How crowded is your neighborhood?

Things feeling a little more… crowded lately? New U.S. Census data released last week show the Los Angeles County population surpassed 10 million residents in 2013. Both Los Angeles and Orange Counties have some of the high concentration of "crowded homes," as displayed by a Los Angeles Times map of the most crowded zip codes.

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How does Northeast Los Angeles fair? Not too bad. The 90026 area code, which includes neighborhoods like Echo Park and Silver Lake, comes in at 15.8% crowded. For comparison, nearby Westlake (zip code 90057) has a 39.9% crowding rate. The 90065 zip code, including neighborhoods like Mount Washington and Glassell Park, are 14.5% crowded. Highland Park and other 90042 neighborhoods are looking at a 16% crowding.

How crowded is your neighborhood? Click here to check out the map of Southern California.

Weekend calendar: Featured open houses in Northeast Los Angeles

This weekend is full of some great open houses in Northeast Los Angeles, including the neighborhoods of Highland Park, Atwater Village, Eagle Rock and Silver Lake this weekend. Check out these great open houses!

Want a private showing? Call (323) 300-1186 today!

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Highland Park

1041 North Avenue 63 | 3 BR, 2 BA | $479,000

Open Sunday, March 30 from 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Listing agents: Sarah Halpin

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Atwater Village

4041 Chevy Chase Drive | 4 BR, 2 BA | $659,999

Open Friday, March 28 from 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Listing agent: Desiree Vavak

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Eagle Rock

4871 Wiota Street| 4 BR, 3 BA | $720,000

Open Sunday, March 30 from 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Listing agent: Jo O'Key

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Silver Lake

1761 Silver Lake Boulevard | 3 BR, 2 BA | $769,000

Open Saturday, March 29 from 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Listing agent: Garry Scoby

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Highland Park

5223 Granada Street | Two on a lot | $575,000

Open Saturday, March 29 from 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Listing agent: Cesar Cervantes

Want a private showing? Call (323) 300-1186 today!

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New app guides you through Northeast Los Angeles history

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A new app releasing in April will guide you through historical points of interest as you walk through Northeast Los Angeles.

LASHP Trails is meant to encourage pedestrian and biking activities by taking an interactive narrative approach. As you walk along a hiking path, you'll get information about a site's history as well as other "themes" like transportation, nature, and urban development - including future developments. The app is being released by Interpretive Media Laboratory (IMLab), a partnership between UCLA and California State Parks.

The first wave of trails in the app will include quite a few around Elysian Park as well as a couple of Downtown routes. More advanced versions of the app will be released over time, with plans to include fitness tracking, social media links, and more.

We're looking forward to exploring Elysian Park and Echo Park with the app next month!

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Market report: More new listings posted for Northeast Los Angeles

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Week over week, Northeast Los Angeles real estate is staying pretty steady. There are more new listings, up to 48 from 45 last week. Total inventory is pretty much the same, and sold properties up to 26 from 25 last week.

March 24, 2014

• New listings: 48+
• Back on Market: 10-
• Price Reductions: 12-
• Pending/Back up: 29-
• Sold: 26+
• Total inventory available: 212

Compare past market reports by clicking here.

Kids getting creative at the Echo Park Farmers' Market

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Last Friday we had the unique opportunity of volunteering at the kids' craft table in the Echo Park Farmers' Market. Our team provided the materials for the kids to decorate small reusable bags to take home - from glitter to foam stickers, the kids got creative decorating these bags! A few of them even stocked up on fresh fruit while they were at the market.

On top of that, families put their names in our raffle to win a $25 gift certificate to Masa of Echo Park. We'll announce the winner on April 18 during the market's annual Easter Egg Hunt around the market.

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Event: LA River Tour on Saturday, March 22

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This is one of those must-do activities around Los Angeles: The LA River Tour!

This weekend, on Saturday, March 22 at 2:00 pm, Lila Higgins, Jenny Price and Kat Superfisky will lead a three hour walking tour of the river through the Glendale Narrows section. They will stop at locations like the Bowtie Parcel, Rio de Los Angeles State Park and Marsh Park. They will discuss revitalization efforts, political history, community impact, and more.

The event is limited to 20 people, so be sure to RSVP now! Suggested donation is $20.

Lila Higgins runs the Citizen Science and Live Animal programs at the L.A. Natural History Museum. A Certified Interpretive Guide and Trainer, she has run PLAYshops for Disney’s Creative Academy.

Jenny Price is a public artist, writer, and historian, and has written extensively about the L.A. River--and has led tours and designed public art projects along its banks--since 2002. She's a co-founder of the public art collectives Urban Rangers and Project 51, and the author of "Thirteen Ways of Seeing Nature in L.A.".

Kat Superfisky, a Project Designer at Mia Lehrer + Associates landscape-architecture firm, wrote her master’s thesis on how to do public outreach on the L.A. River, and has a background in theater and dance as well as ecosystem management and educational program development.

Market report: Strong week for new listings

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The numbers for this week's Northeast Los Angeles real estate market report aren't displaying much change. However, there are 10 fewer sold properties, and it's another strong week for new listings. March 17, 2014

• New listings: 45-
• Back on Market: 16+
• Price Reductions: 13-
• Pending/Back up: 30-
• Sold: 25-
• Total inventory available: 212+

Compare past market reports by clicking here.