California

The median price for detached homes in Marin County, Calif., rose 5.3% in June over the prior year, marking the first solid gain since the coronavirus arrested the market.

He co-founded California Rural Legal Assistance, Public Advocates and the Greenlining Institute.

Bay Area home sales plummeted in May, falling by more than one-third in most counties and by nearly half in San Francisco as COVID-19 fears chilled buyers and sellers.

San Diego home prices will decrease 1.3% in the next 12 months, much less than other parts of the nation.

The number of Southern California homes put into escrow rose for the 10th consecutive week, as the market recovers from the coronavirus economic shock.

Napa County home sales sank like a rock this May, dropping 54% compared to one year ago, the California Association of Realtors reported.

San Diego home prices continued to increase into COVID-19's second month and grew at a quicker pace than other California cities.

As the coronavirus reshapes urban life — and prompts businesses to rethink where they want to be — a pair of California real estate investors are pushing what might seem like an unlikely vision for the future.

Two years after a consumer protection law changed how banks and other companies handle customer information, a new proposal aims for more sweeping reforms.

The coronavirus lockdown walloped California house sales in May, resulting in a 41.4% drop in transactions from the previous year, the California Association of Realtors reported.

Starwood Capital Group missed two monthly payments on securitized debt tied to five shopping malls anchored by bankrupt department stores including Sears and J.C. Penney.

The number of existing, single-family home sales that closed last month fell 51.1% compared with the same month last year and the median price dropped 2.5%, according to the California Association of Realtors.

The coronavirus pandemic is driving rents down in San Francisco and across the region, reshaping a housing market that for the past decade has generated enormous profits for residential developers while displacing tens of thousands of workers from the inner Bay Area.

Southern California housing markets are rebounding off what arguably was the worst April in the history books.

Eager buyers and reluctant sellers pushed Bay Area homes prices higher again in April, fueling quick sales and a robust market despite coronavirus restrictions.

One criticism of the CARES Act is that it provides relief only to borrowers with government-backed loans. Bills in New York and California would cover the remaining 30% of homeowners.

Homebuilding in San Diego County nearly doubled from last year in the first quarter of 2020 despite COVID-19 closures.

Nine years of annual home price gains are expected to come to an end by next April, according to CoreLogic, although prices in Southern California are projected to continue rising.

Homebuilders were a rare, bright spot in an otherwise dreary April for Southern California's housing market.

A Democratic measure to freeze foreclosures and auto repossessions through the coronavirus crisis while expanding eligibility for loan forbearance is getting strong pushback from banks and credit unions, which complain it would constrain credit.