{"id":1109,"date":"2026-09-02T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/?p=1109"},"modified":"2026-09-02T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T12:00:00","slug":"california-rules-discourage-condo-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/california-rules-discourage-condo-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"California Rules Discourage Condo Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/mark-mallorca\/california-condo-construction-remotion-videos-044a\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>California&#039;s median single-family home price hovered near $800K, leaving condominiums as a more realistic ownership path for many younger, working, and middle-class households.<br \/>\nThe main barrier described was legal risk: condo projects faced defect disputes that could reach court before builders had a chance to repair problems.<br \/>\nAfter a homeowners association formed, attorneys could pursue claims quickly, and that exposure reportedly led many developers to favor apartments over for-sale condos.<br \/>\nThe bill would create a right-to-repair process, giving builders time to fix defects first while preserving homeowners&#039; ability to seek stronger remedies.<br \/>\nSupporters argued those changes could restore feasibility for starter ownership homes and pair with California&#039;s broader efforts to upzone, streamline approvals, and reduce fees.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California&#039;s median single-family home price hovered near $800K, leaving condominiums as a more realistic ownership path for many younger, working, and middle-class households. The main barrier described was legal risk: condo projects faced defect disputes that could reach court before builders had a chance to repair problems. After a homeowners association formed, attorneys could pursue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1111,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109\/revisions\/1111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}