The week in review: October 5–9
The week of October 5–9 on la.metrotrendlines.com, in 10 posts.
Monday, October 5 — Unemployment in the city of Los Angeles, August 2026. 5.0% of the city of Los Angeles’s labor force was unemployed in August 2026, against 6.2% a year earlier. Across the whole metro area the rate was 4.8% in August 2026.
Monday, October 5 — LAX against normal, September 2026. September 2026 at LAX ran 4.5°F above normal. Normal here is the 1991-2020 average for that same month, which is the standard climate baseline — so this is a comparison with the recent past, not with the start of the record.
Tuesday, October 6 — Los Angeles County for-sale inventory, September 2026. Los Angeles County ended September 2026 with 15,374 active for-sale listings, up 4.1% from a year earlier.
Tuesday, October 6 — What Los Angeles County sellers listed, September 2026. Los Angeles County sellers put 5,670 new listings on the market in September 2026, down 3.6% from the same month a year earlier.
Wednesday, October 7 — Los Angeles County asking prices, September 2026. The median Los Angeles County listing asked $950,000 in September 2026, down 4.5% from a year earlier.
Wednesday, October 7 — Los Angeles County homes under contract, September 2026. 4,984 Los Angeles County listings were under contract at the end of September 2026, down 8.6% from a year earlier.
Thursday, October 8 — Los Angeles-metro unemployment, August 2026. Los Angeles-metro unemployment was 4.8% in August 2026, the newest month in the series and the monthly update to the unemployment post.
Thursday, October 8 — How long a Los Angeles County listing sits, September 2026. The median Los Angeles County listing sat 56 days on the market in September 2026, against 57 days a year earlier.
Friday, October 9 — California jobless claims, week of Oct 3, 2026. California workers filed 38,757 initial unemployment claims in the week ending Oct 3, 2026; the steadier four-week average is 35,182, down 11.8% from the same weeks a year ago. Read the chart in two parts.
Friday, October 9 — Los Angeles’s labor force, August 2026. The Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim labor force — everyone employed or actively looking for work — was 6,592,371 in August 2026, down 2.1% from a year earlier.
The week in review: every post from October 5–9, summarised from its own listing blurb and linked. Assembled each Saturday from the posts that actually published that week.