California home prices | firsttuesday Journal

Buyer purchasing power determines home prices — always

by ft Editorial Staff | Jan 20, 2023 | Feature Articles, Home Sales, Interest Rates, Real Estate | 0

Little interest rate changes make a big difference in how much a homebuyer can pay.

The danger of high appraisals in a spiraling housing market

by Carrie B. Reyes | Jan 9, 2023 | Appraisal, Economics, Home Sales, Mortgages, Real Estate, Recessions | 2

A high appraisal has long stakes for homebuyers – and lenders.

California tiered home pricing

by ft Editorial Staff | Dec 28, 2022 | Bay Area, Charts, first tuesday Local, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Mortgages, Real Estate, San Diego | 27

Home prices have plunged across California’s metropolitan areas.

Long-distance homebuyers continue to break records

by Carrie B. Reyes | Dec 5, 2022 | Economics, Home Sales, Real Estate | 0

The share of homebuyers searching outside of their current metro continues to increase.

2023 recession demands discipline from investors; Monthly Statistical Update (November 2022)

by ft Editorial Staff | Oct 27, 2022 | Charts, Feature Articles, Market Watch, Monthly Statistical Update, Real Estate, Video | 1

Today’s weak yield spread reflects 2023’s poor economic outlook; Investors abandon risk in favor of safe havens; Property prices have a long way to fall in 2023-2025

Discover the value — versus price — for a California home

by Carrie B. Reyes | Oct 18, 2022 | Charts, Economics, Feature Articles, Market Watch, Real Estate | 1

See how far prices have deviated from their historical norm — the value level to which prices will inevitably return in the years ahead.

Investing: Stocks or real estate?

by ft Editorial Staff | Oct 3, 2022 | Charts, Investment, Real Estate | 6

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.

Home prices in full retreat — just how far will they fall?

by Carrie B. Reyes | Sep 30, 2022 | Economics, Home Sales, Real Estate, Recessions | 3

Here in California, home prices peaked in May 2022 and have since entered into a free fall.

What a cooling market means for both sides of real estate transactions

by Amy Perry | Sep 19, 2022 | Buyers and Sellers, Economics, Market Watch, Real Estate, Recessions | 1

The real estate market’s pivot from soaring prices to plunging prices will affect buyers, sellers, lenders and support services in different ways.

Forget the past two years: time to rethink your real estate practice

by Carrie B. Reyes | Sep 19, 2022 | Economics, Feature Articles, Forecasts, Market Watch, Real Estate, Recessions | 1

What will happen to your real estate practice now that the Pandemic Economy is over?

These California metros risk housing crash during the recession

by Carrie B. Reyes | Aug 25, 2022 | Economics, Home Sales, Inland Empire, Real Estate, Recessions | 0

Many of the markets at greatest risk of a full-blown housing crash are located here, in California.

California’s home sales volume decline is fully underway as of June 2022

by Carrie B. Reyes | Aug 5, 2022 | Economics, Home Sales, Real Estate, Recessions | 0

June 2022 saw the third month in a row of decreasing sales, atypical for the spring sales cycle.

Finding out how a housing bubble ends — the hard way

by Carrie B. Reyes | Aug 1, 2022 | Economics, Home Sales, Real Estate | 0

Housing professionals can never be certain of a bubble’s existence until after the pop — but there are some tell-tale signs to watch for.

The votes are in: Home prices will drop in 2022

by Madison Hart | Jul 29, 2022 | Forecasts, Real Estate | 0

One of our most answered July polls brings up crucial point about home prices. Prices are at a tipping point, but where are they headed?

Storm clouds gather over California’s housing market

by Carrie B. Reyes | Jul 25, 2022 | Bay Area, Economics, Home Sales, Real Estate | 3

California — especially the Bay Area — is home to the highest number of swiftly-declining housing markets in the nation.

Press Release: Buyer Purchasing Power Index (BPPI) falls to new low in Q2 2022

by ft Editorial Staff | Jul 8, 2022 | Charts, Economics, Interest Rates, Real Estate | 0

Rising interest rates caused the Buyer Purchasing Power Index (BPPI) hit a decades’ low in Q2 2022.

May 2022 California home sales volume continues an unseasonal downward trend

by Carrie B. Reyes | Jul 7, 2022 | Economics, Home Sales, Market Watch, Real Estate | 0

Yet another month of lower sales volume is sounding alarm bells for sellers.

A Dear John to homebuyer love letters

by Kinnedy Kriso | Jun 27, 2022 | Fair Housing, Real Estate | 0

In California’s competitive markets, real estate agents depend on an arsenal of creative weapons to secure home sales transactions. But one of those weapons — the buyer love letter — is now coming under fire.