Orange County housing indicators
View these Orange County regional charts for details on current activity and forecasts for its local housing market.
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Category: Orange County
SoCal commercial vacancy rates moving on up in Q4 2024
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.
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SoCal commercial property struggles linger on in Q3 2024
In each quarter in 2024, all SoCal markets experienced increasing vacancies.
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SoCal commercial vacancy rates continue to rise in Q1 2024
Southern California’s commercial market softened even further in the first quarter of 2024.
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Zoning obstacles for manufactured homes in California
More acceptance of manufactured homes within California’s zoning laws may help address the state’s 980,000-unit housing deficit.
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SoCal commercial vacancy rates continue to rise in Q2 2023
Southern California’s commercial market softened even further in the second quarter of 2023.
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HCD awards grants to increase access to housing
California is rewarding local agencies with over $352 million in grant funding to help achieve housing and climate goals.
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SoCal’s commercial market further softened in Q1 2023
SoCal’s commercial market faced tough headwinds in the first quarter of 2023.
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Black homeownership is growing slowly but surely
Black homeownership has historically been low for decades — but it’s snailing forward.
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SoCal’s industrial leasing performance peaked in 2022, now trending downward
SoCal’s industrial leasing performance is in for the third quarter.
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Most SoCal cities miss deadline to complete housing plans
Just 73 out of 197 Southern California cities and counties met an October 2022 deadline to get their housing plans for the next eight years approved.
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Santa Ana enacts new rent control measures amid staunch resistance
Santa Ana became the first city in Orange County to adopt its own rent control ordinance.
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Golden state population trends
California population shifts since 2000 sheds light on how current migration trends impact residential rentals and sales.
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Age and education in the golden state
Age and education data complete a portrait of California’s largest and most dynamic counties.
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The distribution of California’s human resources
See how personal incomes have grown since 2000 across California’s largest regions.
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New law creates OC Housing Finance Trust
California Government Code §6539.5 Amended by A.B. 448 Effective: January 1, 2019 This bill...
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High-risk housing markets cast a shadow over SoCal
Orange County was recently identified as the riskiest housing market in the nation.
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California regional update: Commercial real estate in Q3 2016
Southern California’s commercial real estate markets continued to improve in the third quarter of 2016.
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City Council approves Newport Beach residential encroachments
Beachfront homeowners in Newport Beach have an encroachment problem.
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Why rent control won’t fix Orange County’s price problem
Rent control isn’t the answer for Orange County’s housing supply crisis.
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