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Seasonal dynamics power today’s home price illusion — not buyer demand; Monthly Statistical Updated (August 2023)
https://vimeo.com/849541124 The Monthly Statistical Update (MSU) keeps agents and brokers current on the market trends affecting California real estate transactions. This month, we’re covering: California home prices, which remain well below the mid-2022 peak despite...
SoCal’s commercial market further softened in Q1 2023
SoCal’s commercial market faced tough headwinds in the first quarter of 2023.
Hitting 2023 mortgage rate obstacles, construction starts return to pandemic lows; Monthly Statistical Updated (July 2023)
https://vimeo.com/841369234 The Monthly Statistical Update (MSU) keeps agents and brokers current on the market trends affecting California real estate transactions. This month, we’re covering: adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs), which continue to eclipse FRM rates,...
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