Author: cgilles

View image | gettyimages.com Meaning “Beautiful” in Spanish, the City of Hermosa Beach is located about 18 miles south of Los Angeles... Read More

Millennials were born between 1977 and 1994. There is about 71 million of these “kidS” and 85% of them will own a home someday sooner than later. Currently 32% of homesales are by a millennial. Read More

Parents are helping millennials  purchase their homes. Read More

English: Manhattan Beach in the fall (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Manhattan Beach is an ideal place to live and to work and it has endless activities and friendly people. The city has housing options that range from multi million dollar estate homes along the beach, to wonderful cottages... Read More

Few cities list their recreational activities as well as Torrance does. There are four areas of Torrance: Old Historical Torrance North Torrance South Torrance West Torrance Each has its own high school and its own cultural flavor. Old Torrance holds onto its original Torrance roots. As the downtown area... Read More

Some cities make city wide alerts for emergencies and possible emergencies across the town. Torrance has a nice page that we discovered and I want to make it available as a starter reference. As we find other cities we will mark it on this page. So be sure to come... Read More

In Southern California the median price of single family homes increased 3.8% on a year over year basis to $420, 700. An estimated 25,325 new and resale houses and condos sold in California in January 2015. That was down month over month by 30.6 percent from 36,468 sales in... Read More

California Housing Market Forecast, February 2015 Prices are forecast to grow through the year in 2015.  The dollar volume transacted is expected to go up 12% this year while it went up less than 1% in 2014.  ... Read More