• San Diego’s home price gains continue to lag nation,Phillip Molnar

    San Diego’s home price gains continue to lag nation

    San Diego home price gains continued to slow in April and came close to negative territory.The San Diego metropolitan area’s home price increased 1% annually, said the S&P Case-Shiller Indices report for April released Tuesday. It was part of a nationwide slowdown that has seen prices drop in some c

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  • Compass files lawsuit against Zillow over private home listings policy,Associated Press

    Compass files lawsuit against Zillow over private home listings policy

    By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, Associated PressReal estate brokerage company Compass has filed a lawsuit against Zillow over its policy to ban private home listings.In a filing with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Compass claims that “Zillow has sought to rely on anticompetitive

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  • Rent vs. buy: Some Southern California renters might save $105,000 over 5 years,Jonathan Lansner

    Rent vs. buy: Some Southern California renters might save $105,000 over 5 years

    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

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