Top 5 Interior Design Trends for 2015

  Twenty design professionals give their highly opinionated takes on what’s trending, and what’s ending, in 2015 Mixed Metals In London, designer Kelly Hoppen says mixing warm metals, such as copper and rose gold, with cool ones like silver is particularly hot right now. Los Angeles designer Jamie Bush agreed, saying he is no longer…

America's Most Expensive Home Sales Of 2014

What a weird year it’s been in housing. On the ultra-luxury side, 2014 brought with it several new records. Two nine-figure sales each shattered the previously-held record for America’s most expensive home sale before mid-year. By the end of 2014, a whopping 16 sales had closed at the $50 million price point or higher–a heretofore unheard of volume at this price…

Tips to Get the Best Jumbo Rates

Happy New Year. Should old interest rates be forgot, let us remind you how low jumbos could go: 4.03% for a 30-year, fixed-rate jumbo in December and 2.81% for a five-year, adjustable rate jumbo in October. But expect more uncertainty in the coming year. Last month, the Federal Reserve hinted at raising interest rates in…

Del Mar to Consider Additional Stabling

DEL MAR — With an expected shortage of stables within the next five years, the 22nd District Agricultural Association is preparing to conduct a feasibility study for stabling 1,000 horses at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, a move that could determine the future of racing in Southern California. In an informational report at the Dec. 16…

Going Pro With Holiday Light-Hanging

Los Angeles is famous for a number of things—movie stars, beaches, traffic jams. The city also leads the nation in one measure of Christmas cheer—demand for holiday lighting services. Of the country’s 50 largest markets, L.A. is tops in terms of homeowner requests for companies to hang their holiday lights, according to HomeAdvisor.com, a home-improvement…