Housing is the main reason people are leaving California, according to a Los Angeles research firm. “Lower income Californians are the ones who are leaving, not higher income,” based on the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey data, said Christopher Thornberg, founding partner of the Los Angeles research and consulting firm Beacon Economics. But […]
Another Bomb; Real Estate Agents Warned
Could the planting of package bombs be related to gentrification in parts of the city? Members of the real estate community are on high alert in Austin, Texas, as police continue to investigate three parcel bomb explosions this month as possible serial hate crimes–possibly related to gentrification in neighborhoods that were once mainly inhabited by […]
CVAR Joins Hurricane Assistance Effort
CVAR has joined NAR’s REALTOR® Relief Foundation effort to help victims of Hurricane Harvey in Houston. The CVAR Board of Directors voted to match the funds donated by the CVAR Community Awareness Fund, for a total contribution of $5,000 from the two. The contributions are helping with temporary housing arrangements for displaced families, resources to […]