Accessory dwelling units are becoming more popular in the San Diego area as housing costs continue to rise. Homeowners in Rolando and the College Area say the housing units are popping up everywhere. “There’s a two-story, four-unit ADU two houses down on that street. It used to bother me, but...

Three years ago, California passed SB 9, a law allowing duplexes on properties otherwise restricted to single-family homes. It also lets homeowners split their lot and sell off excess land, such as a backyard. The goal is to create more affordable starter homes that blend in with the existing neighborhood. KPBS metro reporter Andrew Bowen says San Diego homeowners are just beginning to cash in.

You may not know it, but modern-day price fixing may be inflating the already too-damn-high rent you’re paying to live in San Diego. Picture some of the most powerful corporate bosses in America sitting together in a fancy, smoke-filled room. Typically, these billionaires compete with one another, but this is a special meeting where a special deal is made. There is no need to compete anymore. They can all win this time. They own vast amounts of a product that everyone needs and that is in short supply. The bosses just need to agree on how much they are going to charge for it. A deal is struck, and just as expected, the rich get richer while everyday people struggle to pay for what they need.

Home prices in San Diego fell slightly in August for the second month in a row amid a national downward trend, according to the authoritative Case-Shiller Index released Tuesday. Local prices declined by 0.7% after an adjusted 0.7% drop in July, but are still up 5.7% over the past 12...

I wanted to provide an important update regarding our steps to address the ongoing home insurance crisis affecting many in our community, particularly those in wildfire-prone areas. Fire insurance is one of the most common issues I hear about in the community. It’s truly heartbreaking to hear so many stories...

San Diego City Council President Sean Elo-Rivera is proposing a ban on software used by some landlords to set the price of housing. The ban targets companies such as RealPage, which collects private data on rental housing and feeds it through an algorithm to help landlords charge the highest rent possible. The practice was uncovered in a ProPublica investigation in 2022.

More residential space could be coming to the Otay Ranch Town Center. The Chula Vista Planning Commission unanimously voted during a recent meeting in support of rezoning commercial space to allow for the construction of 840 multifamily units in the northwest corner of the East Chula Vista shopping center. Ten percent of those units will be designated as affordable housing.

Candidates for National City City Council laid out competing visions for their scrappy, diverse hometown at a marathon two-hour forum Monday evening held outdoors at Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center. Buffeted by a chilly wind that sent audience members reaching for sweaters, blankets and even a down jacket, the candidates...

CBRE arranged the sale of 530 B St., a 24-story, 250,000-square-foot office tower located in the B Street corridor of downtown San Diego, for $27.5 million, or $110 per square foot, to Ambient Communities, a San Diego-based real estate development company. Matt Carlson, Hunter Rowe, Camille Doan, Matt Pourcho and Anthony DeLorenzo of CBRE represented the seller. Mickey Morera of Kidder Mathews represented Ambient Communities.

About 1 in 5 adults in the West say local or national politics influenced their decision on where to live, according to a recent survey from Realtor.com. The big picture: This is especially true for frequent U.S. voters, the data show. Nearly 1 in 3 frequent voters say living in...