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Economic Trends in California Real Estate
Learn the 25 economic factors that drive California’s real estate market.
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Investing: Stocks or real estate?
Where to park your cash? It depends on how long you’re going to park it for – and what types of risks you’re willing to take.
California’s low homeownership rate to continue
California’s homeownership rate ballooned during the Millennium Boom, but quickly fell to today’s low level of 55%.
California tiered home pricing
Home prices decreased slightly across the metropolitan areas of California in May 2025.
SoCal’s commercial property market struggles to find tenants — Q2 2025
The bullish market following the 2020 recession reversed track in 2022 and has fully collapsed — now the commercial market is nowhere near finding a bottom in tenant demand and vacancies.
The force behind home price movement: buyer purchasing power
Find out what today’s buyer purchasing power means for tomorrow’s home prices in California.
Real estate runs with the labor force participation rate
Brokers who watch the jobs numbers along with the LFP rate will find the trends useful for forecasting their future brokerage conditions
San Francisco housing indicators
View these charts for current activity and forecasts for San Francisco’s housing market.
Will first-time homebuyers save California’s homeownership rate?
California’s homeownership rate dropped even as the typical age of first-time homebuyers rose.
Errata & Updates
06/25: The 2025 rules for buyer representation and fee-splitting avoidance are currently being edited into this e-book.