LA Multifamily Market Insights
Legislative updates, submarket trends, and practical guidance for apartment building owners across Los Angeles.
Measure ULA: Should You Hold or Sell Your LA Apartment Building?
Measure ULA taxes the whole sale price, not your profit. How the tax changes the hold-or-sell decision for LA apartment owners, with worked examples.
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SB 1365: California’s Emergency Rent Cap Will Cover Leases of Any Length
SB 1365 extends California’s 10% emergency rent cap to every lease and makes the repair-cost exception a defense you must prove. What LA owners should do.
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AB 628: California’s Stove and Refrigerator Law for Rental Units
AB 628 requires a working stove and refrigerator in rentals under leases signed, amended, or extended from January 1, 2026. Exemptions, recalls, and sale prep.
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LA Rent Stabilization in 2026: What Changed for Apartment Owners
Los Angeles rewrote its rent control formula in 2025. What changed for RSO buildings in 2026: the annual increase, the utility add-on, and what buyers underwrite.
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LA Apartment Building Due Diligence Checklist for Buyers
A due diligence checklist for buying an LA apartment building: rent roll and estoppels, rent control, SB 721, permits, property tax, and red flags.
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How to Finance an Apartment Building in Los Angeles
How buyers finance LA apartment buildings: agency, bank, and bridge loans, what lenders test, and why a higher interest rate can cut your cash return.
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How to Analyze an LA Apartment Building: Cap Rate, Cash-on-Cash, and GRM
Learn cap rate, GRM, DSCR, and cash-on-cash return with one worked LA example, and see how rent control and interest rates change the numbers for buyers.
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Nine Mistakes Buyers Make When Buying an LA Apartment Building
The mistakes buyers make on LA apartment buildings: trusting pro forma rents, skipping estoppels, ignoring rent control and reassessment, and over-borrowing.
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LA Apartment Market Update, Q3 2026: Prices, Cap Rates, and How Far Below Asking Buildings Sold
LA County apartment sales through September 2026: median price per unit, cap rates, quarter-by-quarter trends, and how far below asking buildings sold.
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Inherited an Apartment Building in Los Angeles? What to Do First
Inherited an LA apartment building? What to do first, how a trust or probate affects a sale, the stepped-up basis and Prop 19 tax issues, and your options.
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SB 721 Balcony Inspections in Los Angeles: What Apartment Owners Must Do Now
The SB 721 balcony and stair inspection deadline was January 1, 2026. What LA apartment owners must inspect, who can inspect, repairs, penalties, and selling.
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LA Apartment Air Conditioning: What LA County’s 82-Degree Rule Means for Owners, and Where the City of LA Stands
No law requires AC in every LA apartment. LA County’s 82°F rule covers unincorporated areas; the City of LA has not adopted one yet. Electrical panel tips.
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LA Apartment Cap Rates and Prices Per Unit by Neighborhood, 2026
What LA apartment buildings sold for in 2026: median price per unit, price per SF, and cap rate ranges for our neighborhoods, from real sales.
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How to Sell an Apartment Building in Los Angeles: The Step-by-Step Process
The steps to sell an LA apartment building, from pricing and paperwork to offers, escrow, and closing, plus how long each stage typically takes.
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Broker Opinion of Value vs. Appraisal: Which Do You Need to Sell?
A Broker Opinion of Value and an appraisal answer different questions. What each is, what it costs, and which one an LA apartment seller needs first.
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Selling a Fourplex or Small Apartment Building in Los Angeles
Selling a fourplex or small apartment building in Los Angeles? How buyers, financing, rent control, and pricing differ from larger buildings.
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Off-Market or Listed? How to Sell an LA Apartment Building
Should you sell your LA apartment building off-market or list it openly? The tradeoffs in price, privacy, speed, and tenant disruption.
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How to Choose the Best Multifamily Broker in Los Angeles
Hiring a broker to sell your LA apartment building? Seven things to check, the questions to ask, and the red flags to watch for before you sign.
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How to Value an Apartment Building in Los Angeles
How LA apartment buildings are valued: NOI, cap rate, GRM, price per unit, rent control, and condition, with real 2026 sales figures by neighborhood.
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Should I Sell My Apartment Building? 7 Questions to Ask First
Thinking about selling your LA apartment building? Seven questions about goals, value, taxes, costs, and timing to answer before you decide.
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Selling an LA Apartment Building With Tenants Under Rent Control
Selling a rent-controlled apartment building in Los Angeles? How rent control and long-term tenants affect your price, your buyers, and your timeline.
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Capital Gains and Depreciation Recapture When You Sell an LA Apartment Building
Selling an LA apartment building? How federal and California capital gains tax and depreciation recapture work, and how a 1031 exchange can defer both.
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Selling Near a Measure ULA Threshold? Why Price and Timing Matter
Measure ULA thresholds rose to $5.4M and $10.9M. See how a price just over the line can cut your net proceeds, and what LA apartment sellers can do.
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El Niño Emergency Declared: What LA Apartment Owners Should Know
California and LA County have declared El Niño emergencies. What it means for rent increases, insurance, and your building, plus a prep checklist.
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Thinking About Selling? The Year-End Clock Starts Now
A typical LA apartment sale takes 60 to 90 days. Here is how to time a December or January close, and what it means for a 1031 exchange.
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AB 1482's Rent Cap Just Reset: What It Means for Post-1978 LA Apartment Buildings
The AB 1482 rent cap reset on August 1, 2026. See the new 8.7% LA maximum, which buildings it covers, and why it matters when you buy or sell.
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Why Diligent LA Apartment Owners Track Their Utility Bills Every Month
A quiet water leak can cost an owner $100K+ in property value. Two real LA examples, the cap rate math, and the monthly habit that catches it early.
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Why LA Apartment Owners Are 1031 Exchanging Into Triple-Net Properties
How LA apartment owners use a 1031 exchange to move into passive triple-net (NNN) investments, with a real example: a 24-unit sale into two NNN properties.
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