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Six months after California’s most devastating forest fire, a recovery is going on. The land is changing hands, developers are coming, permits are being approved, homes are under construction. Nevertheless, for many people, the process is still slowly moving forward.
“This process is going to take time, money and patience,” real estate agent Laura Alphono said, who specializes in Malibu and Pacific Palisads Properties. “And it will give rise to a combination of developers, investors and then families who have heritage wealth. And this is what we are looking for in the context of purchase. Not only smoking houses, but for the real lots for themselves.”
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Out of the 123 lots sold in palisades since the fire, about half has been purchased by corporations, by other 50% of individuals. Whereas in Altadena north -east, many houses are being taken away by investors. One company bought 16 properties, one and 13.
“I do not want an ADU (Accessory Developing Unit). I will die,” says 70 -year -old Terry Kilgore. “Is hell, I don’t like RV. I don’t want to live in one, but at this time, it’s a godgent.”
An aerial view of the houses along the beach was destroyed in the fire of the Palisads with the Pacific Coast Highway as the wildfire causes damage and loss through the LA region in Malibu, California on 16 January 2025. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Many homeowners now realize that they were reduced. They cannot pay the old mortgage of the destroyed house, there is a two -year fare in a tight market and enough money left for a reconstruction.
In Altadena, every month, more empty lots are coming in the market, prices are disappointed at $ 1 million lots up to $ 100,000.
In palisades, this is the opposite. The number of properties coming in the market is decreasing, making fire victims to cash. The average price for empty lots is $ 2.2 million.
“The time of construction, as I am hearing, may be one year, and one and a half years, so I think you are going to see six months ago,” said Larry Wayne, head of Pali Strong, said, a civil group formed after the fire.
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Contractor Michael Sherly said, “The trauma has been really difficult. Many people are still really confused about it. They don’t know what to do. Many people are moving forward with their plans. There are many people just one kind,” said the contractor Michael Sherly.
Currently, about 50 houses in Palisades are under construction. More pipelines are in. Los Angeles officials approved 274 to start construction from around 900 permit applications presented to the city and county. Between the two, about 13,000 houses were destroyed. Both institutions say that they are approved permit in less than 2 months – 8 to 18 months before the fire.
Firefighters see a helicopter drop water on the fire of police on Saturday, January 11, 2025 at the Mandville Canian at Los Angeles. (AP Photo/JC. Hong)
Nevertheless, on more complex sites and large houses, experts say that the owners of the house are looking at one year or more to get approval. To speed up the reconstruction process, Governor Newson enhances executive orders to suspend California coastal act As primary agent in giving permits. This suspension lives through at least October 1. Still with the order, the owner of the house looking for reconstruction can start construction with an increase of up to 10% in size. However, for those wishing to expand more than 10%, they face $ 11,579 base fee and 12–24 months process.
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Ross Greenberg lost his house in the Palisads’ fire. And although his reconstruction permit was approved in early June, Los Angeles County is still not allowing him to break land.
“I have paid more than $ 12,000 in my permit fees, just to pursue my process.”
In addition to struggling with rules, many residents focus more on their fight with insurance companies.
A person runs in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, excluding the fire left behind the fire of Palisads on 9 January, 2025. (AP Photo/JC. Hong)
Southern California, before the fire spread in the state farm 1,600 policies dropped Last July in Palisads. The insurance company has to face cases from home owners who claim that they were abandoned “Grossly“With poor support by insurance providers, many residents fully rely on the California Fair Plan, barely covering the cost of development of the founder and septic tanks in places like Malibu, losing 600 houses in the fire, including 300 along with the beach, losing 600 houses.
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“You are going to spend two to three million dollars on your foundation, your septic system and your sewall,” said Don Shamitz, president and head planner of real estate consulting company Shamitz & Associates. “And before you put the first stick to build a real house.”
