Orange County
California’s Transit-Oriented Housing Bill SB 79 Passes Despite Local Opposition
Controversial legislation overrides local zoning to allow nine-story developments near transit hubs, setting stage for statewide housing transformation California lawmakers have approved one...
Apartment Rent Surge Cools, Giving Fed Room to Maneuver on Interest Rates
Multifamily housing market shifts from inflation driver to potential policy relief as new supply wave dampens rent growth The Federal Reserve may have...
The Kids Are Not Alright: Why Your 30-Something Children Still Live at Home
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) If you’re wondering why your college-educated offspring are still camped out in their childhood bedrooms...
Manulife Investment Management, TruAmerica Launch $1B Affordable Housing Joint Venture with Initial Acquisition of 51 Properties
BOSTON, Sept. 9, 2025 – Manulife Investment Management (Manulife IM), a company of Manulife Wealth & Asset Management, and TruAmerica Multifamily, a national,...
Consumer Spending Shows Resilience Despite Warning Signs
American consumers continued to open their wallets in July, driving real consumer spending up 0.3 percent for the month—the strongest showing since March’s...
McNellis: Death of a Deal
By John McNellis In Rochambeau, paper beats rock. In life, paper sometimes beats deals. We own a shopping center in a Sacramento suburb...
Bed Bath & Begone: Why Executives Blame California for Their Own Incompetence
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) Marcus Lemonis, the executive chairman of Beyond, Inc. (the phoenix supposedly rising from Bed Bath...
The Great Office Collapse: How Remote Work Devastated West Coast Real Estate
Tech hubs from San Francisco to Seattle are facing unprecedented commercial property losses as the work-from-home revolution reshapes urban economics The numbers are...
Federal Realty Breaks Ground on 258 Santana Row Apartments While Planning Sale of 212-Unit Misora
Federal Realty Investment Trust is reshaping its residential portfolio at the flagship Santana Row mixed-use development, announcing plans to sell an existing residential...
Northern California Commercial Real Estate Outpaces South as Tech Hub Markets Drive Industrial and Office Recovery
The California commercial real estate market is experiencing a cautious rebound marked by significant regional and sectoral variations, according to the Summer 2025...
Core Inflation Surges to Six-Month High as Tariff Pressures Mount
The U.S. inflation landscape is showing signs of renewed pressure as goods and services respond to evolving tariff dynamics and shifting consumer behavior....
Younger Female CEOs Drive Higher Work-From-Home Rates, New Research Shows
Stanford study of 3,000 employees reveals stark generational and gender divide in remote work policies A comprehensive new study reveals a significant correlation...
