Category Archives: Real Estate

Report: Asian-American Subgroups Among Nation’s Poorest

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Tim

A new report out from the University of California, Los Angeles is reporting that some sub groups of Asian Americans are among the nation’s poorest populations, based on income sources, home foreclosures and housing burden. While at first glance this … Continue reading →

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Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh On His Las Vegas ‘Downtown Project’

Posted on October 29, 2012 by John

The last time I blogged about Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, he was on The Colbert Report discussing his recently published book. This time around, Hsieh is profiled in the New York Times regarding his efforts to revive downtown Las Vegas … Continue reading →

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The “Asianization” Of Southern California’s San Marino

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Koji Steven Sakai

I was a weird kid. When I was deciding whether or not I wanted to transfer schools from a private prep to San Marino High School, one of the best public high schools in the state of California, the biggest … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Current Events, Discrimination, Education, History, Real Estate, Southern California | 5 Comments

Asians in America: A Focus on Filipino Americans

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Jeff

Because some call Filipinos Americans “the invisible minority,” you might think that there are not many of us in the US. We are, in fact, the second largest Asian American ethnic group.  That statistic and others are reported in A … Continue reading →

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Asians In America: The Under-Represented Asian Americans

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Tim

Recently, I covered the some of the overview of the numbers and statistics as they relate to Asian Americans in a new report from the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice). As I mentioned in the previous article, … Continue reading →

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Asians In America: A Focus On Taiwanese Americans

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Tim

Recently, I covered the some of the overview of the numbers and statistics as they relate to Asian Americans in a new report from the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice). As I mentioned in the previous article, … Continue reading →

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Chinese Americans Tend to Borrow Less

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Tim

A new study by Rui Yao (the same researcher who found that Chinese Americans prefer riskier investments), found that while 72 percent of Chinese-American households hold a mortgage, only five percent of those households have outstanding auto loans, and only … Continue reading →

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Asian Americans Lose Top Income Spot

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Tim

If you look closely enough at the numbers in a new Pew research report, Twenty to One, you’ll find that Asian American households have dropped from having the highest median household wealth in 2005, having lost 54% of their assets … Continue reading →

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1 Out Of 10 Foreign U.S. Home Buyers From China

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Tim

With the U.S. Economy on the skids and the housing market going nowhere fast, it seems there might be a savior for American home owners who are desperate to sell. In many markets, home prices have declined significantly, and low … Continue reading →

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Asian Americans Hit Harder In The Housing Downturn

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Tim

In addition to the reports that Asian Americans were unemployed longer during the recession, it turns out that Asian Americans lost more equity than other Americans with the housing downturn in recent years. Which may make you wonder how it’s … Continue reading →

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Buy A Murder House During Ghost Month

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Tim

August 10 marked the start of Ghost Month, a Chinese and Taiwanese celebration based in superstition around wandering souls. There’s a belief that for one month out of the year, deceased souls can come out and visit the living. Because … Continue reading →

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Realtors learn about Asian-American Community Traits

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Jeff

Every day I drive by an unsold house near my home.  It’s been on the market for months.  It’s not that the economy is stopping sales – the house next door to me sold in a week.  The problem is … Continue reading →

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