While the number of households continues to grow, the rise is mostly thanks to renters.
California household formations set to decrease
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Income Property Brokerage
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Want a deeper understanding of your local real estate market? These charts show the price-per-square-foot history of home sales in communities across California.
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A landlord, tenant, leasing agent or property manager uses a Commercial Lease Agreement of the net variety for a single-user tenant to document the terms of the tenancy negotiated when the payment of most or all property operating expenses including property taxes, insurance and maintenance incurred during the tenancy is shifted to the tenant.
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California’s homeownership rate ballooned during the Millennium Boom, but quickly fell to today’s low level of 55%.
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.
Form-of-the-Week: Commercial Lease Agreement — Form 552 series
A landlord or property manager uses a Commercial Lease Agreement – Gross – Single Tenant to lease commercial property to a tenant for a fixed term.
Will first-time homebuyers save California’s homeownership rate?
California’s homeownership rate dropped even as the typical age of first-time homebuyers rose.