FRM rates fall from 2018 upturn; Refinancing’s inverse relationship with interest rates; ARMs become less attractive when FRM rates fall
Recession Watch
Featured pages
Market Charts
ft Local
Surviving the Recession
Economic Timeline
Latest posts
Browse the latest news, articles, marketing materials, videos, and forms impacting California’s real estate market today.
Press release: Buyer purchasing power index turns positive
California’s Buyer Purchasing Power Index was positive 1.2 in Q1 2019.
Today’s homebuyers are wealthier than their new neighbors by necessity
New buyers tend to be wealthier than their neighbors.
Student debt prevents homeownership for thousands of Californians
The Federal Reserve estimates the number of young adults prevented from buying their first home by student debt.
Falling purchasing power takes a toll on home prices; Monthly Statistical Update (March 2019)
Buyer purchasing power’s pull on prices; Rising mortgage rates decrease purchasing power; Home prices fall from their peak
New Californians are heading to these booming cities
California is steadily losing residents, but a few cities are experiencing an infusion of out-of-staters.
The housing market is slowing in 2019, but these California markets may see growth
Zillow has released its ideas about 2019’s housing market, including which U.S. cities will see the most growth this year.
California home prices anchored to incomes; Monthly Statistical Update (February 2019)
Mean price trendline pulls prices down; Rising SoCal incomes can’t keep up with home prices; NorCal incomes rising quickly, still lag behind prices
Share of affordable homes to decrease as interest rates rise
The impacts of rising mortgage interest rates are rippling throughout the housing market.
Today’s consumer price index change: tomorrow’s residential rents
The consumer price index is a useful tool for real estate agents – if you know how to use it.
Today’s housing boom is one of the largest in history
Our current housing boom is the third-largest in over a century of record-keeping.
Fewer bidding wars offer California homebuyers relief
Bidding wars are still more common here in California than elsewhere, but the rate is declining.
Context is key
Learn the 25 factors that drive California’s real estate market to better understand today’s top news stories.
Click to download Economic Trends in California Real Estate: Realty Almanac 2022-2024
Ready to get ahead of the upcoming recession?
For over 40 years, firsttuesday has been DRE-approved to provide quality, California-specific real estate licensing and renewal courses.