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Home prices continue to break records in Q1 2021
A national and California-specific look into residential home sales in Q1 2021.
How infrastructure jobs have the potential to support real estate stability
How investing in infrastructure may help the real estate market.
Homebuyers and sellers bank on greater vaccine availability
The vaccine offers some relief, but it’s not the cure for a full recovery.
The CFPB’s proposed solution to abate pandemic foreclosures
In anticipation of the foreclosure moratorium expiration, the CFPB is proposing to modify its lending rules.
No U-turn: liabilities to a seller in a breached purchase agreement
The 2020 recession and COVID-19 pandemic ushered in a wave of hasty home purchases from city dwellers looking to escape the high-density (and high-cost) urban lifestyle. But with homes flying off the market, are home shoppers giving themselves enough time to do their...
Are FHA-insured mortgages declining in popularity?
The dual crises of the COVID-19 pandemic and 2020 recession threatened a rise, if not surge, in Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-insured mortgage popularity. Not to be outdone, conventional loan financing has actually seen an uptick among first-time buyers. But...
When the government prop ends, the distress will begin
What happens when extra government support ends before jobs are restored?
The eviction moratorium extension: a band-aid solution for a gunshot wound
How much back-rent do tenants owe?
Press Release: Q1 2021 Buyer Purchasing Power Index declines with rising interest rates
The Buyer Purchasing Power Index (BPPI) was +5.2 in March 2021.
Mortgage rates drive buyer purchasing power
How will home prices change over the next 20 years? The answer is in the Buyer Purchasing Power Index, which demonstrates how interest rate changes affect buyer funds, and in turn home pricing.
Housing and stock market on fire, but the struggling jobs market holds the hose; Monthly Statistical Update (April 2021)
For-sale inventory hits new lows; Stocks and home price bubble detached from recessionary reality; A long road ahead for California’s jobs recovery
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