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This Week’s Topics: Insurance Crisis | Rich and Powerful Dirt
This week's topics divides between a serious one and a not-so serious one. Topic 1 is about the home insurance changes affecting the landscape drastically. Is it a crisis? Topic 2 covers real estate news from the famous and powerful in our city. The theme this week? Musicians.

Last Week’s Topic: NIMBY vs. YIMBY
La Cañada Flintridge has been known for its resistance to new housing developments, but now it is facing a lawsuit for violating state housing laws. The lawsuit alleges that the city has failed to provide enough affordable housing and has made it difficult for developers to build new homes. The city council has responded by saying that they are working on a plan to increase affordable housing in the area.

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Video: Playing Chicken - Los Angeles Real Estate Reality

This Week’s Topic: NIMBY vs. YIMBY
La Cañada Flintridge has been known for its resistance to new housing developments, but now it is facing a lawsuit for violating state housing laws. The lawsuit alleges that the city has failed to provide enough affordable housing and has made it difficult for developers to build new homes. The city council has responded by saying that they are working on a plan to increase affordable housing in the area.

Last Week’s Topic: Playing Chicken
The spring housing market is skittish. It’s a game of buyers and sellers vying for negotiation supremacy amid high interest rates, low inventory and high prices. It’s a frustrating time for both sides. Spring was supposed to give some sense of direction, but it has not. Darren and Joe compare agent stories on what’s happening.

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Video: New American Dream - Los Angeles Real Estate Reality

This Week’s Topic: Playing Chicken
The spring housing market is skittish. It’s a game of buyers and sellers vying for negotiation supremacy amid high interest rates, low inventory and high prices. It’s a frustrating time for both sides. Spring was supposed to give some sense of direction, but it has not. Darren and Joe compare agent stories on what’s happening.

Last Week’s Topic: New American Dream
CEOs like Jamie Dimon, Warren Buffett, and Elon Musk want the government to fight inequality and “reignite the American dream." They want the government to invest in American industry, ready students for the workforce, and get lower-income people more money.

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Video: $200K Plus Couple Can't Afford A Home - Los Angeles Real Estate Reality

This Week’s Topic: New American Dream
CEOs like Jamie Dimon, Warren Buffett, and Elon Musk want the government to fight inequality and “reignite the American dream." They want the government to invest in American industry, ready students for the workforce, and get lower-income people more money.

Last Week’s Topic: $200K Plus Couple Can’t Afford A Home
Or can they? Darren and Joe review a couple's story of not being able to afford a home in Los Angeles. While there are truisms in their story, there are also viable solutions. Darren and Joe give them and others a hopeful reality.

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Video: Home Sellers On Strike - Los Angeles Real Estate Reality

This Week’s Topic: $200K Plus Couple Can’t Afford A Home
Or can they? Darren and Joe review a couple's story of not being able to afford a home in Los Angeles. While there are truisms in their story, there are also viable solutions. Darren and Joe give them and others a hopeful reality.

Last Week’s Topic: Home Sellers On Strike
Spring is normally peak season for buyers and sellers. But this year not a lot of homes are for sale. Sellers are on strike. Darren and Joe look at the numbers and find the nuances.

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Video: Creative Mansion Tax Hacks - Los Angeles Real Estate Reality

This Week’s Topic: Home Sellers On Strike
Spring is normally peak season for buyers and sellers. But this year not a lot of homes are for sale. Sellers are on strike. Darren and Joe look at the numbers and find the nuances.

Last Week’s Topic: Creative Mansion Tax Hacks

Free Bentley anyone? To avoid the city's new mansion tax, real estate transactions must be closed by March 31. Sellers and their agents have tried new marketing, incentives and schemes to either avoid the tax or incentivize buyers to meet the deadline before the tax start of April 1.

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