How To Maintain That Beloved Brownstone
If you’re lucky enough to own a brownstone building, then you already know that water is the enemy of this porous stone. Re-pointing is expensive; prevention less costly. …
Qualcomm. Jack in the Box. Stadium. 19 business stories to watch in 2019
Key companies, business issues and trends to watch in San Diego County in 2019. 1. Mission Valley stadium site In January, San Diego State University will begin negotiations with the mayor’s office to buy 132…
Almost nothing paid off for investors in 2018, as the bull market headed to the slaughterhouse
In 2017, nearly everything investors touched made money. Major stock indexes were up about 20% or more. Bonds turned in another solid year of gains. And the housing market was sizzling, with median home prices…
Inside Billionaire Mark Cuban’s $19M Beach House
Billionaire Mark Cuban bought a $19 million beach house on the Southern California coast a few days before Christmas. These pictures from the listing agent show the house as it would have looked when Cuban toured…
Billionaire Mark Cuban Buys $19M Beach House On Southern California Coast
Billionaire Mark Cuban bought a $19 million beach house in California a few days before Christmas. The owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team plans to use the six-bedroom home as a vacation get-away, according to…
Compass Quickly Dominating The Luxury Turf
Compass’ rapid growth in becoming a major player in the luxury real estate market continues as established agents jump ship for Compass. …
2019 Palm Springs Guide To What’s New And Instagram-Worthy
New hotels, restaurants and eating spots (and a few hidden gems worth finding) in Palm Springs. …
Got Mortgage Questions? Here Are Some Answers
Questions about mortgages arrive daily to my inbox as a Quora expert. Here are some answers to selected questions. …
Hot Property: Andre Berto looks to knock out a sale in Beverly Hills
Andre Berto, a two-time welterweight boxing world champion, is ready to go a few rounds in the Beverly Hills housing market. He’s put his modern home in the area on the market for $8.995 million….
San Diego home prices rebound but sales down for 6th month
San Diego County home prices were up 1.1 percent in November after two months of declines, real estate tracker CoreLogic reported Thursday. The median price was $565,000 — still down $18,000 from the all-time peak…
Big Military Base or Prison in Your Rural Town? You Just Got a Big Real Estate Win
Prisons and military bases are commonly located outside small, rural towns and often they’re the biggest employers and economic drivers around. But that’s been a double-edged sword—until now. Prisons and military bases currently count toward an…
Home price gains in San Diego continue to slow
Home price gains in San Diego continued to slow in October compared to most of the nation, said the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices released Wednesday. Of the 20 regions covered in the index, San Diego…
WeWork keeps pushing. Now landlords and rivals are pushing back
WeWork Cos. is increasingly stepping on landlords’ and real estate brokers’ turf — and the industry is starting to push back. The office-sharing giant, valued at as much as $42 billion, is getting a greater…
Taxpayers Unprepared For Changes In Trump’s Tax Law
Jeff Fishman, founder JSF Financial, a financial planning and investment management firm in Los Angeles, said many of the changes in the tax law passed last year will catch a lot of people by surprise and…
Mini, mixed-use development going up in Solana Beach
A rare, coastal development featuring high-end housing, upscale retail and premier office in Solana Beach’s Cedros Avenue Design District is speeding toward completion in 2019. The 26,200 square-foot project, known as 330 Cedros, is a…
Should Horton Plaza be preserved?
Everyone agrees, Horton Plaza is dead. Whether or not the center’s postmodern essence should live on for the sake of posterity, however, is a matter that’s creating animus between historians, city staffers and the plaza’s…
San Diego on track to build more housing than last year
San Diego County appears to be on track to build more housing this year, led by increases in apartment construction. For the first nine months of the year, San Diego County has built about 8,519…
Boxer Andre Berto lists his Beverly Hills home at $9 million; it’s a knockout
Andre Berto, a two-time welterweight boxing world champion, is ready to go a few rounds in the Beverly Hills housing market. He’s put his modern home in the area on the market for $8.995 million,…
How to Spend a Long, Active Weekend on Grand Cayman Island
If you’re searching for an island jam packed with adventure, look no further than Grand Cayman …
Rich home buyers are ‘test-driving’ multimillion-dollar mansions
When San Diego residents Marty Smith and Tracy Park realized they’d soon be empty nesters, they began an international hunt for a beach house. “I had been traveling to the Caribbean for 20 years, but…
