San Diego’s status as one of the nation’s most expensive rental markets is on shaky ground. The median rent for a San Diego County one-bedroom apartment was $2,220 a month in January, down 5.5% in a year, said Zumper’s national rent report. That ranks San Diego metro at No. 9 in the real estate webs

An audial mashup of Beethoven and Beyoncé, the historical handcraft exhibition Staying Power and the annual Kook Run are just a few of the highlights in this weekend’s event roundup. Experience the filmography of Georges Méliès through a larger-than-life retrospective or take in the soothing vibraph

Nearly two years after submitting an initial application to build a mixed-use tower in Pacific Beach, the developer behind the project, sometimes referred to as Project Vela, has made little progress in convincing the city of San Diego that its unconventional application of local and state laws to b

As 2026 starts, cracks are appearing in whatever magic has kept California’s housing market intact. My trusty spreadsheet found affordability woes are spreading, with just a whiff of price drops and homebuying at near-record lows. The reality is even the least expensive parts of California have beco

Let me say for the umpteenth time, there is no California exodus. The Golden State’s popularity among its own residents is among the nation’s highest, as measured by the small share of residents who depart for other parts of the country. Its stagnant population challenge is really about the stunning

The La Jolla estate that once was the home of Theodor Geisel (better known to the world as Dr. Seuss) and his wife, Audrey, is for sale for $9.95 million. The approximately 5,000-square-foot house is owned by UC San Diego and comes with a pool and pool house on 1.51 acres at 7301 Encelia Drive. The

By ALEX VEIGA, Associated Press The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate edged up for the second week in a row, but remains just above its lowest level in more than three years. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate rose to 6.1% from 6.09% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday

California has regained its bragging-rights ranking as the world’s fourth-largest economy. Using gross domestic product as the scorecard, my trusty spreadsheet compared fresh state-level data for the third quarter of 2025 from the Bureau of Economic Analysis with 2025 business output estimates for c

Pacific Beach’s biggest apartment complex got initial approval this week to increase by 138 units. AVA Pacific Beach at 3823 Ingraham St. is the largest apartment building in the beach community with 564 units, and the plan would increase it to 702 apartments. The San Diego City Council unanimously

Has California housing become a buyer’s market with sellers losing control of pricing? My trusty spreadsheet reviewed a relatively new homebuying metric from Redfin that attempts to quantify the marketplace mystery: how many house hunters are looking to buy. Redfin combines the easily calculated sup

San Diego stands to benefit substantially should it vacate City Hall and make its central downtown real estate available for redevelopment, according to a new report financed by a philanthropic organization with a vested interest in the area’s renaissance. Tuesday, San Diego’s Prebys Foundation and

California consumers started 2026 on an anxious note, with their collective confidence in the economy falling to a five-year low. My trusty spreadsheet’s review of the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index for January showed a 28% decline from December in California’s shopper pysche. It’s a s

Enjoy tributes to legendary musicians, artists and athletes this weekend in San Diego. Concertgoers can experience folk rock at its finest during the multimedia production of The Simon & Garfunkel Story and see Keena’s Echoes of the Queen channel the Tejano stylings of Selena Quintanilla. Art enthus

San Diego’s home market might be slow, but compared to the rest of the U.S., it’s still one of the few markets with price growth. The San Diego metropolitan area’s home price increased 0.32% annually in November, said the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Indices report released Tuesday. The region was No.

Architect of the Capitol workers clear snow outside the U.S. Capitol, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) Workers shovel snow from a sidewalk in downtown Indianapolis, on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Obed Lamy) People walk on a snow-covered street as a winter

Architect of the Capitol workers clear snow outside the U.S. Capitol, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) Workers shovel snow from a sidewalk in downtown Indianapolis, on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Obed Lamy) People walk on a snow-covered street as a winter

February brings half-off museum admission, a theatrical ode to Julia Child, a community festival in Encanto, a Lunar New Year celebration, and more. Here are all the best things to do this month in San Diego: Concerts & Festivals | Theater & Art Exhibits | More Fun Things to Do Concerts & Festivals

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