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By Jodi Summers First the big picture, then Santa Monica. The Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation reports that home sales in Southern California (houses, townhomes and condominiums) rose in June to 23,871 units (new and resale homes), edging up by +2.6% compared to June of 2009. On a m...
08/05/2010
By Jodi Summers The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has picked 14 commercial buildings for their first national energy efficiency contest – and two of the finalists are in Southern California. Kudos to the Courtyard by Marriott San Diego Downtown - San Diego, CA and JCPenney Store ...
07/26/2010
Edited by Jodi Summers An engineering school has published a list of what they consider to be the 50 greenest buildings in the world – and the Alamaden Tower in San Jose wins! A SoCal property came in fourth - the Robert Redford Building, home of the Natural Resources Defense Council 1314 2nd S...
07/15/2010
by Jodi Summers Locally, our real estate news is positive. According to UCLA Anderson senior economist Jerry Nickelsburg, described California as, “…A divided state, as coastal California recovers while inland California, devastated by the collapse of the real estate market, continues to langui...
07/01/2010
by Jodi Summers Congratulations to us! Experts across the board say our home values may have hit bottom. As you know, the U.S. housing rebound has depended upon where you live. This map shows the year-over-year change in home prices for the 20 metro areas covered by the Index…and Los Angeles ma...
06/02/2010
By Jodi Summers Once again, when it comes to green, what’s good for California tends to become good for the country. The US Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy have formed an action group to help states achieve the maximum cost-effective energy efficiency improvements pos...
05/24/2010
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By Jodi Summers What causes the most pollution in Los Angeles? Vehichles. How do we solve that issue? Better mass transit. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s latest solution for greening Los Angeles is the 30/10 initiative - the mass transit financing method that the mayor proposed to the federal gover...
05/17/2010
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By Jodi Summers As the new homebuyer’s tax credit era draws to an end, it may go down in history as a concept that revived the residential housing market. Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the group, said the federal tax credit that was to expire at the end of this month had been a “resounding su...
05/09/2010
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4 GREEN BUILDING TRENDS 4U By Jodi Summers Green building concepts are being embraced with as much wild abandon as kids grasping for the coolest new video game. It started pretty basic – green construction, then evolved into green renovation, and now it’s branching out in all directions. Here are...
04/26/2010
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