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SoCal’s commercial real estate market on entering 2025 is fully destabilized with industrial vacancy rates elevated across all SoCal markets and office vacancy rates even higher.
View these Orange County regional charts for details on current activity and forecasts for its local housing market.
Multi-family and SFR construction continue to lag behind demand for new housing.
Which is better for first-time homebuyers reliant on mortgage insurance: MIP or PMI?
View these Los Angeles regional charts for details on current activity and forecasts for its housing market.
Commercial vacancy rates rose after 2023 and continue to rise in Southern California. While increasing vacancies cut into rental income and leasing fees, the absorption rate is worsening and shifting the source of leasing fees. Regions with the highest vacancy rates see the most occupancy of vacant space.
Real estate agents negotiating a transaction advise clients on tax consequences
California zoning laws which prohibit high-density infill development and instead incentivize horizontal expansion of suburbs increase the risk of loss to wildfires.
In each quarter in 2024, all SoCal markets experienced increasing vacancies.
06/25: The 2025 rules for buyer representation and fee-splitting avoidance are currently being edited into this e-book.