Echo Park & Silverlake Homes, Happennings, and Lifestyle

Habitat and its volunteers are doing their part to help veterans thrive.

How does Habitat help veterans thrive? Patrick enlisted in the United States Army at age 23 with the goal of providing a better life for his wife, Christine, and their baby daughter, Samantha. During his nine years in the military, Patrick and Christine had a second daughter, and the family moved numerous times.

Mortgage applications saw growth in May, indicating housing markets across the country aren't set to cool down.

Mortgage applications rise 1.4%, defying higher rates More borrowers applied for home loans last week, even as interest rates made their largest five-day jump since just after the presidential election. Perhaps some thought it might be their last chance at low rates.

For first-time home buyers, there's plenty of things you'll need to keep in mind!

25 Tips for First-Time Home Buyers Buying a home can be nerve-wracking, especially if you’re a first-time home buyer. Not only is it probably the biggest purchase of your life, but the process is complicated and fraught with unfamiliar lingo and surprise expenses.

Learn from these sellers' mistakes.

The Biggest Regrets of Real-Life Home Sellers Even homeowners who’ve successfully sold their place can be plagued by the shoulda-coulda-wouldas—meaning that, looking back, they wish they’d done certain things differently. Sometimes very differently. Regret can be a beast. One with teeth.

LA County home prices continue to set new records.

Median home price in LA climbs again to new record high The new median? $569,000.

This youngster proved how much of a difference you can make with a little giving.

A penny and a prayer If you wonder how far you can get these days on a penny and a prayer, Cameron Cox can tell you. Really, really far.

Your bedroom space is meant to be peaceful. Here's how technology can help.

Smart bedroom gadgets: 8 must-have devices for a more blissful bedroom From gadgets that’ll help you sleep soundly to ones that’ll brighten your morning, here’s the smart tech you need to master your bedroom.

This is the kind of penthouse you can get when you're a pop star.

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel Buy Buy Buy $20M Manhattan Penthouse Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel have signed a $20.2M contract to buy a duplex in celeb-filled 443 Greenwich Street in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood. It was sold to the A-list couple at a hefty discount.

If you're looking for plants that you won't have to tend to all throughout cottage season, try these options.

9 low-maintenance cottage plants that love shade If you’ve got trees around your cottage, chances are you love the fact that they keep the cottage cool and provide comfort when sitting outside. If only that shade didn’t also mean your garden was in almost perpetual darkness all day long. Fortunately, we’ve got a roundup of cottage-friendly (read:…

Your mortgage doesn't have to cause a headache.

4 Tips To Ace Your Mortgage In 2017 If you are in the market for a new home - or looking to refinance your current mortgage - then here are 4 tips to ace your mortgage in 2017.

The housing markets across California are showing no signs of slowing down.

California's housing market shrugs off housing shortage as sales and median home price bound higher in June Amid the lowest housing inventory levels of the year, existing home sales in California took off in June to their highest pace in nearly four years as existing home sales and median home price recorded strong gains on both a monthly and annual basis for the second straight month, the CALIFORNIA ASSO...

This is how half of the famous band lived for years.

John Oates' Colorado Ranch Might Make Your Dreams Come True John Oates, the legendary guitarist who makes up half of the hit-making duo Hall & Oates, is selling his large log cabin outside Aspen, CO, for $6 million. He and his wife, Aimee, built the home in 1998.