On Jan. 7, after California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles County, rent hikes of more than 10 ...

Some landlords are hiking prices beyond the 10% the law allows. Some listings have increased thousands of dollars a month.

A new study by a tenant advocacy group shows a major increase in rent prices across the Los Angeles area during Southern ...

The company says prices changes were made by Zillow’s algorithm, which estimated rents for future dates during popular travel ...

Zillow users can sometimes misclassify or inaccurately ... Last week, California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed criminal charges against an L.A.-area real estate agent over alleged rent gouging ...

A venture capital-backed startup illegally jacked up rents for furnished apartments in Los Angeles — more than 50% in one example — after last month’s wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes, the ...

A law barring monthly rents of more than $10,000 for new listings is stopping high-end homes from going on the market, real ...

Tenant advocates — and even some landlord groups — are calling for authorities to crack down on rent gouging in the wake of devastating fires. Some property owners, however, appear unfazed.

California law prohibits price-gouging after an emergency has been declared, meaning that individuals and businesses cannot increase the price of goods and services such as gas or rentals by more than ...

Rent for single-family homes across Los Angeles County rose by almost 25 percent, and even more in certain areas, according ...

Real estate listing websites such as Zillow have shown many properties ... “It’s called price gouging,” said California Attorney General Rob Bonta. “It is illegal. You cannot do it.