In his new book, UCLA architect Thom Mayne argues that you should! Last year, the NY Times wrote a piece about the large number of deeply discounted McMansions on the market in Merced. Has Prof. Mayne been purchasing these homes? Should you consider doing so? He argues that that Merced is a ...

We are excited to launch the UCLA Economic Letter with our first edition, “Rebuilding the Housing Economy: The Multi-Family Boom Will Lead to a Rebound in Homeownership" by David Shulman. This is the first in a series of condensed analyses of crucial real estate and economic issues offered by th...

Forget mortgage backed securities, the WSJ reports that a new product is bundles of rental streams from real estate and in particular real estate that was owner occupied single family housing but now is a rental unit. This article interests me because I've been thinking about buying some real ...

My old friend Jed Kolko has put together a very interesting real estate blog over at Trulia. For those of you who like data and "Moneyball", I see a real estate website that is well worth looking at as it explores many zany data trends such as how the price of a home for sale varies as a funct...