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Don’t be misled by these bright spots in the housing recovery; Monthly Statistical Update (June 2021)
The yield spread forecasts no double-dip recession; Stimulus payments distort personal savings rates; Rising home sales volume: a mirage?
Riding the stimulus wave: when will it end for real estate?
What happens to housing when the stimulus momentum runs out?
The “uncomfortable feeling” of a booming housing market
How human emotion drives the economy and real estate market.
Pricing crash or near miss? The factors different from the last recession
The major differences between the Great Recession and the ongoing recession of 2020.
“Coming Soon” to your local MLS: pocket listings
Agents may now use a new status for multiple listing service (MLS) listings called Coming Soon. But how much does it encourage underhanded tactics?
California’s housing shortage has led to population decline
California’s declining population growth: why it’s happening, how it affects real estate and what to do about it.
First-time homebuyer tax credits: do we need them?
The potentials and drawbacks of a first-time homebuyer stimulus.
California 2020-2021 DRE extensions, explained
The end of the California DRE extensions is fast approaching.
Looking ahead to recovery
An overview of what’s contained in the most recent government stimulus and how it will affect the real estate market.
Eviction moratorium expiration looms and one-in-four California renters aren’t sure they can pay rent
The eviction moratorium keeping renters housed is scheduled to soon expire.
Rising interest rates are primed to pop the home price bubble; Monthly Statistical Update (May 2021)
Mortgage rates rise from historic lows; Pre-2021 rise in buyer purchasing power is done; Home prices are in bubble territory, again
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