California affordability fixes: 3.5% loans, 50% raises, or 33% home-price cuts?
Dramatic change would be required to fix California’s homebuying affordability mess.My trusty spreadsheet compared home-price increases with income growth for 10 large California metropolitan areas using housing indexes by ICE, a mortgage-tech firm, and pay stats from the US Bureau of Economic Analy
Temecula’s wine country hits baby boomer skid as more vineyard owners opt to sell
BJ Fazeli and his wife Wendy were floating down the Douro River in a tour boat in Portugal’s wine country on a warm summer evening in 2023.While sipping wine and gazing at terraced vineyards along the river, his wife of 45 years popped the question: “What is your exit plan for the winery?”His 67-yea
Fight over Midway District’s height limit not over yet
A year after the city appeared victorious, the battle over building heights in San Diego’s Midway District rages on in appellate court.In recent weeks, environmental group Save Our Access and the city of San Diego have sparred in opening briefs filed with California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal
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