Will smaller San Diego lot sizes solve housing woes? New study thinks so
There is a 5,000-square-foot minimum lot requirement across more than 80% of San Diego —...
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California wages jumped 6.5% last year, 5th biggest raises in US
The year-end pay increases boosted California's weekly wage to $1,872. That's 24% above the nation's...
Ballpark District created to clean up blocks around Petco Park
A nonprofit d with the San Diego Padres will soon be responsible for the daily...
Average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the US falls to 6.85% this week, first decline in a month
Borrowing costs for homebuyers remain elevated.
These San Diego luxury homes have been for sale for a year, or longer
San Diego County homes costing $6 million and up are taking an average 633 days...
The Headquarters in downtown San Diego slated to be sold for $34.9 million
The Board of Port Commissioners is set to consider the proposed change in leasehold ownership...
34% fewer San Diego County homes sold. Is the Fed to blame?
So, what would it take to close the affordability gap? 39% price cuts, 2.4% mortgages,...
Home prices take 1st drop in 26 months, by this math
Case-Shiller index declined 0.3% between February and March, the first monthly dip since January 2023.
Costa Verde Center owner wants to turn shuttered strip mall into its own neighborhood
New owner is crafting a master plan for a mixed-use development with thousands of residential...
Are price cuts coming? San Diego home price gains slow in national rankings
San Diego metro ranked 15th in the 20 city index for home price gains.
29% fewer California homes sold. Is the Fed to blame?
Close California's affordability gap? Try 36% price cuts, 2.8% mortgages, or 56% pay hikes.
Mission Valley’s Hazard Center is getting a new name, look and vibe
The property's new owner is rebranding the retail and office complex as The Landing at...
‘Look out for a slowdown’: San Diego home sales slump despite more listings
In a normal market, more homes listed for sale equal more transactions. That's not happening...
Californians are late paying 18% of their student loans
California has the 10th lowest rate of student-loan delinquency rate among the states.
Why more construction didn’t fix California’s high housing costs
The population dips by 9,000 in five years as 556,000 housing units are added. Yet...
San Diego preparing to put downtown’s old Central Library on the market
The vacant, historic property at 820 E St. is slated to be offered for sale...
Many Californians need six-figure incomes to afford rent
Rent burden for Riverside and San Bernardino counties expanded by 46% in five years, fourth-largest hike...
Up for a swim in the sky? San Diego’s highest pool completes construction
At roughly 480 feet in the air, the pool at 800 Broadway is San Diego's...
Auction date set for downtown San Diego’s Campus at Horton
With hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid debt, developer Stockdale Capital Partners has only...
State Farm gets California nod to hike homeowner policies 17%
Estimates by one watchdog group say homeowners will pay $468 more annually, while renters and...
$218,000 income needed to buy a California home, up 82% since 2019
One challenge: California's median house price jumped 40% in five years to $846,830.
San Diego rents falling in some areas
The most expensive markets have seen rent reductions and less expensive areas, like National City,...
Fix California? It’s cheap housing, good job opportunities
California's population blossoms where the lifestyle appeals to a younger, family-oriented audience.
‘There’s just no capital.’ Hotel scrapped from plan for Navy site on San Diego Bay
Lane Field developers are now primarily focused on building an entertainment venue on a reduced...
Where are rents still falling in Southern California?
Rents declined from April 2024 in six local markets vs. 14 in the previous 12...
New vision for San Diego’s Civic Center strives for renaissance of downtown
Downtown boosters seek to turn a just-released vision for six blocks of city-owned real estate...
Zillow forecasts San Diego home values to drop for the first time in years
Zillow predicts San Diego County home values will drop 1.1% in a year
The number of new apartments is at a 50-year high, but states expect a slowdown
The massive jump in apartment construction has its roots in 2021 and 2022.
Famous geneticist moving research institute to RaDD project on San Diego Bay
J. Craig Venter Institute, now in La Jolla, has leased 50,000 square feet of space...
Study says you need to earn $258K a year to buy a San Diego home
San Diego is the fourth-most expensive market in the nation, Realtor.com study says.
U.S. home sales tumble to a 10-year low
In February, 248,233 U.S. residences were bought, down 7% in a year and 9% below...
California jumps to world’s No. 4 economy. Can that last?
California's $4.1 trillion output last year jumped its long-standing No. 5 global ranking to slip...
Homeownership further out of reach as rising prices, high mortgage rates widen affordability gap
A homebuyer now needs to earn at least $114,000 to afford the median home.
California home sales tumble below Great Recession low for 21 months
322,813 residences were sold in the year ending in February, down 40% in three years...
Average rate on a US 30-year mortgage eases to 6.76%, its second straight weekly decline
A year ago, the rate averaged 7.22%.
Developer remaking Sorrento Mesa buildings into office condos
Abington Emerson Investments bought the buildings at 5665 and 5677 Oberlin Drive with plans to...
Will California’s low homeownership ever get fixed?
Build fewer apartments? Residential construction is more heavily focused on single-family housing in the states...
San Diego home price gains slow compared to rest of U.S.
The S&P Case-Shiller Indices said San Diego County home prices are up 2.75% annually
San Diego homebuying history: 21 twists you should know
What we've learned about the past 20 years of local pricing and sales from housing...
California is next-to-last in homeownership
An average 55% of California residents lived in a home they owned in 2022 through...
Seaport San Diego developer asks state lawmakers to expedite environmental review process
SB 675 would require the Coastal Commission to review the mega project proposed for San...
Average rate on a US 30-year mortgage eases to 6.81%, hovering near highest level in over two months
The average rate remains close to its highest level in more than two months.
California ranks No. 2 for housing costs in U.S.
The math indicates that housing expenses consume 44% of a typical California household budget.
March home sales slowed in a lethargic opening to the spring buying season
Elevated mortgage rates and rising prices discouraged many prospective home shoppers.
The incredible shrinking apartment: San Diego’s average unit now 827 square feet
RentCafe said San Diego had one of the biggest apartment size drops in the nation.
21 things to know about Southern California’s homebuying history
Record high: $823,000 median sales price in May 2024. Compared to February 2025's $820,000, we're...
New owner in the works for The Headquarters in downtown San Diego
LBX Investments is in the process of acquiring the leasehold for the landmark retail center...
San Diego home prices are rising, but will it last?
The county's median home price was $886,500 in February, up 4.1% in a year
San Diego bans ‘price-fixing’ software to set residential rents
San Diego s several other cities that have voted to ban RealPage software, saying it...
Southern California rent inflation grows to 5.2%, I says
Rents are rising faster than the recent low in December 2024 at 3.8%. Still, this...
Prebys Foundation buys Wells Fargo Plaza tower to uplift downtown San Diego
The real estate acquisition is being framed by the philanthropic organization as a business decision...
What’s more volatile: Stocks or California home prices?
Standard deviation math says California home-price twists are 40% smoother than stock market gyrations.
Oceanside considers new protections for residents in rentals
City staff will draft 'urgency ordinances' to safeguard tenants' rights
Why stock market turmoil is bad for California home prices
Home prices statewide tend to underperform following stock market downturns.
Fairgrounds 2050: State institution to craft new plan for 324 acres of land
The 22nd District Agricultural Association, which produces the San Diego County Fair, has kicked off...
Downtown tower, Five50West, surrendered to lender
Asset management firm Barings took back the 20-story office building at 550 W. C St....
San Diego County property taxes are due in 2 days
If you miss the deadline — Thursday at 11:59 p.m. — you face a 10%...
SANDAG moves into new, pricier downtown HQ
San Diego's lead transportation agency officially started its residency as the anchor office tenant at...
Unions’ share of California construction jobs at record low
Unions controlled 12.5% of all California construction workers last year, the smallest slice on record.
California job creation dropped 81% after pandemic
Bosses statewide added 340,000 jobs in the last 5 years vs. 1.8 million in 2015-2020.
San Diego might be having its slowest year ever for newly built housing
Just 50 new home communities are coming out in 2025 in San Diego County. Here's...
Escondido home development says it is ‘fire resistant.’ Houses cost $1M
San Diego County development Dixon Trail has buffers between homes, flame-resistant vents, noncombustible gutters.
Local developer buys 10-acre, Miramar Road property zoned for housing
Pacifica Companies purchased the Miramar Landing shopping center and an adjacent office building for $30.6...
San Diego falls in national home price rankings
The S&P Case-Shiller Indices said San Diego County home prices are up 3.4% annually.
Where in California do renters stay the longest?
Only 5.1% of apartments were empty statewide as 2025 started, compared to 6.7% vacancies nationally.
Midway Rising analysis sheds new light on plan for San Diego’s sports arena site
Draft environmental impact report details how the large project will change the landscape of the...
City’s adviser on troubled Ash Street lease agrees to restricted real estate license
Jason Hughes agreed to pay fines totaling $8,500 and is eligible to apply for an...
Los Angeles construction costs jump 5.9%, another fire rebuilding hurdle
The cost of residential building in L.A. surged 44% over the last five years, the...
Harbor Police Department HQ on San Diego Bay slated for redevelopment
The Port of San Diego wants to demolish the 77-year-old police headquarters on East Harbor...
DOGE targets 5 government office leases in San Diego for termination
The federal government reform team is seeking to end leases totaling 40,242 square feet of...
How Riverside County won California’s pandemic economy
Riverside County's population jumped by 110,000 – California's largest county gain and 14th biggest in...
How inflation battered California pay raises
Golden State declines in real wages ranked in the middle of the pack among the...
Which is the hardest Southern California county to find a rental?
Vacancy rates for 165 big U.S. counties help us answer a fundamental apartment seeker challenge:...
NASDAQ curse? Wall Street troubles might chill California’s economy
Recent market mayhem is a solid reminder that the stock market matters to California paychecks.
San Diego City Council reverses stance, approves All Peoples Church project in Del Cerro
A year after rejecting it, San Diego City Council OKs All Peoples Church facility in...
Pasadena 2nd-hardest spot to find a rental in US after wildfires
Only 3.7% of Pasadena rental units were empty in February, according to ApartmentList. It was...
Fire reconstruction a wildcard for homebuilding across Southern California
Trumark Homes' Richard Douglass says rebuilding's impact on new-home construction is "an unprecedented unknown.”
Partial lease on the table for Balboa Park’s decaying Starlight Bowl, but future still uncertain
San Diego has restricted lease negotiations with nonprofit Save Starlight for the historic venue's upper...
Do Californians need flood insurance? Few homeowners have it
California has 10% of the nation's homes it only has 4% of the 4.7 million...
San Diego to reconsider denial of All Peoples Church project in Del Cerro
City Council will revisit their decision to block the controversial project, which is proposing...
‘Tariffs do not help with housing costs’: San Diego apartment builders brace for steel and aluminum tariffs
The Trump istration said the tariffs are necessary to protect U.S. producers
California is No. 3 for home-price volatility
Only Hawaii and Vermont had more housing price volatility than California since 1975.
Port of San Diego renames DEI team, removes language from website
The agency renamed its DEI team the Culture of Belonging team, but maintains the change...
San Diego ends the year No. 5 in nation for home price gains. Will it last?
The S&P Case-Shiller Indices said San Diego County home prices are up 5.51% annually
Old, shuttered Point Loma hotel sells for $17.4M
The Consulate Hotel on Nimitz Boulevard will be turned into market-rate and student housing
San Diego has one of the lowest homeownership rates for people under 30
LendingTree said Nashville had the highest number of younger homeowners
Southern California home prices begin to drop
Only one market – Orange County – had price appreciation in January and local sellers...
Judge sides with city, Padres development team on one claim against Tailgate Park deal
A Superior Court judge tossed out the claim that San Diego broke state environmental law...
Where in Southern California did it get easier to buy a home?
Four of six counties last year had declines in pay required to get a mortgage...
New San Diego apartment complex charges more than $4K for a two-bedroom
The Folia apartment complex has co-working space, a pool, gym, club room, putting green and...
House hunters say ‘No!” as buying pace hits 41-year low
Recent sales equal 36 per 1,000 American households. That is the slowest rate since 1983.
Campus at Horton in foreclosure
Developer Stockdale Capital Partners could lose the 10-acre property in the heart of downtown San...
Around 4,000 new apartments are opening in San Diego County this year — but they aren’t cheap
Many of the new complexes charge well above average, hitting $3,000 a month in some...
Costa Verde Center near UTC sold for $124M
A London buyer with local ties has purchased the shuttered strip mall for a mixed-use...
LA wildfire rebuilding faces construction worker shortage
Southern California's construction workforce is at 98% of peak staffing – high employment that suggests...
Shea Homes buys office park and 23 acres of undeveloped land in Scripps Ranch
The homebuilder recently acquired five plots of land along Scripps Ranch Boulevard and Meanley Drive...
Downtown San Diego’s biggest apartment building sells for $309M
Park 12 has 718 apartments, the most in downtown San Diego.
Torrey Pines research campus trades hands for $159M
Life science real estate developer Breakthrough Properties bought the three-building Muse complex at 3030, 3040...
Sorrento Mesa office property slated to be redeveloped with hundreds of apartments
Multi-family housing developer JPI plans to replace an office building following adoption of a community...
Aiming to avert another 101 Ash, San Diego City Council OKs stricter real estate policies
Most of the changes were originally put forward in four separate city audits dating back...