Santa Clara’s housing market is experiencing the downfall from 2021’s pandemic bounce.
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San Francisco housing indicators
View these charts for current activity and forecasts for San Francisco’s housing market.
SoCal commercial vacancy rates continue to rise in Q2 2023
Southern California’s commercial market softened even further in the second quarter of 2023.
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,...
Is a lease agreement void when the term of the lease exceeds the rule against perpetuities?
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A trust deed investment for groups
Learn about the documentation necessary for a syndicator to publicly solicit investors to fund the purchase or origination of a trust deed note and the securities risk involved when fractionalizing a trust deed investment.
Vesting to shield assets from creditors
Learn how to use a limited liability company (LLC) as a shield to allow real estate vested in the LLC to remain undisturbed by members’ creditors.
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