Amid claims of price gouging, agents say not all are “bad apples”

On the fifth day of the Los Angeles wildfires, “Selling Sunset” star Jason Oppenheim told the BBC that landlords were illegally hiking rents as displaced Angelenos stoked demand. “This isn’t the time to be taking advantage,” Oppenheim said on the BBC program, noting California’s anti price-gouging law, which bars hikes above 10 percent during emergencies.  […]This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.