By Brian Day with David Cross The local real estate industry is undergoing a remodel with the purchase of Pasadena-based Podley Properties by another local firm, deasy/penner. Podley Properties owner and founder Bill Podley said while he’s enjoyed building his company, the time has come to hand over the reins. “I’m in a point in… Keep reading →

By Peter Kiefer THR’s annual report on the pros making the biggest sales, including L.A.’s first-ever 10-figure listing. You hear it in their voices, in the measured words that THR’s top real estate agents use to describe the shift in L.A.’s gravity-defying market. It’s not that the party is over, but the lights are being… Keep reading →

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Victoria Koch, (424) 248-8263 hello@agiftedsociety.com   DEASY PENNER TO ACQUIRE PODLEY PROPERTIES   The Purchase Expands the Real Estate Firm’s Geographic Reach in La Canada, Altadena, Sierra Madre, Monrovia, and Glendora   Los Angeles, CA – September 14, 2018 – Luxury real estate brokerage firm Deasy Penner has agreed to purchase… Keep reading →

By Neal J. Leitereg and Jack Flemming Gerald Casale, the singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who founded the new wave band Devo, has sold his place in Palm Desert for $950,000. Designed and built by architect-developer duo Ross Patton and Albert Wild, the Midcentury Modern-style home originally hit the market last year at just under $1.5 million. More recently, it… Keep reading →

Located in the heart of Culver City, the Lawrence and Martha Joseph Residence Apartments, more playfully known as Hobbit’s House, is a fanciful site nestled between studio lots and busy thoroughfares. Built as a labor of love by former Disney Studios artist, Lawrence Joseph between 1946 and 1970; Hobbit’s House looks as if torn from… Keep reading →