They expect another 200,000 homes to be built in SD County? Where? MCAS Miramar? San Diego officials are expecting an end to the region's perpetual growth. Driving the news: San Diego's population is expected to peak in 2042, and then decline by about 100,000 people...
Local Government
Homeowner’s Insurance in 2023
The Big Three have all left. Hat tip to Richard for sending this in: Farmers Insurance has limited new homeowners insurance policies in California, joining other major national insurance providers. Farmers, the second-largest provider of homeowners insurance in the...
Is Housing A Constitutional Right?
If you are contemplating a move out-of-state due to politics....you're going to love this: Despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s historic commitment to ending California’s housing crisis — and the administration’s arm-twisting to try to make local jurisdictions do the right...
Judge Stops Junipers
Golf-course redevelopment is a terrific solution to providing new housing in the middle of town. They will work out the kinks like building enough roads. A judge’s ruling halted construction this week of the 536-unit Junipers development in Rancho Peñasquitos — and...
Carlsbad Train Redevelopment
As a way to "raise additional revenue and to increase ridership on trains and buses", the train people started looking for developers last April - their solutions: Under agreements the board approved Thursday, West Village Partners will build 184 market-rate...
Senate Bill 9
It is already legal to add an ADU and a junior ADU to a property zoned single-family. Another bill has passed the California Senate that allows up to four units total - and to be able to create two parcels, which means they could be sold separately - if the owner...
ADU Approval Process Is Deplorable
Last month, we heard from an architect on how bad the ADU permit process had been in San Diego. Now here's a report from our good friends at the PLF: https://pacificlegal.org/still-no-place-to-live/ An excerpt: Pacific Legal Foundation obtained public records from San...
Prop 19 Setting Seniors Free
Prop 19 was sold by the California Association of Realtors as a solution to the low-inventory environment. The intent was to free up seniors over 55 to move anywhere within the state of California, and take their old property-tax basis with them. The C.A.R. said it...
2 Out Of 5 Years Exemption, Revisited
The residential real estate market has no boundaries on pricing. It's free enterprise at its finest - no laws, no restrictions, and no limit on where prices can go. We saw a dramatic example where a model-match tract home on the same street sold for $550,000 more than...
State to Invest in Homes?
When the Fed cut the Fed Funds rate to zero at the onset of Covid-19, it caused mortgage rates to drift under 3%, giving the illusion of helping home buyers. But it has been the sellers who have reaped the big rewards. The San Diego Case-Shiller Index has gone up...