California job additions continue; Job growth contracts; The yield spread forecasts the next recession.
Agents pivot as the economy teeters on the edge of recession; Monthly Statistical Update (January 2024)
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Using the yield spread to forecast recessions and recoveries
The yield spread indicates the likelihood of a recession or recovery one year forward.
Form-of-the-Week: Trust Deed Listing, and Purchase Agreement for Note and Trust Deed — Forms 112 and 241
A trust deed broker uses these forms when employed by the holder of a trust deed note, to act as their exclusive agent to locate an investor and negotiate the terms for the sale of the note, and a loan broker uses these forms when arranging the purchase by a trust deed investor of an existing trust deed note held out for sale, to prepare an offer stating the price and conditions for purchase of the trust deed note.
Sales volume trends, from a weak year; Monthly Statistical Update (December 2023)
Sales volume after 2023’s puny seasonal bounce; Sales volume is weakening, but a recovery lurks; MLS inventory flatlines, buyers and sellers wait
Federal multi-family building incentives for California builders
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) adds several incentives for builders and multi-family property owners making energy efficient improvements.
As mortgage rates rise, so must property prices retreat; Monthly Statistical Update (November 2023)
https://vimeo.com/880610858 The Monthly Statistical Update (MSU) keeps agents and brokers current on the market trends affecting California real estate transactions. This month, we’re covering: ARM rates, which remain useless to buyers seeking to increase their...
Form-of-the-Week: LLC Operating Agreement — Self-Directed IRA and Single Member — Forms 372-3, 372-4 and 372-5
An investor uses RPI Forms 372-3, 372-4 and 372-5 when forming an LLC, either as a self-directed IRA or as a single member.
California’s for sale inventory: a symptom of seller reluctance in 2023
A shortage of willing sellers has sunk California’s for-sale inventory in 2023.
UDAAP consumer mortgage protections extended to commercial financing
Existing regulations prohibiting unfair, deceptive, and abusive practices (UDAAP) in consumer mortgage financing now apply to the conduct of originators of commercial mortgage financing in California.
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