Riverside housing indicators
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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.
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Press Release: Negative Buyer Purchasing Power Index (BPPI) casts a shadow over home prices
Planning for the next several years in real estate transactions will require patience and a very different approach to the past decade of recovery economics driven by rate decreases.
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Press Release: Despite steady gains, Q2 2023 Buyer Purchasing Power Index still negative
The typical mortgaged homebuyer is able to borrow 11% less purchase-assist mortgage money than a year ago due to higher interest rates alone.
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Press Release: Q1 2023 Buyer Purchasing Power Index down 23% from a year earlier
A homebuyer with the same income is able to borrow 23% less purchase-assist mortgage money than a year ago due to interest rate hikes alone.
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Buyer purchasing power determines home prices — always
Little interest rate changes make a big difference in how much a homebuyer can pay.
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Press Release: Buyer Purchasing Power Index ends 2022 31% below a year earlier
California homebuyers are able to borrow 31% less than a year earlier due to higher interest rates alone.
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Press Release: Buyer Purchasing Power Index plummets in Q3 2022
Buyer purchasing power is 31% lower than a year earlier due to interest rate hikes alone.
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Press Release: Buyer Purchasing Power Index (BPPI) falls to new low in Q2 2022
Rising interest rates caused the Buyer Purchasing Power Index (BPPI) hit a decades’ low in Q2 2022.
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Buyer purchasing power has plummeted 25% with interest rate hike
The abundance of mortgage money available to homebuyers has quickly dried up – and the drought will only worsen.
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Q1 2022 Buyer Purchasing Power Index falls further into negative territory
Rapidly rising interest rates caused the BPPI figure to slip to -12.7 in March 2022 – and falling.
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2022’s rising rates slash homebuyer purchasing power
After years of stimulus injections and Federal Reserve (Fed) support, the government is taking off the training wheels in 2022.
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Press Release: Q4 2021 Buyer Purchasing Power goes negative with rising interest rates
The California BPPI figure declined to -5.0 in December 2021, reflecting a 5% decrease in mortgage money available to homebuyers reliant on financing.
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Press Release: Q3 2021 Buyer Purchasing Power Index hits zero as interest rates rebound from bottom
While not yet negative, Q3 2021’s neutral BPPI figure reflects a worsening situation for homebuyers reliant on mortgage financing.
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Press Release: Q2 2021 Buyer Purchasing Power Index nears zero
The California Buyer Purchasing Power Index (BPPI) figure declined to +1.3 in June 2021.
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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.
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Press Release: Q4 2020 Buyer Purchasing Power Index climbs to new heights as interest rates reach record lows
The BPPI was +13.4 at the end of Q4 2020.
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Press Release: Q3 2020 Buyer Purchasing Power Index rises due to historically low interest rates
The BPPI was +10.6 at the end of Q3 2020.
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Press Release: Q2 2020 Buyer Purchasing Power Index rises due to historically low interest rates
The Buyer Purchasing Power Index (BPPI) rose to +10.5 in the second quarter of 2020.
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