Lusk

Presuming that Ukraine successfully reclaims most or all of its lost territories from Russian occupation,
there will be a political drive to bring refugees back to their hometowns and to rebuild destroyed cities.
This column highlights the challenges this may pose, particularly for cities in the east of the country.
Strategically placing government institutions in these cities may attract residents there and spur long-
term growth, but they will also need to made more appealing places to live, for example through
improved housing stock and transportation.

Every buyer should be asking the seller for an insurance pre-approval or pre-qualification letter.

She searched for two years to find the perfect pad. Last month Elaine L. finally found what she was looking for at the Canyon View Condominiums complex in Portola Hills.

Apartment hunting in Southern California is notoriously difficult. In the last two years, the search turned particularly nightmarish.

In part for pandemic-related reasons, the number of units available to lease fell to historical lows. Rent soared.

Some apartments even had bidding wars — an unwelcome reality typically limited to the for-sale market.

But now, a little bit of sanity is returning.

LOS ANGELES — In northeastern Los Angeles County, dozens of homes sit vacant: cozy bungalows, grand mansions and stucco apartment buildings, many of them boarded up and left to decay. Blocks away, homeless people in broken-down cars and RVs prepare for summer heat after an unusually rain-chilled winter. 

Over the last few months, Larry Chanes and his wife, Claudia, debated selling their Upland home and moving an hour away to Murrieta. The couple, with two daughters at home, wanted more space and to be closer to work and family. 

But when they ran the numbers, the Chaneses decided against listing their home and making the move to southern Riverside County. 

When Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank were shut down by the Feds within 48 hours of each other, no quicker than a banking regulator could say “give me your keys,” the bond market rallied, and mortgage rates dropped about a quarter point.