In early 2025, low-tier priced housing has the lowest level of inventory available for sale or rent.
California’s for-sale inventory growth: buyer caution rises faster than owner need to sell
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Buying Homes in Foreclosure
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- 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
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Form-of-the-Week: Commercial lease agreement addenda — Forms 552-6, 552-7 and 552-8
A commercial leasing agent and a landlord have several options for including addenda in a commercial lease agreement, including the Maintenance Modification Addendum, Alienation Addendum, Subordination Addendum and a lease agreement addendum with blank spaces.
Density bonus zoning loopholes are for housing
Density bonus laws enable developers to increase density beyond what local zoning regulations allow, while increasing the number of subsidy-free housing for low- and moderate-income households.
SoCal commercial property entrenched in decline — Q3 2025
Vacancy and net absorption rates for the Southern California commercial property market worsened for most sectors.
To evolve, reuse buildings as housing, now
A new law approaches the housing shortage from the intuitive angle of reducing local agency discretion — the red tape leash — for adapting vacant commercial structures for reuse as housing projects.
Golden state population trends
California population shifts since 2000 sheds light on how current migration trends impact residential rentals and sales.
Commercial real estate listing site under fire for antitrust dealings
Antitrust behavior in real estate is back in the news. This time, commercial real estate site CoStar is getting the antitrust treatment.
Renting and owning by county
Homeownership and rental vacancy rates decline across California. Are rentals the future of real estate?
Form-of-the-Week: Commercial lease agreement — percentage and month-to-month — Forms 552-4 and 552-5
A landlord, tenant, leasing agent or property manager when negotiating rent payments as a percentage of a non-residential tenant’s gross sales uses a Commercial Lease Agreement of the percentage variety to set the terms for a fixed-term tenancy or uses the month-to-month variety to prepare a Commercial Rental Agreement for a periodic tenancy.