1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (500+ words) It’s awfully hard to find a property owner in Southern California who owes more on the home than what it’s worth. My trusty spreadsheet looked at a Cotality report tracking “underwater mortgages” for the first quarter of 2026 – a troublesome situation…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (471+ words) Orange County Register California voters are facing a number of significant races in the general election ranging from the high-profile contest to fill an open governor’s seat to an initiative that could limit local tax increases. Yet the race for…...

2+ mon, 11+ min ago   (513+ words) If you want some peace of mind about the stability of the housing market, you must flash back to real estate’s ugliest moments. My trusty spreadsheet reviewed a Cotality report for the first quarter of 2026 detailing a curious measure of…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (632+ words) California property owners can expect the nation’s steepest insurance premium hikes this year. Nevertheless, that surge will leave California property owners paying below U.S. norms, according to my trusty spreadsheet’s peek at a report by policy tracker Insurify. Their numbers…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (598+ words) California’s home insurance of last resort, the FAIR Plan, is raising rates 29.1% for certain homeowners starting Oct. 15. Rates will be highest for those in high-risk, fire prone areas. Also see: Two California home insurers to raise rates, expand coverage by…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (936+ words) In the wake of devastating wildfires, Californians are facing a property insurance crisis. More than 1 in 5 California homeowners are uninsured because of canceled policies and unaffordable premiums. In an opinion column last month, legislators representing communities from San Francisco to…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1101+ words) Four candidates running in the state insurance commissioner’s race gathered for a forum in Altadena on Thursday, May 7, to push for tougher sanctions against insurance companies that they say mishandled claims filed by homeowners devastated by last year’s wildfires in…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (513+ words) Two California home insurance providers, Travelers Insurance and the the Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club, are seeking to hike rates 7% and 11%, respectively, under a new catastrophic modeling plan adopted by the state in 2025. Travelers is seeking a rate increase…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (465+ words) On his X account, California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra (@XavierBecerra) recently said that, as governor, he would immediately freeze “home insurance premiums while the state investigates long-term solutions to bring these costs under control.” This statement not only ignores binding…...