San Bernardino County’s economic development department has been recognized for the help it gave to small businesses during the pandemic. The department arranged for $1.7 million in grant money to be distributed to 713 county businesses during COVID-19, earning it a 2023 Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties, …
Read More »BofA building sells for record price
A building in Palm Desert occupied by a Bank of America branch office has been sold for $2.8 million. The 3,500-square-foot structure at Washington Street and Market Place Drive sold for $821 per square foot, the most paid for a Bank of America building in California to date this year, …
Read More »Home prices maintain year-over-year growth
U.S. home prices increased 2.5 percent year-over-year in July, the 138th consecutive month the housing market recorded a price gain compared with the previous year, according to data released today. July was also an improvement from May and June, when the national housing market posted 1.6 percent year-over-year price gains …
Read More »San Bernardino offers city manager position
San Bernardino has offered its city manager position to an unidentified candidate. Sixty-seven people applied for the position following a nationwide search, all of which were reviewed by the mayor and city council, according to a statement on the city’s website. The council interviewed five candidates and offered possible terms …
Read More »Underwater mortgages stay down
Only two percent of all U.S. homeowners with a mortgage were in negative equity during the second quarter, about the same rate recorded during the past two years, according to a report. About 6.3 percent fewer homeowners were “underwater” in the second quarter compared with the previous quarter, Irvine-based CoreLogic …
Read More »Eastvale looks to get its own ZIP code
There were 41,683 ZIP codes in the United States as of last year, according to the Federal Congressional Research Service. For years Eastvale has been asking the U.S. Postal Service to add one more, strictly for Eastvale’s benefit, but the answer has always been no. Three pieces of proposed federal …
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