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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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Recent updates to the course e-book
06/25: The 2025 rules for buyer representation and fee-splitting avoidance are currently being edited into this e-book.
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Buyer Purchasing Power Index goes negative in Q3 2026
Homebuyers reliant on mortgage financing were limited to borrowing 5% less than a year earlier in Q3 2026.
California’s for-sale inventory growth: buyer caution rising faster than owner need to sell
In early 2026, low-tier priced housing has the lowest level of inventory available for sale or rent.
California tiered home pricing
Home prices continued to slide across California in November 2025.
Bankruptcy’s tie to homeownership
Bankruptcy numbers were artificially low in 2020-2021. Prepare for today’s zombie businesses to fold as the economy stalls.
California residential construction starts
Multi-family and SFR construction continue to lag behind demand for new housing.
California home sales volume
What’s a broker to do until home sales volume takes off?
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.
