• Single-Story Homes in the Valley: Where to Find Them,Herb Rim

    Single-Story Homes in the Valley: Where to Find Them

    Ask any Valley agent which request comes up most often and you will hear the same answer: "single-story, please." One-level living is the most consistently requested — and most supply-constrained — product in the San Fernando Valley. This guide covers who is competing for these homes, the neighborho

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  • The San Fernando Valley School Guide for Homebuyers,Herb Rim

    The San Fernando Valley School Guide for Homebuyers

    In the Valley, school boundaries move home values as much as square footage does. If you are buying with kids — or with resale in mind — here is how the school landscape maps onto real estate, neighborhood by neighborhood. The Public Standouts (and Their Boundaries) Studio City — Carpenter Community

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  • What $2M Buys in Encino Right Now,Herb Rim

    What $2M Buys in Encino Right Now

    Two million dollars is the pivotal number in Encino real estate — the line where buyers graduate from starter-Valley to genuinely luxurious. But what that budget actually buys varies enormously by street. Here is the current landscape. North of Ventura Boulevard: Space and Value In the flats — think

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