This Westside listing will make even seasoned Los Angeles luxury buyers sit up. Located at 12833 Chalon Rd, this $58.5 million Brentwood estate sits on its own five-acre promontory in the ultra-private Brentwood Country Estates, one of L.A.’s most exclusive guard-gated communities. With just 13 homes and 24/7 security, it combines the privacy of a secluded retreat with easy access to the city’s best...

A newly listed estate perched high above the city is asking $125 million, putting it among the priciest properties in Southern California. Built over the course of a decade with $30 million worth of poured-in-place concrete, this Hollywood Hills estate is the kind of project that can’t be replicated under today’s building codes. Perched high above the city at 7661 Curson Terrace, the trophy home...

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This Paradise Valley, Arizona, home had lovely French provincial touches but also some dated details that weighed it down. These included odd clusters of arches, awkwardly proportioned classical columns and chunky faux adobe accents. The homeowners, a couple with a teenager still at home, turned to...

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U.S. new-home sales posted an unexpectedly sharp gain in August 2025, helped by a dip in borrowing costs that lured buyers back into the market. Purchases of newly built single-family homes jumped 20.5% from July to an annualized pace of 800,000, the fastest since early 2023, according to government data released Tuesday. That figure followed an upward revision to July sales and marked a 15.4% increase...

Today’s report on new home sales printed one of the most surprising results I’ve seen in a while, showcasing significant growth. Now, we should have expected some growth in new home sales, given that mortgage rates have declined recently. In fact, each time mortgage rates have approached 6% since late 2022, new home sales have seen an uptick. This was a topic I discussed on CNBC on Wednesday. But we...

For many in the multiple listing services (MLS) industry, Monday’s announcement that Compass was acquiring Anywhere served as a wake-up call of sorts.  Over the past year, Compass has worked to grow its stockpile of exclusive listings, but many did not consider the Robert Reffkin-helmed firm a serious threat to the MLS structure, due to the size of his firm. That all changed with Monday’s...