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California underwater homeowner numbers to increase
Underwater homes were at their bottom in 2020.
Boomers retire and California trembles
Retiring Baby Boomers shift California’s future direction of real estate ownership.
A durable real estate market is built on personal income growth; Monthly Statistical Update (February 2021)
As other economic measures improve in 2021, individual Californians struggle with lost income; For Californians to again achieve income equality, California’s GDP needs reallocation to our workforce; Introducing the SOFR for ARMs, the replacement for the corrupt LIBOR
Income inequality harms California’s housing market
Income inequality is catching up with California’s economy, stifling household formation and dragging down the housing market.
Renting and owning across counties
Homeownership and rental vacancy rates decline across California. Are rentals the future of real estate?
Interest rates at their historic bottom and looking ahead to the LIBOR’s retirement; Monthly Statistical Update (January 2021)
Fixed rate mortgages continue on toward new lows; Interest rates hold onto their cyclical bottom; The LIBOR is going, going…
The distribution of California’s human resources
See how personal incomes have grown since 2000 across California’s largest regions.
Errata & Updates
- Effective January 1st, 2021, California homeowners qualify for a net equity homestead protection of up to $300,000 or the median sale price for a single family residence (SFR) in the homeowner’s county in the calendar year prior to the year in which they claim the exemption, not to exceed $600,000 (adjusted annually for inflation). [CCP §704.730] For more on this topic, see Form-of-the-Week: Homestead exemption, an asset preservation declaration – Form 465