Category Archives: Real Estate
Truth about Palisades Rebuild Permitting Numbers
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass reported that more than 1,070 permits were issued for about 540 unique addresses in Pacific Palisades and that more than 1,300 rebuilding plans were approved for 650+ addresses after the January 2025 Palisades Fire. That’s much...
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Empty Lots Are NOT Dumping Grounds
Some contractors, who are either digging basements or grading lots, are not legally disposing of dirt. It is being dumped on burned-out lots in the Palisades. Residents are paying the contractor for disposal thinking it was headed for a proper...
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Investors Allege Losing Millions through Patrick McKenna’s Companies
“It is remarkable to me how a person can steal millions of dollars, yet most members of our community will not seek legal redress,” Palisades resident Karl Taro Greenfeld told Circling the News. The cost of litigation, which could stretch...
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Resident Told to Pay for Sewer Charges on an Empty Lot
(Editor’s note: The City has found yet another way to harm it’s residents, with bills for services they don’t get on properties that are vacant. When they try to fight the charges, they’re told it will take eight months.) I...
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Ray Kappe Brooktree Home Is on the Market for the First Time
The home on Brooktree Road in Rustic Canyon that was designed and built by noted Mid-Century Modern architect Ray Kappe is for sale for the first time. It has been in the Kappe family since 1967. Now it is on...
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A Way to Help Mobile Home Owners Impacted by Fire
(Editor’s note: This letter was sent to Senator Ben Allen and to this editor. It raises an important question about allowing those who lived in mobile homes a chance to survive, to find a new home, by a one-time tax...
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Palisades Pulse – Real Estate Update Part 2
Amalfi founder Anthony Marguleas has examined the Pacific Palisades Real Estate Market extensively this past year to learn the effects of the January 2025 Palisades Fire. In Part 1, which ran in yesterday’s Circling the News, click here. Marguleas examined...
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Good News: Your Lot Sold! Bad News: You Didn’t Sell It
Realtor and Amalfi Founder Anthony Marguleas appeared on KTTV Fox 11 News with Marla Tellez on January 7 about the latest scam in Pacific Palisades and Altadena: selling a lot that belongs to someone else click here. Tellez asked Marguleas,...
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Hogues to Rebuild on Earlham
For people walking the Via de los Olas Bluffs in Pacific Palisades, one of the more interesting yards and homes was the Hogue’s two-bedroom house on Earlham. It was the yard that drew your attention, first. Cacti, large succulents, native...
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Property Tax Updates from L.A. County Assessor Jeffrey Prang
“Current property tax law provides several programs to help disaster-impacted property owners secure relief before, during, and after the rebuilding process,” L.A. County Assessor Jeffrey Prang wrote in his newsletter. He noted that three bills regarding the wildfires have been...
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