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The future of cryptocurrency in real estate transactions
The role of cryptocurrency in California real estate.
Press Release: Q3 2021 Buyer Purchasing Power Index hits zero as interest rates rebound from bottom
While not yet negative, Q3 2021’s neutral BPPI figure reflects a worsening situation for homebuyers reliant on mortgage financing.
California’s suburbs flip as Millennials and Gen Zs become majority renters
Goodbye white picket fence. Hello multi-family housing.
Asset prices are untethered from incomes; Monthly Statistical Update (October 2021)
1.3 million more jobs needed in California; Stocks soar to new heights; Stocks or real estate in 2022?
What does the end of single-family zoning look like?
Now that single-family zoning in California is done away with, what does the future look like?
Redlining: its history and lasting impacts
Redlining maps which color-coded and documented the creditworthiness of neighborhoods in the 1930s continue to negatively affect the lower-graded neighborhoods today.
A third of mom-and-pop landlords grapple with lost rent revenue
2020’s reduced revenues were on top of the slim-to-negative margins most mom-and-pop landlords already experience.
How and when residential evictions will resume in California
During the recovery window from COVID-19 rent debt, landlords are required to use an additional notice when seeking to evict tenants for nonpayment of rent.
How 1.5 million homeowners exiting forbearance will impact inventory
Will the coming wave of forced sales form a much-needed inventory boost, or a destructive tsunami?
Industrial properties pull ahead in K-shaped recovery
Industrial real estate has enjoyed rapid growth in 2021 and it’s not running out of steam anytime soon.
Shifting fundamentals: what 2008 can teach agents about 2021
Answering whether we are in a housing bubble today through examining the last one.
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