{"id":13145,"date":"2019-12-17T11:04:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T19:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/?p=13145"},"modified":"2024-08-08T00:15:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T07:15:08","slug":"buyer-buy-house-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/buyer-buy-house-los-angeles\/","title":{"rendered":"Lights, Camera, Action, You\u2019re Home! How to Buy a House in Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lights, camera, action, you\u2019re home! Los Angeles is the land of perpetual sunshine, with high wages, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/regions\/west\/news-release\/occupationalemploymentandwages_losangeles.htm\">$27.83 per hour in 2019,<\/a> according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics), plus plenty of job growth in a wide range of industries (including gaming, aerospace, fashion, IT, and of course, entertainment). 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