Smith Douglas Homes prioritizes pace over price, plays the long game

Smith Douglas Homes prioritizes pace over price, plays the long game

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Teardown Marks Transformation of Marina Shores in Long Beach

Teardown Marks Transformation of Marina Shores in Long Beach

Five years after purchasing the Marina Shores shopping center at 6500 Pacific Coast Highway for $68 million, Vancouver‑based Onni Group has begun demolition of the roughly 6‑acre site. The teardown marks the start of... Read more »
Rental Project Breaks Ground on Long Branch’s Lower Broadway Corridor

Rental Project Breaks Ground on Long Branch’s Lower Broadway Corridor

Downeaster Development and TANTUM Real Estate broke ground on The Elbie, a rental community at 305 Broadway in Long Branch, NJ. The project is poised to activate a key section of the... Read more »
Bascom Brings Restaurant/Sports Bar Dirty Birds to Downtown Long Beach

Bascom Brings Restaurant/Sports Bar Dirty Birds to Downtown Long Beach

The Bascom Group, LLC, leased a 3,039-square-foot ground-floor second-generation restaurant space to Dirty Birds at 200 Pine Ave. in downtown Long Beach. The tenant is a popular, locally owned restaurant and sports... Read more »
Housing demand still positive, but for how long with rising rates?

Housing demand still positive, but for how long with rising rates?

10-year yield and mortgage rates In the 2026 HousingWire forecast, I anticipated the following ranges: Mortgage rates between 5.75% and 6.75% The 10-year yield fluctuating between 3.80% and 4.60% Well, we had... Read more »
Izek Shomof’s Long Beach Office-to-Resi

Izek Shomof’s Long Beach Office-to-Resi

Can downtown Los Angeles make a comeback? Izek Shomof, who was part of its earlier revival and once called the “King of Spring” because of the developer’s transformation of the Spring Street... Read more »
L.A. and Long Beach among least affordable cities for homebuyers

L.A. and Long Beach among least affordable cities for homebuyers

Los Angeles, Long Beach and San Diego are among the world’s least affordable cities for homebuyers, a recent report says. When the price of a regular home is compared to regular local... Read more »
Steady Near 6% But for How Long?

Steady Near 6% But for How Long?

As of today, February 12, 2026, the mortgage market is offering a welcome breath of stability. The average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage sits at a promising 5.87%, according to Zillow,... Read more »
More Long Beach Offices Planned for Housing Transformation

More Long Beach Offices Planned for Housing Transformation

Developer Izek Shomof is taking his office-to-residential conversion work from downtown Los Angeles to downtown Long Beach.  Shomof filed an application with the Long Beach Planning Bureau seeking authorization to convert a... Read more »
JPI Breaks Ground on Redevelopment of Former City Place Long Beach

JPI Breaks Ground on Redevelopment of Former City Place Long Beach

JPI has broken ground on Portico, a 272-unit, mixed-use development in Long Beach. The company recently hosted a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the $150-million project, the first phase of a 900-unit master... Read more »