Orange County
Northern California Carries Essex as Bay Area Tech Demand Outpaces Seattle, Los Angeles in Q1
The West Coast’s largest multifamily REIT beat expectations as cap rate compression and a $62 million stock buyback signaled a private-public valuation gap....
Five Point Posts Q1 Loss, Launches $40MM Buyback as California Land Sales Slide to Back Half
The Irvine developer is holding fire on major land deals until the third and fourth quarters, betting that patience preserves pricing power in...
Pickleball Kingdom Announces Major Expansion Across California
SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 19, 2026 — Pickleball Kingdom, the world’s largest indoor pickleball entity, announces a landmark agreement to develop the entire state...
US Public Pension Funds Deploy Over $4.7 Billion in Real Estate and Infrastructure Commitments
CalSTRS leads a wave of capital deployment as major retirement systems target industrial, multifamily, and value-add strategies heading into 2026. A string of...
California Commercial Real Estate Enters 2026 With Stabilizing Fundamentals and Selective Momentum
The latest Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast survey finds industrial and multifamily sectors outperforming while office recovery remains slow and uneven across the state’s...
California’s $4.3 Trillion Economy Posts Fastest Growth Since 2023 at 4.5%
The nation’s largest state economy outpaces both the national growth rate and rivals Texas and Florida, with Los Angeles County alone generating more...
U.S. Coworking Reaches 159MM SQFT in Q4 2025 as Growth Concentrates in Core Markets
Coworking expands by scale rather than sprawl, with California and coastal metros anchoring demand Office tenants are still adjusting to hybrid work, but...
Essex Property Trust Acquires 250-Unit 1250 Lakeside in Sunnyvale for $143.5MM
Essex caps strong acquisition year with Silicon Valley apartment buy as West Coast markets show accelerating rent growth Essex Property Trust closed out...
Blackstone Bets $50 Billion That Real Estate’s Long Winter Is Ending
The alternative asset giant delivered its best quarter ever, but its real estate portfolio—down 16 percent since the rate cycle began—is only now...
Consumer Confidence Plunges to Decade Low as Labor Market Anxieties Mount
Growing Job Market Concerns and Cost-of-Living Pressures Push Sentiment Below Pandemic-Era Levels American consumer confidence has fallen to its lowest point in a...
Data Challenges Narrative on Institutional Investors and Homeownership Crisis
U.S. Lost 1.5 Million Single-Family Rentals as Individual Homebuyers Outcompeted Investors, Contradicting Claims About Institutional Impact on Affordability The heated debate over institutional...
Labor Market Treads Water as Job Openings Fall to 7.1 Million
The U.S. labor market showed continued signs of cooling in November, with job openings declining and workers increasingly reluctant to leave their positions,...
