California’s homeownership rate dropped even as the typical age of first-time homebuyers rose.
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California home sales volume
What’s a broker to do until home sales volume takes off?
Trending mortgage rates
Where are mortgage rates now? Check out our weekly interest rate update to track the latest market rates.
The mean price trendline: the home price pivot
The mean price trendline reveals housing price deviations. Track the trends to reveal the direction of prices in the years ahead.
The Federal Reserve’s impact on mortgage rates
Learn how the Fed is using their benchmark rate as a monetary policy tool
Santa Clara County regional housing indicators
Santa Clara’s housing market is experiencing the downfall from 2021’s pandemic bounce.
Buyer Purchasing Power Index (BPPI) hints at rising as home price adjustment sets in
Planning for the next several years in real estate transactions will require patience and a very different approach to the past decade of recovery economics driven by rate decreases.
Nationally MLOs are far fewer in 2024; CA DRE MLOs increase, DFPI MLOs decrease
The trend for state-licensed MLOs is down in 2024.
Newly-licensed sales agent and broker population
This article examines the number of broker and sales agent licenses issued by the DRE from 1998-present, with forecasts about future licensing trends.
Sacramento County housing indicators
Get to know Sacramento County’s local housing fundamentals in these charts and forecasts.
California’s for-sale inventory growth: buyer caution rises faster than seller caution
In early 2025, low-tier priced housing has the lowest level of inventory available for sale or rent.
FHA delinquencies rising on pandemic forbearance arrangements
What are the consequences of delinquency in pandemic-era forbearance arrangements?
Context is key
Learn the 25 factors that drive California’s real estate market to better understand today’s top news stories.
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