Southern California
LA and San Diego Anchor Southern California Tech Talent as AI Realignment Sorts the Region
Southern California's tech talent markets diverged sharply in CBRE's latest rankings, with Los Angeles-Orange County and San Diego holding places in the upper...
California’s Renter Majority Stays Cost-Burdened as Los Angeles Rent Growth Stalls at 0.2%
A statewide snapshot compiled in Los Angeles counts more than 16 million California renters and finds nearly 42 percent struggling to afford rent,...
EQT Real Estate Lands $1.2B Rexford Industrial Portfolio as SoCal REIT Sheds Non-Core Assets
Rexford Industrial Realty has agreed to sell a portfolio of non-core Southern California industrial properties to an affiliate of EQT Real Estate for...
Southern California Trails Data Center Boom as Capacity Flows to Arizona and Texas
Southern California ranks among the smallest data center markets in the western United States at roughly 355 megawatts, trailing neighboring Phoenix and Las...
Los Angeles and San Diego Crack Top 20 for U.S. Apartment Absorption in 2026
Los Angeles and San Diego both landed among the nation's 20 strongest apartment markets for net absorption in the first half of 2026,...
Los Angeles Cracks Gen Z’s Top Five and San Diego Draws Gen X as Younger Movers Blunt California’s Exodus
U-Haul's 2026 midyear migration report finds Los Angeles ranking among the nation's five busiest Gen Z destinations and San Diego landing on Gen...
Federal Housing Law Curbs Wall Street Landlords and Funds Conversions Across Southern California
The sweeping federal housing law signed this summer takes direct aim at the institutional landlords that have concentrated in Southern California’s more affordable...
California’s $17.40 Minimum Wage Takes Effect in 2027, Stacking Onto Southern California Mandates
California's minimum wage climbs to $17.40 in 2027, adding to a stack of Southern California local and sector wage mandates.
Essex Property Trust Settles RealPage Rent-Algorithm Antitrust Case for $36.5MM
Essex Property Trust used its second-quarter earnings report to disclose it had fully resolved the closely watched antitrust claims tied to RealPage’s rent-setting...
Essex’s Southern California Apartments Hold Steady as Orange County Leads Q2 Rent Growth
Essex Property Trust’s Southern California apartments delivered steady if unspectacular growth in the second quarter of 2026, with Orange County and Ventura outpacing...
Banc of California Dumps $827MM in CRE and Construction Loans, Swings to $251MM Loss in Balance-Sheet Reset
Los Angeles-based Banc of California absorbed its first quarterly loss in more than two years and moved to shed $827 million of commercial...
Five Point Bets on Land Scarcity at Great Park and Valencia as Home Sales Cool
Five Point Holdings is refusing to discount its Southern California homesites even as builder sales slow, wagering that a shortage of entitled land...
