Priciest ZIPs: 29 SoCal neighborhoods among nation's costliest places to purchase a home.

Record median: San Fernando Valley's mid-range selling price for a single-family house hit $755,000 in October.

Consumer privacy: Will mortgage giants play ball with new California data-protection law?

Easy real estate: Startup hopes to take stress out of buying, selling housing.

Regional rankings: LA-OC economy is nation's 6th-best performer, Inland Empire No. 18.

Anaheim: City's stadium-lease meeting with Angels goes well, mayor says.

Montebello Hills: 1,200-home development finally to get started.

Santa Ana: 256-apartment project wins narrow approval.

Whittier: 750-home project on prison site gets retail developer.

Tarzana: "Crazy" car wash, falafel stand to be replaced by 59 apartments.