When I arrived in Long Beach 15 years ago, my boss at the time, Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe, and my best friend,...

Despite the headwinds that have confronted the multi-family apartment market over the past few years with issues such as rent control, increased regulation, the...

Homeowners and homebuyers have some good news to look forward to in 2020 as almost all of the recent announcements by the federal agencies...

As 2019 draws to a close, the Long Beach economic boom continues. The economic expansion we’re experiencing – with record low unemployment, an ever-expanding...

Another year is almost in the record books, but the numbers for a year that was supposed to signal the beginning of a residential...

With any type of residential real estate, the ability of renters or owners to afford where they live is one of the most important...

Harvard University and its Joint Center for Housing Studies recently published its latest annual forecast predicting how much will be spent over the next...

When you breathe air into your lungs, oxygen is absorbed into the blood. This oxygen is then carried in the blood throughout the body...

Despite a year full of sketchy, downbeat news and predictions about where the housing market is headed, the fourth quarter is starting with some...

Even as housing experts, nonprofit organizations and government agencies – not to mention major media outlets – cry out for the need for more...

Two federal government agencies appear to have made a pre-emptive move in the event of another housing downturn by tightening some of the mortgage...

Last November, California voters went to the polls and decisively defeated a ballot measure that would have opened the door to rent control statewide...

The influence of foreign buyers in the United States real estate markets – both commercial and residential – is nothing new and has been...

The Federal Reserve dropped its federal funds rate, which dictates interest rates, late last month for the first time in over a decade, thereby...

Despite good job numbers, a robust stock market and general good economic news, anyone who is in the real estate industry or is trying...

Each year, 53,000 people in the United States elect to have shoulder replacement surgery – also called total shoulder arthroplasty. Those who experience chronic...

If you’re like me, you wake-up in the morning and purchase your cup of coffee, but while you’re at the cash register you ensure...

Almost everyone agrees that California has an affordability problem when it comes to housing – but what they don’t agree on is the method...

While the housing market is experiencing a malaise this spring with homes lingering for longer periods on the market and buyers being more cautious...

When it comes to learning, nothing beats experience. That is why the Long Beach Community College District (LBCCD) recently reached out to our local business...

The days in which lenders see a large portion of their business volume coming from homeowners refinancing their mortgages may be coming to an...

Bigger is not necessarily better when it comes to selling a home in these times, as a definite shift in tastes, economics and lifestyles...

While there is plenty of antidotal evidence and talk about residents leaving California and a shifting of housing markets, new statistical information appears to...

While  talk of a housing slowdown  brings visions of the Great Recession home-price bubble and the calamity that it caused across the economic landscape,...

Heart failure is becoming a more common health care term. On first reference, it may seem like the heart is no longer working. However,...

It is no secret that our state has some of the highest costs in the nation when it comes to housing and other items...

A battle is brewing behind the scenes in the mortgage industry between regulators and appraisers over new proposed regulations that would streamline many residential...

As the experts analyze and debate the latest economic data, the conversation about when the next downturn will come and how bad will it...

As the world becomes more environmentally conscious, more and more small business owners are beginning to look at environmental initiatives as necessities rather than...

California recently endured the worst period of wildfires and resulting real estate destruction in its history. Many lives were lost and thousands more destroyed...

The American Cancer Society estimates that about 55,440 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and approximately 42,220 will be diagnosed...

With new growth opportunities in an evolving digital world, it continues to be beneficial and essential for small businesses to ensure their leading sales...

One of the more crushing outcomes of the housing bubble of a decade ago was what it did to lending and the availability of...

It never fails to happen. Every time there is a market surge in real estate – be it residential, commercial or industrial – at...