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Restrictive central city zoning fuels construction for wildfires
California zoning laws which prohibit high-density infill development and instead incentivize horizontal expansion of suburbs increase the risk of loss to wildfires.
SoCal commercial property struggles linger on in Q3 2024
In each quarter in 2024, all SoCal markets experienced increasing vacancies.
California’s turnover rate ice cold in 2024
California’s homeowner turnover rate is the lowest it’s been in years, showing just how frigid California’s housing market is in 2024.
SoCal commercial vacancy rates continue to rise in Q1 2024
Southern California’s commercial market softened even further in the first quarter of 2024.
Negative equity and foreclosure
When does strategic default make sense for a negative equity homeowner?
Median income households do not support 2024 home pricing
Across the state, median-income households cannot qualify to buy at today’ prices.
SoCal commercial vacancy rates continue to rise in Q4 2023
Southern California’s commercial market softened even further in the fourth quarter of 2023.
Interest rates 101
This article dives into how interest rates are structured, how lenders set the interest rate on a mortgage, and how rates affect property values.
Despite Q4 2023 FRM rate slippage, Buyer Purchasing Power remains negative
Today’s homebuyer is limited to borrowing 9.7% less mortgage money than a year earlier due to higher interest rates alone.
California home sales volume: more misses in November 2023
Just 18,800 new and resale home transactions closed escrow in California during November 2023.
Agents pivot as the economy teeters on the edge of recession; Monthly Statistical Update (January 2024)
California job additions continue; Job growth contracts; The yield spread forecasts the next recession.
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