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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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06/25: The 2025 rules for buyer representation and fee-splitting avoidance are currently being edited into this e-book.
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California residential construction starts
Multi-family and SFR construction continue to lag behind demand for new housing.
California home sales volume
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Preserving mobilehome and RV parks while California builds denser housing
A new law limits application of laws that promote dense transit-oriented housing by prohibiting construction on sites near transit stop zones governed by mobilehome or RV park regulations.
Using the yield spread to forecast recession and recovery in a business cycle
The yield spread indicates the likelihood of a recession or recovery one year forward.
Boomers retire and California reinvents housing, again
Retiring Baby Boomers shift California’s future direction of real estate ownership.
Wage increases exceed inflation, home prices are flat
Home prices have skyrocketed since 2000. The same can’t be said about incomes.
California tiered home pricing
Home prices continued to slide across California in November 2025.
California’s shrinking home equity
Refinances, level home prices and home equity loans are rapidly diminishing California’s home equity.
