In the high-caliber housing market of Los Angeles, every neighborhood has a distinct style, offering a list of pros and cons that can leave even the surest of buyers second-guessing.

A black home presents a singular dichotomy. Set against a sapphire sky and viridescent landscape, it can nearly buzz with bracing contrast.

Actor John Kassir, best known for voicing the Crypt Keeper in HBO’s “Tales From the Crypt” series, is also the keeper of this Craftsman retreat in Topanga.

Elements of cubism take center stage at this Santa Monica home, which was designed in homage to Franco-Swiss architect Le Corbusier’s Notre Dame du Haut in France.

More than one-third of millennial buyers say it’s very important that their new home offer some way of generating income, according to Zillow.

Songwriter-musician Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, who gained fame in the 1980s and ‘90s as a member of the new wave band A-ha, and his wife, composer-songwriter Lauren Savoy, have bought a newly built home in Venice for $5.125 million.