Buyer purchasing power is 31% lower than a year earlier due to interest rate hikes alone.
Press Release: Buyer Purchasing Power Index plummets in Q3 2022
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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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Still sinking, California home sales volume comes up for air in August 2022
After four consecutive months of decreasing sales, California home sales volume rebounded slightly in August 2022.
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.
Institutional investors crowd out California homebuyers
Are large Wall Street investors creating a permanent renter class in California?
Home prices in full retreat — just how far will they fall?
Here in California, home prices peaked in May 2022 and have since entered into a free fall.
Climbing mortgage rates pushed sales volume down — and now property prices; Monthly Statistical Update (October 2022)
Home sales volume deflates on buyer exhaustion; The cyclical home price decay has begun; Mortgage rates resume their upward march
Builder confidence collapses as recession settles over the housing market
Builder sentiment declined for the ninth month in a row in September 2022.
The votes are in: Delinquent listings fuel California’s MLS inventory
Readers weigh in on California’s rising share of delinquent listings.
What a cooling market means for both sides of real estate transactions
The real estate market’s pivot from soaring prices to plunging prices will affect buyers, sellers, lenders and support services in different ways.
Errata & Updates
06/25: The 2025 rules for buyer representation and fee-splitting avoidance are currently being edited into this e-book.