California's statewide median home price reached $930,260 in May 2026, according to C.A.R.'s report, a new all-time high for the second consecutive month, and an increase of 3.1 percent from a year earlier. For most homeowners, that number is good news. For co-owners who can't agree on what to do with a shared property,...
Continue reading ›By Eli Underwood Property owners who skip estate planning are walking into a financial trap. Tangled titles pile up. Fractional ownership disputes multiply. Forced partition auctions drain equity. Family assets fragment across generations, and there's no easy way back. Without clear documentation—without wills, without trusts, without written agreement on ownership—properties get locked down. Owners...
Continue reading ›California Has 105 Cities Where Even the Cheapest Homes Cost $1 Million. If You Co-Own One of Them, That Equity Isn't Yours Until You Can Actually Sell. Editor's note: This post draws on a June 2026 Zillow analysis reported by Axios showing that 242 U.S. cities now have million-dollar starter homes — California accounts...
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