Recession Watch

The many pitfalls of pocket listings

by Carrie B. Reyes | Feb 20, 2023

The risky business of pocket listings are dangerous for sellers, buyers — and brokers.

A property’s energy consumption: Part 2: Marketing a property’s energy use

by Carrie B. Reyes | Feb 14, 2023

How seller’s agents can market a home’s energy use, from a green home to an energy-sucking fixer-upper.

Homebuyers recede as 2022’s mortgage rate tsunami ends

by Carrie B. Reyes | Feb 9, 2023

As long as buyers are limited by rising mortgage rates, the seller’s list price is the only moveable part in the transaction.

Surrender cancels the lease agreement

by Amy Platero | Feb 8, 2023

When a tenant materially breaches a lease agreement, the landlord may complete a surrender, in which the landlords accepts a return of possession from the tenant in exchange for cancelling the lease agreement.

A property’s energy consumption: known and demanded in a recession: Part 1

by Carrie B. Reyes | Feb 6, 2023

During a recession, buyers have the luxury to pick over every aspect of a home – including its energy costs.

California home sales volume in 2022 began the purge of pandemic distortions

by Carrie B. Reyes | Feb 1, 2023

The number of homes sold in December 2022 was a devastating 44% below a year earlier.

Property exchanges when Cash is King

by Carrie B. Reyes | Jan 27, 2023

Agents who want to stay a step ahead during the housing market downturn will become versed in property exchanges.

Lacking interest rate support, home sales volume crumbles heading into 2023; Monthly Statistical Update (February 2023)

by ft Editorial Staff | Jan 27, 2023

A bird’s eye view on destabilizing mortgage rates; Homebuyers with less money to spend, spend less; Home sales volume flops as sellers resist repricing