Business | Mortgage rate forecast for May 2024: No break for homebuyers By Tribune News Service May 3, 2024 at 11:45 a.m. As homebuyers grapple with record prices this spring, mortgage rates have also crept up.
With fewer Californians and more construction, where are the housing bargains? By Jon Lansner May 3, 2024 at 5:03 a.m. State had 375,800 fewer household residents since 2020, as housing stock grew by 432,700.
Business | Advice for working with a home buyer’s agent this spring By Nerdwallet May 2, 2024 at 11:37 a.m. By mid-July, home buyers will have contracts with their real estate agents that specify how...
20 least-affordable US cities to buy a home are all in California By Jon Lansner April 26, 2024 at 10:07 a.m. A California home costs 8.4 times income ($765,197 vs. $91,551) compared to 4.7 times nationally...
Bad news for California renters: New apartment plans drop to 10-year low By Jon Lansner April 25, 2024 at 7:40 a.m. Permits approved to build multifamily housing in the first quarter fell 22% below 2023's start.
Business | Realtor associations deluged with ‘copycat’ commission lawsuits By Jeff Collins January 25, 2024 at 3:42 p.m. Two new California cases — including one in Southern California — bring to 20 the...
Where are California’s rent bargains? They’re not cheap By Jon Lansner January 13, 2024 at 7:24 a.m. Rents elsewhere in the nation are 15% cheaper than the Golden State's "bargain" cities.
California rents dipped 1% last year, first drop since 2020 By Jon Lansner January 10, 2024 at 11:47 a.m. California was one of 12 of the 46 states and the District of Columbia tracked...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Big landlords just 28% of California’s rental market By Jon Lansner December 20, 2023 at 8:49 a.m. Large complexes held just 28% of the Golden State's 6 million renting households.
SUBSCRIBER ONLY California home-repair costs jump 67% in a decade By Jon Lansner December 8, 2023 at 12:01 p.m. Building supplies that cost a typical California $10,000 at the start of 2013 now run...