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California home sales volume
Home sales volume is falling back in 2022.
Using the yield spread to forecast recessions and recoveries
The yield spread indicates the likelihood of a recession or recovery one year forward.
Form-of-the-Week: Profit and Loss Statement and Balance Sheet — Forms 209-2 and 209-3
An agent uses RPI Forms 209-2 and 209-3 when assisting owners with household budgeting and long-term financial planning.
ARM-FRM crossover removes last support for home prices
The interest rate inversion has completely eliminated the appeal of ARMs — and the price support ARMs provided before the inversion.
Mortgage delinquencies rise from historic low
While home sales volume is plummeting and home prices are spiraling, there is one housing factor on the rise — mortgage delinquencies.
The mean price trendline: the home price anchor
The mean price trendline reveals housing price deviations. Track the trends to reveal the direction of prices in the years ahead.
California tiered home pricing
Home prices have plunged across California’s metropolitan areas.
California home sales volume broke another decade low in January 2023
California home sales volume started 2023 with the lowest numbers since the Great Recession.
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