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Where have all the workers gone? The Great Resignation hits home in California
The number of workers quitting their jobs continues to escalate in 2021, with September seeing a record level of quits.
As forbearance exits pile on, where will they go next?
Just one-in-five homeowners exiting forbearance can show an ability to resume their regular mortgage payments.
Goodbye Golden State: Ex-Californians seek out lower costs of living
Californians are making moves to other states. Where are residents leaving the Golden State for?
Fly free, my pretties! What drives homeowners to move
Real estate professionals: it’s time to take into consideration your clients changing migrations patterns.
September 2021 California home sales: rapid sales pace is waning
The number of homes sold in September was 1,700 or 4% higher than a year earlier.
Optimistic, the Fed begins its bond taper — and interest rates look up
The Fed is now attempting to balance 2021’s high levels of inflation and housing prices with the still-wounded jobs market.
Pandemic safety nets improved California’s poverty levels
California’s expanded experimentation with safety net programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 contributed to better outcomes for residents living below the poverty line.
The relocation trend has come to a head
The share of homebuyers seeking to move out of their metro area has finally passed its peak. The percentage of homebuyers searching in other metros had been gradually building from the beginning of 2020 to 2021, but those numbers have dipped in the...
Huntington Beach oil spill leaves property values in sticky situation
Huntington Beach’s housing market in the wake of the oil spill could have a murky future.
Super-charged inflation has the Fed re-thinking their interest rate strategy
The Fed assures today’s high level of inflation is temporary, but this is contradicted by rapidly rising rents.
Buyer purchasing power goes negative, reigning in home sales volume and prices; Monthly Statistical Update (November 2021)
Home sales volume jumped — past to present; Pandemic-primed home prices now ripe to pop; Buyer purchasing power turns against home sales
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