Business columnist
Jonathan Lansner
Jonathan Lansner has been the Orange County Register's business columnist since 1997 and has been part of the newspaper's coverage of the local business scene since 1986. He is a past national president of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing and a 1979 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.
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How do California homebuilding booms differ from busts?
Since 1990, permits grow 27%-a-year in building booms and shrink 25% ain construction busts.
817,669 Californians left in 2022. Which state did they move to?
West's Golden State intake was down 54,287 from 2021 vs. East's 30,891 increase.
Just 15% of Californians can afford a home, lowest rate in 16 years
A successful purchase this summer required at least a $221,200 income for a $5,530 monthly payment for a $843,600 median-priced house.
Will California ever have another buyer’s market for homes?
You have to go back to February 2012 to find the last time California buyers were in control by one definition.
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California No. 1 for worker dissatisfaction, by this measure
It's a good-sized group that helps explain consumer jitters despite largely healthy economic trends.
Candy inflation casts a sour pall on Halloween
The buying power of American wages has been cut by a candy bar in two years.
California shoppers get 4% less for their money after inflation’s bite
California retail sales grew 0.9% vs. inflation averaging 4.9%.
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12 spooky bodies haunting California’s housing market
The most ghoulish factoid of these spooky times is that most Californians can't afford to buy a home in the state.
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California house payments jump 127% in pandemic era with rates at 23-year high
Buyer gets $4,717 payment on median $843,340 house at this week's 7.63% average rate.
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California has 11 of largest housing shortages in US, study says
23 California metros are 873,730 units short, that's 6.5% of residential housing supply statewide.