A new study says buying a home in San Diego should be more affordable by the end of this year. The forecast from Seattle-based Zillow doesn’t say buying in San Diego will soon be “affordable” by any economic measure — just that it should be better than it is now for new buyers. Affordability is a lo

Why aren’t cash-strapped house hunters flocking to condos, Southern California’s relative housing bargain? My trusty spreadsheet reviewed Attom sales data for the six-county region from November 2025 back to 2005. It found that the recent affordability-linked sales slump has been little different fo

Investors own roughly one in six of California’s single-family residences. That’s what my trusty spreadsheet found after reviewing a BatchData report that estimates investor ownership of houses and townhomes nationwide. Investors in this study include everything from giant companies controlling thou

By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate ticked higher this week, but remains near its lowest level in more than three years. Related Articles This San Diego investment fund has too much money Under Armour looking into data breach affecting customers’ email addresse

San Diego apartment construction is set to slow in 2026, but it will probably be hard to notice. Across the county, 3,670 apartments are expected to open this year, said real estate tracker CoStar. That’s down from 6,176 in 2025 — the region’s highest in 25 years of data — but still above historical

The 23-year-old Escondido native was trawling YouTube at 13 when he discovered parkour, a sport that evolved from military training in France in the early 1900s—palm-sweat-inducing stuff that involves people jumping off buildings, saving themselves by grabbing a lamppost, or scaling city structures

San Diego County home sales hit their second-lowest point of the year in November as mortgage rates ticked up. Across the county, 1,913 homes sold in November, down 22.4% from the previous month, according to figures released Tuesday by Attom Data Solutions. November is typically a slower month for

The San Diego Community College District is seeking to raze San Diego’s Golden Hall and replace it with a five-story museum and educational building that centers around the district’s growing collection of African art. The redevelopment proposal is expected to be solidified during a formal negotiati

Here’s some modest relief for California house hunters: values were falling in 88% of the state as 2025 ended. To get a local sense of where prices are going, my trusty spreadsheet reviewed home value data from Zillow for 125 of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas, including 16 from California.

So, the guy comes out of the closet, and he’s got both passports and a gun with a silencer…” Matthew Quirk pauses his muttering into his phone to wave at a family passing by him on Bessemer Path in Point Loma. Docked boats float on one side, while palatial homes overlook the trail on the other. Chec

Peruse pictures of vineyard estates in California, and you’ll see Tuscan dwellings of stone, tile-roofed stucco mansions, and wood-sided barnhouses. Christian and Anna Zaleschuk’s hilltop home in Fallbrook, however, crushes those clichés like grapes. The Zaleschuks had lived for several years on a f

Even the least expensive parts of California have become unaffordable for homebuyers. My trusty spreadsheet reviewed homebuying affordability data from Attom, which tracks the typical house hunter’s financial challenges dating to 2005 in 36 California counties. By comparing home values, mortgage rat

The future of Grossmont Center is taking shaping as the mall’s owner embarks on a multiphased redevelopment plan designed to refashion the sprawling 64-year-old outdoor center into a central gathering hub for the La Mesa community. Last week, Maryland-based Federal Realty Investment Trust started it

By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate is now down to its lowest level in more than three years. Related Articles How I’d split California, economically speaking Hold on: Another increase to your SDG&E bill is coming An app’s blunt life check adds another layer to

California has a surprising number of what Zillow calls “hot” markets. My trusty spreadsheet reviewed the real estate giant’s 2026 “hotness” scorecard, which used a host of real estate and economic metrics to identify where the most upside potential lies in 49 major U.S. housing markets. Curiously,

By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer The U.S. housing market slump dragged into its fourth year in 2025 as sales remained stuck at a 30-year low with rising home prices and elevated mortgage rates keeping many prospective home shoppers out of the market. Related Articles Why this high-profile Del Mar r

New year, new fitness goals, right? Like many people, we’re starting the new year with a focus on health and staying active. No matter what your fitness objectives may be, there are plenty of activities around town prepared to help you achieve them. From more traditional gym settings to unique ways

I’ve had a lot of massages in my life—Thai sessions that had me approaching joint dislocation, Balinese flower-oil rituals, quick chair sessions at the airport—but never one that came with a power switch. When I heard San Diego was welcoming its first fully robotic massage experience, I booked immed

The development team proposing a tennis-anchored sports complex on the Chula Vista Bayfront has less than six months to make good on a promise to procure a tennis superstar if it wants to keep the mega proposal in play. On Jan. 1, the team behind the project, named Pangaea, entered into a short-term

One yardstick of California’s popularity as a place to live made a slight improvement last year. My trusty spreadsheet has collected annual migration data dating back to 2004 from three major moving van providers — Allied, Atlas and United. While having someone else move your stuff by van is usually