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California still has a housing crisis

Inland Empire Gets Housing & Manufacturing Bump.002

Not enough houses are being built to keep up with demand, and the problem is particularly acute in the Inland Empire.  California’s homebuilding industry has made a slow but steady improvement since it all but crashed and burned eight years ago during the height of the recession. In 2009, 36,421 …

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IE has some entrepreneurial spirit

Some people in the Inland Empire have gone into business for themselves. Riverside and San Bernardino counties ranked 13 in startup businesses among the 40 largest U.S. metropolitan areas, according to the 2017 Kaufmann Index of Startup Activity. That was five spots better than the two-county region ranked in the …

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Negative equity in housing market continues to drop

Non Equity Homes Continues to Decline

An estimated 63 percent of all U.S. homeowners with a mortgage saw their equity increase by $766.4 billion during the first quarter of this year, according to data released Thursday. That was an 11.2 percent increase year over year, with the average homeowner gaining about $13,400 in equity during that …

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Low interest rates boost home prices

Local, National Home Prices Continue to Increase

U.S. home prices, including distressed sales, were up 6.9 percent in April year-over-year, according to data released Tuesday. Home prices – which include single-family attached and detached properties – were up 1.6 percent in April compared with March, Irvine-based CoreLogic reported. One reason for the increase was a drop in …

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Housing conference focuses on housing shortage

BIA Baldy View Chapter Announces New President

California has a serious housing shortage. That was the opinion of virtually everyone who spoke Friday at the fourth annual Housing Policy Conference in Ontario, which was sponsored by the Baldy View Chapter of the Building Industry Association of Southern California. Statewide, home ownership is at its lowest level since …

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Housing shortage to be discussed

Economic conference scheduled

There will be much to talk about when the Baldy View chapter of the Building Industry Association of Southern California holds its annual housing conference, scheduled to be held Friday at the DoubleTree Hotel in Ontario. One topic sure to get its share of attention is San Bernardino County’s housing …

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