• Homeownership suffers in California, US as prices outstrip incomes,Jon Lansner

    Homeownership suffers in California, US as prices outstrip incomes

    Growing the share of homeownership – in California or across the nation – remains a challenge with intensely unaffordable housing.Yes, California’s homeownership rate hit a 13-year high last year — if you ignore the data-challenged, pandemic-twisted 2020 result.My trusty spreadsheet reviewed annual

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  • Should downtown’s brand new life science office building change strategy?,Phillip Molnar

    Should downtown’s brand new life science office building change strategy?

    Things aren’t looking great for downtown’s 1.7 million-square-foot Research and Development District from San Diego-based life science real estate developer IQHQ.A Citi analyst, writing in a research note to the project’s publicly traded lender Bank OZK, believes the district is 0 percent leased and

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  • San Diego rent is down, but maybe not in your area. Check our list,Phillip Molnar

    San Diego rent is down, but maybe not in your area. Check our list

    San Diego rents are down but a renter’s fortune depends heavily on where they are living in the county.The median monthly rent was $2,370 for a one-bedroom in the city of San Diego in May, said real estate website Zumper, down 1.3 percent in a year. That put America’s Finest City as the eighth most

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