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An update on stock pricing and earnings.
Home sales volume continues to decline in 2019.
Retiring Baby Boomers shift California’s future direction of real estate ownership.
Mortgage rates are on their way up.
The California Buyer Purchasing Power Index (BPPI) tells us a homebuyer with the same income is able to borrow 1.47% less purchase-assist mortgage money than a year ago.
Home prices continued to decline across California in July 2025.
In August 2025, 24,000 escrows closed for new and resale residential transactions across California, 5.2% lower than the same month one year earlier.
Multi-family and SFR construction continue to lag behind demand for new housing.
What’s a broker to do until home sales volume takes off?
Over the last few decades, savings has followed a path conversely proportionate to consumer confidence.
Track the single most influential factor on California’s real estate market: the number of people employed.
Learn the 25 factors that drive California’s real estate market to better understand today’s top news stories.
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