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Jeff Collins

For more than a decade, Jeff Collins has followed housing and real estate, covering market booms and busts and all aspects of the real estate industry. He has been tracking rents and home prices, and has explored solutions to critical problems such as Southern California’s housing shortage and affordability crisis. Before joining the Orange County Register in 1990, he covered a wide range of topics for daily newspapers in Kansas, El Paso and Dallas. A Southern California native, he studied at UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine. He later earned a master’s degree from the USC School of Journalism.

The Orange County Business Council's annual indicators report found that housing "remains a primary challenge."

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OC's progress undercut by shortage of affordable housing, report says

November 8, 2023 at 6:56 a.m.

The Orange County Business Council's annual indicators report found that housing "remains a primary challenge."

With mortgage rates averaging above 7% for the first time in 22 years, home buying fell to one of the lowest levels on record.

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Home prices slip, sales stall as rising borrowing costs persist in Southern California

October 31, 2023 at 8:46 a.m.

With mortgage rates averaging above 7% for the first time in 22 years, home buying fell to one of the lowest levels on record.

The J.F. Shea vice president, one of three family members who founded a company in their grandfather's name, died from Parkinson's.

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Peter Shea Sr., co-founder of multibillion-dollar construction company, dies at 88

October 27, 2023 at 8:46 a.m.

The J.F. Shea vice president, one of three family members who founded a company in their grandfather's name, died from Parkinson's.

Although strong consumer confidence and business performance defied past pessimism, "cracks are already starting to appear" in the economy, university forecasters said.

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Economic ‘cracks’ will widen to mild recession in late 2024, CSUF economists say

October 20, 2023 at 8:09 a.m.

Although strong consumer confidence and business performance defied past pessimism, "cracks are already starting to appear" in the economy, university forecasters said.