Housing market: The leading measure of U.S. home prices – strong gains in the 1st quarter of 2013

U.S. home prices see strong gains in the first quarter of 2013, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. The leading measure of U.S. home prices, showed that all three composites posted double-digit annual increases. The 10 -City and 20-City Composites increased by 10.3% and 10.9% in the year to March with the national composite … Read more

La Jolla Fashion Film Festival 2013 – The Cannes Film Festival of fashion films

The fashion film art movement – it’s fresh, it’s new, it’s what happening now! Fashion film creation, a worldwide emerging fashion art form, engages the entire fashion industry. To see the worldwide fashion community in one place, there is La Jolla Fashion Film Festival (LJFF 2013) – the world’s largest gathering of fashion film professionals. … Read more

San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego luxury home market values increase year-over-year

Luxury home market values on the rise. Luxury home values increased in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego in the first quarter of 2013 compared to a year ago, according to the First Republic Prestige Home Index by First Republic Bank, one of the leading private bank and wealth management company. “Luxury home prices … Read more