Fixed rate mortgage (FRM) rates leaped; While mortgage rates jump, Treasuries only rise; High home prices just lost support
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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?
November 2021 California home sales volume declines slightly
43,400 new and resale home transactions closed escrow in California during November 2021.
Press Release: Q4 2021 Buyer Purchasing Power goes negative with rising interest rates
The California BPPI figure declined to -5.0 in December 2021, reflecting a 5% decrease in mortgage money available to homebuyers reliant on financing.
Mortgage rates enter 2022 in a risky crossover; Monthly Statistical Update (January 2022)
Fixed rate mortgage (FRM) rates look flat to up; Bond market investors subdued as the Fed fights inflation; Homebuyers eye low rates on adjustable rate mortgages (ARM)
2021 in review and a forecast for 2022 and beyond
Catch up on 2021’s biggest real estate stories and read firsttuesday’s forecast for 2022 and beyond.
California faces long road against wealth inequality
Household wealth disparities continue to plague the U.S. economy, and legislators have yet to come up with any solution.
Fed announces a quicker increase to interest rates
The Fed’s announcement follows another month of record-setting consumer inflation.
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