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Orange County Housing in Short Supply Even While Allowed Financing Set to Increase

News Analysis The number of homes for sale in Orange County is “the lowest level since tracking began ...

Southern California November 18, 2021

California Labor Market Hit Particularly Hard by Pandemic

News Analysis Data recently released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics show how much the California employment situation ...

Southern California November 8, 2021

Western State Housing Markets Remain Hot, Rate of Price Appreciation Decelerates

News Analysis Home prices across the western United States continue to increase at a very high rate, but ...

Southern California October 26, 2021

CSU Fullerton Predicting ‘Stallflation’ Economy

Economic professors from Cal State Fullerton on Oct. 20 shared their economic projection of higher inflation and slower ...

Southern California October 21, 2021

California Manufacturers Expected to Expand Employment, Hampered by Supply Issues

More than 61 percent of purchasing managers surveyed at California manufacturing companies expect deliveries from their suppliers to ...

Southern California October 11, 2021

California Losing Tesla Headquarters to Texas

During his remarks to Tesla’s shareholders at their 2021 Annual Shareholder Meeting on Oct. 7 near Austin, Texas, Tesla ...

Southern California October 8, 2021

Californians’ Unemployment Claims Increase 5 Times More Than Other Americans’ During Recall Week

Commentary Californians’ recent increase in claims for unemployment insurance represented 60 percent of the increase for the entire ...

Southern California September 24, 2021

Giant Increase in CA Homeowners Fearing Foreclosure, New US Census Data Show

Commentary The number of California households estimated by the US Census Bureau who believe they are “very likely” ...

Southern California September 23, 2021

61,200 Californian Households Say ‘Very Likely’ to Lose ‘This Home’ in Next 2 Months

Commentary Californians behind on their mortgage payments are 32 percent more concerned about losing their home to foreclosure ...

Southern California September 17, 2021

Normalcy May Be Returning to Southern California Housing Markets

Commentary The Southern California housing market seems finally—maybe—to be returning to some semblance of normalcy. Of course, some ...

Southern California September 15, 2021

California’s Slow Flow of Aid, Rising Property Prices Put Renters at Risk

Commentary The US Treasury Department may have to take back some $1.4 billion to $4 billion in funds ...

Southern California September 2, 2021

4.1 Million Californians ‘Not at All Confident’ About Next Rent or Mortgage Payment

Commentary Over 4.1 million Californians live in households where the primary rent-payer or mortgage-payer is “not at all ...

Southern California August 30, 2021

Southern California Ports at Record Activity, Boosting Local Economy

Commentary The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are brimming with activity, and the 900,000 Southern California ...

Southern California August 21, 2021

Hispanic Californians, Less-Educated Californians Worried About Rent, Census Data Shows

Just-released Census Bureau data shows that as the CDC eviction moratorium was approaching expiration at the end of ...

Southern California August 15, 2021

California Consumers Upbeat on Business Conditions, Job Prospects

California consumers are now more bullish about their own families' prospects than at any other time over the ...

Southern California August 5, 2021

California’s Public Pension Plans Boast 20 Percent Returns

Commentary Both of California’s large public pension plans posted returns of more than 20 percent during the 2020–21 ...

Southern California July 29, 2021

Rental Rates Indicate Californians Moving Back to Cities

Commentary Rents in urban centers are increasing as rents in the suburbs fall, indicating that tenants could be ...

Southern California July 28, 2021

Housing Market Begins to Stabilize

Commentary Evidence is growing that the U.S. and Western housing markets are returning to pre-pandemic norms. The U.S. ...

Southern California July 27, 2021

LA Controller Demands Answers for 17 Million Gallon Sewage Leak

Commentary Los Angeles city controller Ron Galperin is demanding answers from Los Angeles Sanitation and Environment (LASAN), which ...

Southern California July 20, 2021

Most of SoCal Housing Market Begins Normalizing

Commentary The housing market in Orange County, California, is finally starting to return to its pre-pandemic normal. Homeowners ...

Southern California July 17, 2021

California Budgets Record-High $262.6 Billion Spending

Commentary California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a $262.6 billion budget for 2021–22, which runs from ...

Southern California July 14, 2021

Garcetti’s Likely Departure to India Will Leave Behind Many Unresolved Issues

Commentary President Joe Biden is nominating Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to be the new ambassador to India. ...

Southern California July 13, 2021

California Purchasing Managers Expect Manufacturing Sector to Boom in Third Quarter

Commentary Manufacturing executives in California are more excited about their growth prospects than they’ve been in nearly 20 ...

Southern California July 8, 2021

California’s Poor Water Policies Threaten Agricultural Supply

Commentary As much as 18 percent of all the land growing table food for consumption by Americans is ...

Southern California July 5, 2021

Southern California House Prices Continue to Defy Gravity

Commentary Home price values accelerated across the nation in April, according to the most recent data from the ...

Southern California June 30, 2021

California Eviction Moratorium Extended

Commentary California’s moratorium against evicting renters claiming a hardship caused by COVID-19 was extended to Sept. 30, despite ...

Southern California June 29, 2021

Total Personal Income in California Expected to Exceed $3 Trillion

Commentary Economists at Chapman University expect total personal income in California to exceed $3 trillion in 2021, a ...

Southern California June 24, 2021