Housing: Changes in technology, population and demand to shape development
By KATIE THISDELL, The Daily Transcript Wednesday, September 17, 2014 San Diego is essentially out of land, housing demand is up, homeownership is down among members of Generation Y and technology is changing how businesses operate. Myriad factors affect how future development will have to be different from how it has been historically, a real [...]
Dare To Dream Big
By Gary H. London The market and the economy are doing just fine. New York City is doing even better. That was the ‘take home’ message from the fall conference of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) during the week of October 20, 2014. Because real estate and land use are mostly local, the best that [...]
Alternatives predicted for SD single-family homes
By SAMANTHA HENRY, The Daily Transcript Friday, April 4, 2014 The demand for single family homes in San Diego remains, but potential homebuyers will be pushed into multifamily units or leave the area as prices continue to rise, a panel of local experts said Thursday. The North San Diego County Association of Realtors hosted its Conversations [...]
Housing market distress in 2013 down to pre-recession levels
By SAMANTHA HENRY, The Daily Transcript Monday, January 6, 2014 Trustee deeds and notices of default were back at 2005-2006 levels in 2013 -- and a cycle like that of the past seven years is not expected to recur in the near future. “I don’t expect a cycle like this again at all for the foreseeable [...]
Gary’s Thoughts for 2014- The Highlights
Happy New Year! I find myself, as I do every year at this time, preparing my forecast for the year for a round of presentations over the next few months to various professional and real estate organizations. Here are the highlights: The general outlook is good. I believe that we are “over the hump” in [...]