Nearly 13,000 homes were lost in the Palisades and Eaton fires. The permits, the payouts, and the lawsuits now tell a clearer story than the headlines do. By Jose Navarro, […]
THE DOOM LOOP IN MIAMI-DADE’S OLDEST CONDOS
A real $3.4 million assessment, a real mortgage, and the math that is pushing owners out of the units Surfside reform was meant to protect. By Jose Navarro, MBA | […]
ALMOST TWO YEARS AFTER THE FIRES, THE REBUILD IS A MATH PROBLEM
Nearly 13,000 homes were lost in the Palisades and Eaton fires. The permits, the payouts, and the lawsuits now tell a clearer story than the headlines do. By Jose Navarro, […]
CALIFORNIA’S INSURER OF LAST RESORT RAISES RATES 29 PERCENT: WHO PAYS, AND FOR WHAT
The FAIR Plan grew 44 percent in a year and its exposure tripled. A rate hike was coming. The question is whether the numbers behind it, and the claims record […]
1.1 TRILLION DOLLARS: INTEREST NOW OUTRANKS DEFENSE AND MEDICARE
A 2 trillion dollar deficit, a 100 percent debt to GDP ratio, and a warning both parties should hear By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report WASHINGTON. The federal […]
EL SALVADOR’S $138 MILLION BITCOIN WAIVER: A WIN FOR BUKELE, OR FOR THE IMF?
A waiver that narrows a promise is not the validation the president claimed By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report SAN SALVADOR. The International Monetary Fund released $138 million […]
A Permanent Half-Cent With No Scorecard: A Controller’s Reading of Measure B
By Jose Navarro, MBA Mail ballots go out in San Diego County this week, and Measure B asks voters to approve a half-cent sales tax that the San Diego Foundation […]
One Vote, Six Changes: What Los Angeles Voters Are Being Asked to Approve in Measure LA
By Jose Navarro, MBA Mail ballots go out to Los Angeles voters this week, and Measure LA asks for one yes-or-no vote on six separate charter changes. Some are overdue. […]
The $25 Billion Question on California’s Ballot: Who Eats the Losses on Prop 37?
By Jose Navarro, MBA Mail ballots go out to California voters this week, and Proposition 37 asks voters to authorize up to $25 billion in revenue bonds to fund second […]
If Social Security Were a Company, Its Auditor Would Already Be Calling
By Jose Navarro, MBA On June 9, the Social Security and Medicare Trustees filed their annual report. A month from now, voters go to the polls, and the numbers in […]