Author: ft Editorial Staff

Safety Clause vs. Procuring Cause

Posted by ft Editorial Staff | Oct 8, 2025 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video |

The second episode of our new series presents a separate safety clause scenario contrasted against the procuring cause theory used to limit an earned fee to completing a transaction.

Boomers retire and California reinvents their housing, again

Posted by ft Editorial Staff | Oct 8, 2025 | Charts, Economics, Real Estate |

Retiring Baby Boomers shift California’s future direction of real estate ownership.

30 years of summer, followed by 30 years of winter

Posted by ft Editorial Staff | Oct 7, 2025 | Charts, Interest Rates, Real Estate |

Mortgage rates are on their way up.

Real Estate Runs with the Labor Force Participation (LFP) Rate

Posted by ft Editorial Staff | Oct 3, 2025 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video |

California’s labor force participation rate — which includes both the employed and job-seeking unemployed — is a crucial indicator of overall job levels, providing the fundamental economic basis for all real estate activity.