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Press Release: Buyer Purchasing Power Index ends 2022 31% below a year earlier
California homebuyers are able to borrow 31% less than a year earlier due to higher interest rates alone.
Mortgage delinquencies edge higher going into 2023
Making payments on an underwater mortgage in a declining market can feel a bit like pushing a boulder up a mountain.
Energy efficient properties will reduce emissions by 2030
Turns out the housing shortage isn’t the only problem Californians are facing — they need to worry about energy efficiency, too.
The recession is imminent — for real estate, more of 2022; Monthly Statistical Update (January 2023)
Real estate’s preview of what’s to come; Inventories rise as buyer demand dives; Jobs lost in the 2020 recession are fully recovered
Form-of-the-Week: A comparative market analysis for setting prices and rents — Forms 318 and 318-1
A seller’s agent uses RPI Forms 318 and 318-1 when educating the seller on a reasonable asking price or rental amount for the property.
California real estate: 2022 in review and a forecast for 2023
Read about the legislative changes and economic shifts which impacted real estate professionals during 2022 – and our forecast for 2023.
Hiring newly-minted real estate agents in a recession
Now is the instructive period of a business cycle which positions talented, recent licensees to max out the good times in the recovery phase of a business cycle.
Homebuyer demand nosedives, dashing hopes for a soft landing
Homebuyer demand is plummeting across California heading into 2023.
The votes are in: Still undeclared, the recession is already hitting California
Most readers agree: California is already in a recession heading into 2023.
Pandemic-era buying spree plunges homebuyers from minority groups underwater
The recent homebuying wave coincided with the worst time to buy — at the top of the housing cycle.
SoCal’s industrial leasing performance peaked in 2022, now trending downward
SoCal’s industrial leasing performance is in for the third quarter.
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