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I’m Building My Mom a Home in My Yard Instead of Sending Her to Assisted Living

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I’m Building My Mom a Home in My Yard Instead of Sending Her to Assisted Living

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sotheby’s International Realty real estate agent, Shalini Karnani Bonjour, 50, who is building an accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, in her California backyard for her mother to live in. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. In 2024, my father passed away. He and my mother … Read more

L.A.’s surging real estate prices have cooled, so why is nobody buying condos?

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L.A.’s surging real estate prices have cooled, so why is nobody buying condos?

As the relentless rise in Los Angeles housing costs seems to have paused, condominium sales have slowed to a trickle this year. The number of condo units sold in the first two months slid to a more than 20-year low, according to figures from property information provider Attom. The median price of a condo fell … Read more