There are a variety of options, including tapping an existing HELOC or considering using an insurance settlement.

Unexpected catastrophes such as wildfires can completely change the character of a community, as larger, more expensive homes are built, attracting buyers from a different socioeconomic status.

For as long as there’s been property, there’s been property theft. But a growing type of property theft — one that threatens owners in a unique and life-altering way — has a new hurdle to ...

More than 12,000 structures have been damaged or destroyed in the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire burning in Los Angeles County ...

Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley said that the fire department has deployed all available resources and positioned fire ...

With inventory reduced and fire risk increased, both home prices and insurance rates could rise in Southern California.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, who have established centers across Los Angeles County to aid victims through the ...

If you pay property taxes on it, it’s likely eligible. Los Angeles County Assessor Jeff Prang is proactively reassessing ...

Let’s assume that a house destroyed by the fires had a $1-million market value and a $600,000 taxable value this year.

From installment deferral to home value transfer, we have some answers to property’s owners pressing tax questions.

The following summarizes some of the available tax relief procedures for taxpayers affected by the Palisades, Eaton, Hurst, ...