L.A. suffered its largest quarterly construction-cost jump in a database that dates to 2013 and the first quarter’s biggest ...

So, statewide construction costs rose 3.2% in 2024 and have increased 39% since 2019. At least building inflation in California is far off the top — a 12.5% annual rate in 2022’s first quarter.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass signed the city budget on Friday. The newly signed budget will preserve city services like street repair, traffic management and parks and library programming ...

The rebuilding process has been complicated by the high costs of construction materials – a challenge faced by victims of all natural disasters including tornadoes, hurricanes, and earthquakes.

The population dips by 9,000 in five years as 556,000 housing units are added. Yet no savings for house hunters or apartment ...

The cost of construction near the Los Angeles wildfires surged at the fastest rate on record as 2025 began, another burden for the victims of January’s firestorms. Home repair expenses jumped 6% ...