Latest
By Henry Dubroff / Friday, January 2nd, 2015 / Columns, Latest news, Opinion, Top Stories / Comments Off on Dubroff: With California in decent shape the good times will roll on into 2015
Forecasting is a dangerous game, but from this writer’s perspective, the relative good times enjoyed by the Central Coast during the past year should continue into 2015.
Read More →
Latest
By Elijah Brumback / Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 / Latest news, Real Estate, South Coast / Comments Off on More deals, development in South Coast CRE pipeline
When you’re serving up steak and eggs for nearly 300 people the market must be doing well joked Brad Frohling, principal for Radius Commercial Real Estate and event moderator for the firm’s 7th annual Radius Real Estate & Economic Forecast breakfast. The event was held at Fess Parker’s Double Tree Resort & Hotel in Santa Read More →
Read More →
Latest
By Staff Report / Friday, September 26th, 2014 / Central Coast, East Ventura County, South Coast, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / 1 Comment
The Golden State has been outpacing the U.S. in job creation over the last three years, but all is not well. Skyrocketing housing costs mean that with a few exceptions clustered around the tech boom, California’s coastal counties are retirement havens, not entrepreneurship hubs. That’s the view from Bill Watkins, director of the California Economic Read More →
Read More →
Latest
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, September 19th, 2014 / East Ventura County, Real Estate, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Influx of young professionals could drive Ventura County housing market
Despite a record drought, short-sighted policy making and a slow-to-start generation of self-established young workers, the outlook for Ventura County is bright. “It should be another year of expansion — you pretty much count on that — and no recession in sight, at least not yet,” said Mark Schniepp, director of the California Economic Forecast. Read More →
Read More →
Latest
By Tony Biasotti / Friday, March 14th, 2014 / East Ventura County, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Watkins: California’s budget surplus thanks to stock market, not Brown
California is adding jobs faster than the national average, and the state has a budget surplus for the first time since the dot-com bubble burst in 2000. That’s led to some glowing national press for Gov. Jerry Brown, including a Rolling Stone article that called his budget turnaround a “miracle.”
Read More →
Latest
By Staff Report / Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 / Agribusiness, South Coast, Tourism / Comments Off on State economist cautions that California is still on the mend
Santa Barbara County’s economy relies heavily on its billion-dollar tourism and agricultural industries, two of the fastest-growing sectors of California’s economy by number of jobs. But those are also industries with highly seasonal workforces and generally low-paying wages.
Read More →
