We recently sat down with Dr. Mark Schniepp, Director of the California Economic Forecast, to discuss the road ahead for the Southern California economy in 2026. With mixed signals in the media regarding interest rates and labor markets, Schniepp offered a candid and pragmatic outlook that cuts through the noise. His message for the coming year is nuanced: while the broader economy may avoid a recession, the real estate sector faces a flat to moderate year stifled by high int

We recently sat down with Dr. Christopher Thornberg, the founding partner of Beacon Economics, to address a series of questions that are helping us frame our outlook on housing, the economy and the fiscal policies driving it.