Andrew Khouri

Last year, rising mortgage interest rates chilled the previously hot Southern California housing market. Buyers backed off, sales plunged and, for the first time in a decade, home prices underwent a sustained slide.By one measure, prices in the six-county region fell 13% from the peak last spring.That might be as low as they go.In recent

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

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