Economic Trends in California Real Estate

A balance sheet real(i)ty check

by Carrie B. Reyes | Jan 3, 2023

Learn how to use a balance sheet for a discussion with your homeowner clients about their assets and debts.

Press Release: Buyer Purchasing Power Index ends 2022 31% below a year earlier

by Carrie B. Reyes | Jan 3, 2023

California homebuyers are able to borrow 31% less than a year earlier due to higher interest rates alone.

Mortgage delinquencies edge higher going into 2023

by Carrie B. Reyes | Dec 30, 2022

Making payments on an underwater mortgage in a declining market can feel a bit like pushing a boulder up a mountain.

The recession is imminent — for real estate, more of 2022; Monthly Statistical Update (January 2023)

by ft Editorial Staff | Dec 30, 2022

Real estate’s preview of what’s to come; Inventories rise as buyer demand dives; Jobs lost in the 2020 recession are fully recovered

Form-of-the-Week: A comparative market analysis for setting prices and rents — Forms 318 and 318-1

by Amy Platero | Dec 27, 2022

A seller’s agent uses RPI Forms 318 and 318-1 when educating the seller on a reasonable asking price or rental amount for the property.

California real estate: 2022 in review and a forecast for 2023

by Carrie B. Reyes | Dec 27, 2022

Read about the legislative changes and economic shifts which impacted real estate professionals during 2022 – and our forecast for 2023.

Hiring newly-minted real estate agents in a recession

by Ashley Collins | Dec 23, 2022

Now is the instructive period of a business cycle which positions talented, recent licensees to max out the good times in the recovery phase of a business cycle.

Homebuyer demand nosedives, dashing hopes for a soft landing

by Carrie B. Reyes | Dec 19, 2022

Homebuyer demand is plummeting across California heading into 2023.

The votes are in: Still undeclared, the recession is already hitting California