California home sales volume fell back in January 2022, resuming seasonal patterns which cyclically see the lowest home sales of the year in January.
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Housing experts divided on home sale forecast
After a year of earth-shattering home prices increases, real estate professionals are wondering — what’s next in 2022?
Warehousing costs skyrocket as pandemic shortages drag on
The economic fallout of the pandemic threatens to linger — especially in the commercial market.
Form-of-the-Week: Property Expense Profile and Homeowners’ Association (HOA) Addendum — Forms 306 and 309
A seller’s agent uses RPI Form 306 to disclose a residential property’s monthly operating costs and RPI Form 309 to disclose HOA use restrictions.
Buying at the top of the market? Prepare to stay put.
The number one thing homebuyers need to understand is that — unlike recent years — today’s homebuyers will need to own their home for several years.
Emerging tech for real estate agents in 2022
A look at which emerging technologies are poised to improve the agency and homebuyer experiences in 2022 and beyond.
Mortgage rates jump, depressing real estate pricing in 2022; Monthly Statistical Update (February 2022)
Fixed rate mortgage (FRM) rates leaped; While mortgage rates jump, Treasuries only rise; High home prices just lost support
2022’s rising rates slash homebuyer purchasing power
After years of stimulus injections and Federal Reserve (Fed) support, the government is taking off the training wheels in 2022.
California’s home equity gains in 2021 were the largest in the nation
U.S. homeowners’ home equity levels rose significantly in 2021, though California homeowners experienced twice the gains as the rest of the nation.
Now spent, stimulus payments leave no lasting impacts for households
As savings dwindle, so do individual economic prospects — and the outcome for housing ought to worry real estate professionals.
California’s homelessness crisis: Vacant hotels can house the unhoused
These Sacramento hotels aim to create permanent supportive housing for unhoused individuals in an effort to fix our current homelessness crisis.
The positive costs of energy efficient improvements
Over time, the upfront costs for energy improvements pay for themselves. But what about when it comes time to sell?
Context is key
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