Economy

Products like Orange County's Credit Union's conventional zero-down and 3%-down mortgages may help some people buy homes, but it won't do much to ease OC's lack of housing supply, Carlos Miramontez tells GlobeSt.com.

More office buildings are slated to be repurposed into apartments, retail, and/or hotels, helping to keep vacancy at bay.

In spite of all the new construction, “overall supply and demand metrics remain roughly in line,” says R. Christian Sonne at CBRE.

At a national average of 2.6% year over year, the current rate of rent growth is “roughly in line with the long-term norm,” says Greg Willett at RealPage.

Medical-device manufacturers can experience a 21.2% cost advantage by operating in Mexico than in the US, but how does this affect San Diego's industrial sector? GlobeSt.com speaks with C&W's Jolanta Campion on the subject.

A roundup of recent deals, leases, executive moves, and other news from the past week.

An exclusive audio interview with Michael Meyers of The Hugo Neu Company, which is hoping to get Amazon to look at Kearny Point in Jersey City.

With transit and driverless cars around the corner, the government needs to adjust its traffic requirements fast, according to USC Lusk Center chairman Emile Haddad.