SoCal’s commercial real estate market on entering 2025 is fully destabilized with industrial vacancy rates elevated across all SoCal markets and office vacancy rates even higher.
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MIP, PMI or neither?
Which is better for first-time homebuyers reliant on mortgage insurance: MIP or PMI?
SoCal commercial vacancy rates moving on up in Q4 2024
Commercial vacancy rates rose after 2023 and continue to rise in Southern California. While increasing vacancies cut into rental income and leasing fees, the absorption rate is worsening and shifting the source of leasing fees. Regions with the highest vacancy rates see the most occupancy of vacant space.
Income tax updates for 2025, with whiplash from 2018-era tax changes
Real estate agents negotiating a transaction advise clients on tax consequences
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.
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.
Context is key
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