A house in Lake Arrowhead with spalike amenities, a Craftsman in Mill Valley and a contemporary house in Laguna Beach.

Investors own more than half of all the houses in seven California counties. That’s one eye-catching nugget from my trusty spreadsheet’s review of data on investor activity across the nation from BatchData, a small data tracker that digs deeper into ...

Most California homes were built long before the state required they be constructed to withstand wildfires. Now, sellers of older homes in high-risk areas must disclose to potential buyers not only a dwelling’s susceptibility to fire but what they’ve ...

In 2022, Alicia and Swizz bought their La Jolla home designed by Wallace E. Cunningham which they nicknamed the “Iron Man house.” If you’ve seen any Marvel “Avengers” film, you know how sick and sleek Tony Stark’s house is. The original 11,000-square foot spot is located in Cape Town, South Africa.

In June 2025, a claim (archived) circulated online that Batman actor Christian Bale was building 12 homes in a $22 million village in Palmdale, California, that aimed to keep siblings in the foster-care system together. One popular Facebook claim read ...

On Jan. 1, California will begin requiring landlords to provide their tenants with a fridge and stove — and repair or replace them if they stop working.

Multiple celebrities including Paris Hilton confirmed that their homes burned down in the L.A. county fires of January 2025. The Palisades fire that broke out in California in January 2025 quickly spread throughout Southern California. In just one day ...