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Which Way, L.A.?

The Housing Market Is Back, Is That a Good Thing?

Southern California was especially vulnerable to the real estate bubble, and the median prices of single family homes -- the point at which half of all homes are more expensive and half are cheaper -- plunged in many places.

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Southern California was especially vulnerable to the real estate bubble, and the median prices of single family homes -- the point at which half of all homes are more expensive and half are cheaper -- plunged in many places. In Compton, the median of $385,000 dropped to $94,000 in 2009, but crawled back up to $185,000 by the end of last year. But low income areas aren't the only places where there's a comeback. In LA's Hancock Park, they're up 85 percent, in the Newport Coast of Orange County, they're up 80 percent. That means a lot of real estate action.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    USC Lusk Center for Real Estate

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