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Should banks be held accountable for the maintenance of foreclosed homes? Yes (94%, 188 Votes) No (6%, 12 Votes) Total Voters: 200 On July 11, San Diego’s Land Use and Housing Committee is scheduled for a formal hearing on a new...

Get creative with vacant retail space

by Carrie B. Reyes | Apr 16, 2012 | Commercial, Investment, Property Management, Real Estate | 0

Would you like to see your local shopping mall converted into: Don't change it - I love malls and...

Home rentals: College students trade dorms for McMansions

by ft Editorial Staff | Nov 25, 2011 | Economics, Property Management, Real Estate | 2

California college students have found vacant, sprawling McMansions near campus cheaper than the...

REOs for rent

by Jeffery Marino | Sep 1, 2011 | Finance, Real Estate | 3

The imminent deluge of foreclosures on the horizon has caused the Administration to take pause, reconnoiter and request ideas for stabilizing housing prices. Although no official proposals have been made, the prevailing official...

Jobless Californians, high vacancies

by ft Editorial Staff | May 16, 2011 | Economics, Real Estate | 0

California vacancy rates for single family residences (SFRs) rose from 1.4 to 2.1% in the last decade, according to the 2010 Census data. This represents more than two years of new construction at recent rates. Rental vacancy...

Cohabitation trend spreads to commercial real estate

by ft Editorial Staff | Jan 24, 2011 | Commercial, Investment, Real Estate | 0

In this slowly evolving post-recession economic climate, increasing numbers of cash-starved homeowners pool resources with others who need shelter by cohabitating in residential properties. Now the trend of cohabitation has...

Increased vacancy continues to ravage California neighborhoods

by ft Editorial Staff | Jan 21, 2011 | Real Estate | 1

Several regions across California have notably high volumes of vacant homes that will not likely decrease in the short term. According to the Research Institute for Housing America, areas that experienced the most drastic price...

Increasing renter populations drag neighborhoods down

by ft Editorial Staff | Dec 15, 2010 | Real Estate | 1

California communities with a high volume of foreclosures are struggling to maintain the appearance of their neighborhoods as the influx of renter-occupants invests less time in the upkeep of their homes. When investors buy up...

FDIC reports high volumes of delinquent construction loans

by ft Editorial Staff | Dec 13, 2010 | Real Estate | 0

Nationally, one out of every six dollars of construction and development (C&D) loans issued by banks, roughly 16% of all C&D loans, are at least 90 days delinquent as of September 30, 2010. Another 2% are 30 to 90 days...

Low household formations translate to high vacancy rates

by ft Editorial Staff | Oct 18, 2010 | Real Estate | 7

357,000 new households were formed nationally during the 12-month period ending March 2010, according to data recently released by the Census Bureau (the Bureau) — an alarming plunge from the 1.3 million annual average increase...

November 2010 LWs

by ft Editorial Staff | Oct 18, 2010 | New Laws, Real Estate | 0

A look at the legislation affecting real estate enacted during the 2009-2010 Legislative Session. For an archive of Legislative Watch years, click here.

Office vacancies deliver rock-bottom leasing rates

by Jeffery Marino | Aug 9, 2010 | Commercial, Investment, Real Estate | 1

As the financial market wavers and business growth remains uncertain, occupancies for commercial buildings continue to ebb, leading to the lowest lease rates in Southern California in years. Vacancy rates increased across the...