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Additional regulations on rents would discourage new housing construction

Most economists agree that rent control measures do tend to discourage the construction of new homes and the upkeep of old ones.

“We have a shortage of housing, and capping rent doesn’t fix that,” said Democratic Assemblymember Lori Wilson of Solano County

Depending on whom you ask, Measure ULA has been a godsend or a disaster for Los Angeles’ real estate market. A new report suggests the latter. A new analysis from UCLA’s Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies written by Michael Manville and Mott Smith asserts that the so-called mansion tax has slowed sales, especially for commercial […]

Building apartments in California is more than twice as expensive than in Texas, according to a report released Wednesday by Rand, the international research group.  “The time to bring a project to completion in California is more than 22 months longer than the average time required in Texas,” the analysis found.  The report reviewed data […]