between 5th and 6th streets. A 6th property located in the area, on Mission Street, has been hit with a notice of default as well. Three of the parcels hit with a…
2011 Oscar Nominees Homes In The Los Angeles Hills
We created a map pointing out the location of the homes of some of the 2011 Oscar nominees Los Angeles. (Specific address not included) One of them is Mark Wahlberg, who allegedly bought a 6 acre vacant lot in Beverly Hills zip code 90210 in 2009 for which he paid $8.2 million. Another resident of…
2009 Malibu Residential Sales Map
In this PropertyShark study on the value of a beachfront property in Malibu, we see that the median sale price for beachfront homes is 51% higher than it is for homes on the ocean side of the Pacific Coast Highway (but not beachfront) and 122% higher than for those on the other side of the…
Priciest homes in Beverly Hills that hit the market in March 2010
Here are the three most expensive properties we identified in Beverly Hills that hit the market in March. You can click on the picture for more details on the listing or click on the address for a detailed property report. 335 Trousdale Place, Beverly Hills, 90210Asking price: $14,565,000 Beds: 4 Baths: 6 9909 Beverly Grove,…
Biggest Los Angeles commercial transactions happening at the courthouse
The five largest transactions so far in 2010 for non-residential properties in Los Angeles County happened via government auction. The property at 9900 Wilshire Avenue in Beverly Hills sold at auction for $150,000,000, property records show. The owners, CPC Group, were in default on a $365.5 million loan, the LA Times reports. They had apparently…
Malibu, California: Steady number of sales, but decrease in median sale price
In this PropertyShark study that was first covered in the Los Angeles Times, we see that the number of sold homes remained steady in Malibu for 2009 (148 sold homes*) when compared to 2008 (145 sold homes). However, it’s still a significant drop from the peak years in 2005 (275 sold homes) and 2007 (240…
Los Angeles residential listings with largest price cuts in the past week
PropertyShark has identified the top 3 properties in Los Angeles with the largest total dollar price drops during the past week. You can click on the photo for more listing details or click on the address for a detailed property report. 16150 Peterson Drive, Whittier Single family home (short sale) Beds: 5 Baths: 7 First…
Distressed homes listed for sale in Los Angeles
While there can be risk involved, distressed properties can occasionally present an opportunity to buy a home for less than market value. Here are three single family homes in Los Angeles that are listed for sale and currently have a trustee sale scheduled. 7501 Bellingham Avenue, North Hollywood Single Family Home Beds: 3 Baths: 3…
Most expensive new properties for sale in Los Angeles this week
Here are the three most expensive properties that we identified in Los Angeles that hit the market in the past week. Each one of these properties has unique features of some type. It can be anything from 128 feet of beach frontage to a private spa, media room or city views. You can click on…
Q4 2009 Manhattan Apartment Sales Map
In conjunction with Corcoran, PropertyShark.com just released the Q4 2009 Corcoran Report, covering apartment sales (condo & coops) in Manhattan from the last quarter of 2009. For a visual perspective, we have put together an interactive map showing all sales that took place in the fourth quarter of 2009. The size of the circle indicates…
Los Angeles $5 Million Dollar Home Sale Map
Check out our new interactive map that plots all single family homes and condominiums that sold and closed for at least $5,000,000 in 2009 (as recorded through Nov 15th) within Los Angeles County. For more details please refer to the Los Angeles Times article that covered the story. Browse our current Los Angeles homes for…
Largest Price Drops of Last Week for Los Angeles Homes
We took a look to see which properties had the largest listing price cuts in Los Angeles during the past week. Here are the top three. Browse current homes for sale in Los Angeles County.
Los Angeles Foreclosures up 47% from Q1 2009
Los Angeles first time foreclosures jumped 47% from Q1 2009 (9,263) to Q2 2009 (13,654), although the number fell 6% from the second quarter of 2008.
Los Angeles Triple Bubble Trouble map updated
Los Angeles Triple Bubble Trouble Map for Q1 2009
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