Read the Walnut Before You Wire the Deposit
The 2025 flight to warm materials is real. So is the markup on faking it. Here’s how to tell craft from costume before the walkthrough turns into a trap.
Jason Knight
08/12/2026
The 2025 flight to warm materials is real. So is the markup on faking it. Here’s how to tell craft from costume before the walkthrough turns into a trap.
In the Palisades and Malibu rebuild zones, non-combustible cladding is the new marble. Read the material, or overpay for the risk.
Christie’s just moved hardened security from paranoia to amenity. Here’s how to price it before the market does it for you.
Christie’s called the turn. In Los Angeles, warm timber is holding the line while cold glass gets marked down. Here’s the trade.
A name came off a building this year. The question for every LA buyer holding “architect-designed” square footage: was that name equity — or was it hype?
Square footage was the old flex. Authorship is the new one — and it’s what resells.