“How expensive?” tracks measurements of California’s totally unaffordable housing market. The pain: Paying off the mortgage is a relative rarity in California. The source: My trusty spreadsheet looked ...

In a five-year span, as mortgage rates hit all-time lows and affordability plummeted, the number of Californians with no home loans grew eight times faster than those who borrowed against their ...

Parking all that money in the house comes at the cost of lost flexibility. Once paid in, it’s not liquid. Yes, you can access ...

The number of Californians enjoying mortgage-free living increased by 16% in five years. But that was only the 24th biggest ...