Economy

Fannie Mae's green lending program was extremely popular last year, but the business has fallen slightly this year.

Despite the Lunar New Year, the Port of Long Beach saw a 14% increase in cargo volumes in March, leading to the best performing first quarter in the port's history.

With 1.9 million square feet in the industrial pipeline—most of which will come to market this year—the North County market may see a dip in industrial rents.

Renovated, amenitized office space is nice, but in Orange County, office users really want functionality.

Playa Vista office rents fell nearly 5% in Q1, while Culver City saw the biggest rental bump, up more than 20% over last year.

“Despite corrections ending a long winning streak in the financial markets, the benefits of the new tax law should shore up commercial real estate, especially industrial and office demand,” says Jason Wolf, founder of Burlington County-based WCRE.

With limited available land for new construction, most of the new industry supply will come from redevelopment opportunities in the market.

With extreme rental increases in L.A. County has come an increase in eviction rates and late payments, but a new start-up promises to provide security to landlords.