Why so few home sales in Southern California counties?Well, renters in Orange and Los Angeles counties enjoy the nation’s fourth-largest savings between what landlords charge and the cost of financing a house purchase.My trusty spreadsheet reviewed a study by Zillow that estimated everyday rent pric

The lender behind The Campus at Horton project is asking a local judge to immediately strip developer and property owner Stockdale Capital Partners of control of the property as it seeks to protect the asset during the foreclosure process.Luxembourg-based investment management firm AllianceBernstein

California house hunters are balking at high home prices – just like their fellow Americans.The significant difference is that the rejected homes in California happen to be far more expensive than the typical U.S. house.Please forget the “buyer’s market” vs. “seller’s market” debate that’s spun by m

After a two-year pause, the city of San Diego and a private developer are seeking community input as they craft the plan for a small, downtown park on a tight budget.Last week, the Urban Innovation Division of San Diego’s Development Services Department kicked off a summer-long outreach effort for t

Surging Southern California rent inflation, while national price hikes decline, suggests January’s Los Angeles wildfires may be costing local tenants.My trusty spreadsheet looked at rent costs as tracked by three local Consumer Price Indexes – Los Angeles and Orange counties, the Inland Empire and S

One of San Diego’s oldest companies announced Wednesday it will be purchased by a Florida-based investment firm.Guild Mortgage, based in San Diego since its 1960 founding, has agreed to sell all remaining shares of its company for $1.3 billion to Florida-based Bayview Asset Management.Guild had been

For the first time in almost two years, San Diego home prices didn’t increase.The median home price in San Diego County was $900,000 in April, flat year-over-year, said Attom Data Solutions. The last time the median, a combination of all closed sales of single-family houses, townhouses and condos, d

By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business WriterMCCLEAN, Va. (AP) — The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage eased for the third week in a row, a welcome trend for prospective homebuyers at a time when elevated borrowing costs remain a drag on the housing market.Related Articles San Diego’s Guild Mortgage to be

“My life isn’t that interesting,” says chef Euphemia Ng. Then she starts telling her story—and quickly proves herself wrong.“I was an active 3-year-old, and my grandmother took me to the farmers market in Hong Kong every morning so my aunts could sleep in,” the Tierrasanta resident recalls. “She sho

Juneteenth, sometimes called Freedom Day or Jubilee Day, has grown from a local Texas tradition into a nationwide celebration. It marks the moment in 1865 when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas and announced the freedom of around 250,000 enslaved people—symbolizing the end of

As two real estate giants escalate a war over how homes should be listed for sale online, both sides say they’re acting in the interest of consumers.Both sides also stand to make a lot of money if they win.The issue intensified at the end of 2024, when Compass, the country’s largest brokerage by sal

I’ll always remember one of my first times trail running in San Diego. I had just moved to the city and headed out to Los Penasquitos Canyon to run on the shady dirt trails there. I had heard warnings about rattlesnakes, so I had my guard up as I ran. Suddenly, a crashing sound came from the surroun

The US rings in its 249th birthday this summer, and San Diego County has no shortage of fêtes and firecrackers in store to commemorate the occasion. Whether you’re into beach picnics, small-town parades, or grand firework finales, here are 19 festive ways to celebrate the Fourth of July in San Diego

Be honest—how often did you hear “It’s too beautiful outside to be indoors watching TV” as a kid? (Maybe you’re even hitting your own little ones with that line now.) But here’s some good news for movie buffs who still want to enjoy the increasingly warm weather: San Diego County is flush with optio

The developer behind The Campus at Horton project is teasing a forthcoming resolution with its lender and a flashy new plan for the shuttered Horton Plaza Park — even as it stares down a forced sale of the property more commonly known as Horton Plaza, is in breach of contractual obligations with the

Just minutes from both Joshua Tree and Palm Springs- and with wide-ranging views of the surrounding mountains- this secluded mid-century ranch is the perfect place for memorable desert sojourns. With a flexible layout on a very private 2.5-acre lot, it’s also been a successful and fully functioning

You’d need to earn $154,200 annually to comfortably finance the purchase of the typical San Diego County condo.How did we establish that budgetary standard for what’s arguably the “bargain” homeownership option?Well, my trusty spreadsheet looked at monthly pricing data from Attom, which tracks close

A local architect coalition has given awards for the restoration of Balboa Park’s Botanical Building, an office in Tijuana, a project at MiraCosta College and more.The San Diego branch of the American Institute of Architects, or AIA, has been giving out awards annually for what it feels are the best

Living in San Diego means you’ve already hit the jackpot when it comes to gardening weather— sunshine, mild temps, and rarely a frost in sight. But not everyone has a big backyard to work with, especially in urban areas, which is where container gardening comes in. Whether you’ve got a tiny patio, a

The man who claimed to be disrupting the backyard housing industry — securing financing, permits and building granny flats across San Diego County, before collecting millions of dollars without doing the work — is now seeking federal protection from his many creditors.Jose Frausto, the founder and c