• 19% of California houses are owned by investors,Jonathan Lansner

    19% of California houses are owned by investors

    Relatively speaking, California is not a hot spot for housing investors.That’s a conclusion from my trusty spreadsheet’s review of data on investor activity across the nation from BatchData, a small data tracker that digs deeper into property records than many traditional real estate analysts.BatchD

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  • The fine print on San Diego’s 101 Ash deal: New numbers, higher costs and 2 differing appraisals,Jennifer Van Grove

    The fine print on San Diego’s 101 Ash deal: New numbers, higher costs and 2 differing appraisals

    The city of San Diego is seeking to move past a blundered real estate deal with a new high-stakes transaction, this time betting on a development team’s ability to turn the empty 101 Ash St. office tower into hundreds of apartments for low-income families at the expense of recouping what it has sunk

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  • End of An Era—Las Cuatro Milpas Is For Sale,Cole Novak

    End of An Era—Las Cuatro Milpas Is For Sale

    For 92 years, Las Cuatro Milpas bucked the odds. Petra and Natividad Estudillo opened the restaurant on Logan Avenue in 1933, serving simple plates of comfort food like rice, beans, tacos, burritos, and the best tortillas in town. It’s hardly changed a bit since then—it’s still cash-only, the lard-l

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