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ARM use ticks higher as buyers overreach
With falling home prices and rates continuing to rise, today’s ARM buyers are purchasing a ticking time bomb.
2023 recession demands discipline from investors; Monthly Statistical Update (November 2022)
Today’s weak yield spread reflects 2023’s poor economic outlook; Investors abandon risk in favor of safe havens; Property prices have a long way to fall in 2023-2025
Advising clients through a cooling real estate market
When — and how — a real estate agent or broker ought to counsel their clients considering buying in today’s tumultuous housing market.
Foreign real estate investors are spooked, and California is paying the price
The undeclared recession is making its rounds and foreign real estate investment in California is not exempt.
Agents and brokers: recession-proof your life
View the housing market’s downturn as an opportunity to innovate, learn new skills and grow.
Discover the value — versus price — for a California home
See how far prices have deviated from their historical norm — the value level to which prices will inevitably return in the years ahead.
Apartment construction soars in Los Angeles, but is it enough?
Multi-family residence construction is at a 50-year high.
Californians pay big to live on nation’s smallest lots
California has some of the country’s smallest and most expensive lots.
Press Release: Buyer Purchasing Power Index plummets in Q3 2022
Buyer purchasing power is 31% lower than a year earlier due to interest rate hikes alone.
Still sinking, California home sales volume comes up for air in August 2022
After four consecutive months of decreasing sales, California home sales volume rebounded slightly in August 2022.
Institutional investors crowd out California homebuyers
Are large Wall Street investors creating a permanent renter class in California?
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