Apartment rental rates nationwide rose in March, the first increase since last summer, according to data released Tuesday. The average rent last month was $1,371, a $4 increase from February, Santa Barbara-based Yardi Matrix reported in it monthly analysis of the U.S. multifamily market. Year-over-year, rents grew 2.5 percent but …
Read More »Exceeding Expectations
By Tim Kolacz Isn’t it fun to go into a store when you are looking for a fight over a product that you think you got the short end of the stick on, only to receive the best customer service of your life? Or when you order from your favorite …
Read More »Walk to benefit McDonald’s charity
The annual 5-k Inland Empire Walk for Kids is scheduled to be held Sunday. The event, which benefits the Inland Empire Ronald McDonald House, is looking to raise $250,000, according to a statement. All of the money raised will go to local families. The 40-year-old charity is a “home away …
Read More »Acquitted Colonies defendant sues SB County
A former defendant in the Colonies corruption trial has filed a $50 million malicious prosecution lawsuit against multiple defendants, including San Bernardino County District Attorney Mike Ramos and former state Attorneys General Jerry Brown and Kamala Harris. The 56-page suit, filed Monday by Rancho Cucamonga developer Jeff Burum in U.S. …
Read More »IE posts impressive jobs number
Non-agricultural employment in the Inland Empire rose 3.9 percent in February year-over-year, one of the largest job increases among major U.S. metropolitan markets during that time, according to data released Wednesday. Non-farming jobs increased in 50 of 51 of the submarkets with a population of one million or more, the …
Read More »National home prices rise
Home prices nationwide rose both year-over-year and month-over-month in February, according to data released Tuesday. Compared with February 2017, home price throughout the United States were up 6.7 percent, while prices rose one percent between January and February, Irvine-based CoreLogic reported in its monthly home price index. CoreLogic predicts that …
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