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California Rent Cap Bill to Get First Senate Hearing
Mortgage Bankers Join Real Estate Groups In Opposing Assembly Bill 1482 A California bill aimed at limiting annual rent increases to 7%...
Jason Tuvia
Jun 24, 20192 min read


Housing and Tenant Advocates Fail to Advance Key Bills in Push Watched Nationally
Measures to Protect Tenants, Produce More Rental Housing Get Luke-Warm Reception California lawmakers, under pressure from real estate...
Jason Tuvia
Jun 3, 20194 min read


California Assembly Passes Bill Capping Rents at 7%
Tenant Protection Measure Passes After Several Concessions to Landlords, Real Estate Brokers The California Assembly narrowly passed a...
Jason Tuvia
May 30, 20193 min read

Los Angeles County Extends Temporary Rent Control Measures
Los Angeles County is extending temporary rent control in its unincorporated areas through the end of the year. The Los Angeles County...
Jason Tuvia
Apr 16, 20192 min read

HBO Relocation Near Apple & Amazon, Spurring Apartment Demand
Cable Channel Lease Marks Resurgence of City as Entertainment Center Premium cable channel HBO plans to relocate its headquarters to a...
Jason Tuvia
Apr 3, 20193 min read

Apartment Development Boom Spreads Into New Areas in Downtown Los Angeles
Two New Towers Give a Boost to Historic Core's Revitalization Two new Los Angeles apartment towers in the city's Historic Core are the...
Jason Tuvia
Apr 2, 20192 min read

Freddie Mac: These are the Most Rent-Burdened Housing Markets
GSE releases analysis on rent-burdened communities It’s not exactly a secret that affordability for both home buyers and renters is...
Jason Tuvia
Apr 1, 20192 min read

Lower Interest Rates Should Drive More Acquisitions in the Multifamily Sector
Borrowers have an unexpected second chance to get low-interest financing to buy or re-finance apartment properties, thanks to growing...
Jason Tuvia
Mar 26, 20192 min read


Making Rent-Controlled Properties Work for You
While many investors shy away from rent-controlled buildings, they can offer good returns and steady revenue streams. Communities around...
Jason Tuvia
Mar 22, 20193 min read

All Signs Point to a U.S. Housing Boom Ahead
(Bloomberg Opinion) Investors have been so focused on how the Fed’s dovish stance on interest rates led to a rebound in stock prices that...
Jason Tuvia
Mar 20, 20193 min read

Rent Hikes Restricted to 5% Near New Los Angeles Pro Football Stadium
Landlords in Inglewood, California, Limited to 5 Percent Increases During Moratorium Inglewood, California, one of the last remaining...
Jason Tuvia
Mar 18, 20193 min read

Multifamily Developers Continue to Target Cities with Highly Educated Workforces
As wealthier, higher educated people show a preference for renting, apartment construction follows them. In spite of concerns about...
Jason Tuvia
Mar 14, 20192 min read

LA Rent Control Increases will climb to 4% in 2019
Angelenos living in rent-controlled apartments may see monthly rent payments climb slightly higher than expected in the coming months. In...
Jason Tuvia
Mar 12, 20192 min read

LA Mortgages are the Nation’s 3rd Least Affordable
Only in San Jose and San Francisco do families spend a higher share of their income on mortgage payments, new report finds With nearly...
Jason Tuvia
Mar 5, 20192 min read

Burgeoning Koreatown Development Reflects Growing Demand
Latest Development Reflects Neighborhood's Growing Demand Driving through the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles, it’s impossible to...
Jason Tuvia
Feb 28, 20193 min read

Los Angeles Suburb Calls for Apartment Landlords to Pay Relocation Fees After Big Rent Hikes
Glendale's Effort to Curb Rent Growth Could Spur Multifamily Selloff In the City Apartment landlords in the Los Angeles suburb of...
Jason Tuvia
Feb 25, 20194 min read

Marcus & Millichap Taps Luchs as Regional Manager of Ontario Office
Multifamily Investment Broker Takes Greater Leadership Role Commercial real estate investment services firm Marcus & Millichap has named...
Jason Tuvia
Feb 20, 20191 min read

How Baby Boomers, Retailers, Banks May Change Commercial Lending This Year
Some of the industry's top commercial real estate mortgage bankers expect business to stay just as strong in 2019 as the past two years...
Jason Tuvia
Feb 15, 20193 min read

Glendale Landlords to pay Relocation Fees When Hiking Rents
It’s not rent control, but it’s similar. In Glendale, where close to two-thirds of residents are renters, landlords will soon face new...
Jason Tuvia
Feb 11, 20192 min read

4,600 ‘Soft-Story’ apartment buildings still need earthquake Retrofits
Most of the apartments damaged and destroyed in the Northridge quake were in these dingbat-style buildings. Los Angeles city officials...
Jason Tuvia
Feb 1, 20191 min read
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