The California Buyer Purchasing Power Index (BPPI) tells us a homebuyer with the same income is able to borrow 1.47% less purchase-assist mortgage money than a year ago.
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Home sales volume decline intensifies in August 2025
In August 2025, 24,000 escrows closed for new and resale residential transactions across California, 5.2% lower than the same month one year earlier.
California residential construction starts
Multi-family and SFR construction continue to lag behind demand for new housing.
Market price influencers
When forming a broker price opinion (BPO), a broker looks beyond the property itself to the various market factors which influence its value.
What is the Conference Board? A recession proclaimed by committee
Real estate agents and brokers must learn to read economic factors and become familiar with the institution charged with labeling recessions.
California household formations set to decrease
While the number of households continues to grow, the rise is mostly thanks to renters.
California price-per-square-foot analysis
Want a deeper understanding of your local real estate market? These charts show the price-per-square-foot history of home sales in communities across California.
Investing: Stocks or real estate?
Where to park your cash? It depends on how long you’re going to park it for – and what types of risks you’re willing to take.
California’s low homeownership rate to continue
California’s homeownership rate ballooned during the Millennium Boom, but quickly fell to today’s low level of 55%.
SoCal’s commercial property market struggles to find tenants — Q2 2025
The bullish market following the 2020 recession reversed track in 2022 and has fully collapsed — now the commercial market is nowhere near finding a bottom in tenant demand and vacancies.
The force behind home price movement: buyer purchasing power
Find out what today’s buyer purchasing power means for tomorrow’s home prices in California.
Will first-time homebuyers save California’s homeownership rate?
California’s homeownership rate dropped even as the typical age of first-time homebuyers rose.
Context is key
Learn the 25 factors that drive California’s real estate market to better understand today’s top news stories.
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