Jon Lansner is The Orange County Register's business columnist and real estate blogger. Since 1986, Jon has covered the Orange County economy — and its real estate scene — as a reporter, editor columnist and blogger for The Register. The "Lansner on Real Estate" blog was launched in March 2006. It is The Register's #1 for page views. Jon is a New York City native, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, and was the 2005-2006 president of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. "Lansner on Real Estate" blog won a "Best In Business" award from SABEW for 2007 work.