The source of home price movement: buyer purchasing power
Find out what today’s buyer purchasing power means for tomorrow’s home prices in California.
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Tag: home prices
How to time the market
When is the best time to buy, sell or hold real estate? These charts will help you anticipate the market to maximize profit.
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POLL: 2021 home price movement
Throughout 2021, home prices will: continue to rise. (39%, 47 Votes) begin to decline. (32%, 39...
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The interplay between home sales, GDP and employment
A look into three economic factors that shape the current real estate market.
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Sales volume: a powerful magnet for home prices
Home sales volume movement impacts tomorrow’s home prices.
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POLL: How will home prices trend after mass production of a COVID-19 vaccine?
What direction do you believe California home prices will trend following mass production of a...
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The votes are in: Housing market slated for a late recovery
Readers weigh in on when they expect recovery from the 2020 recession to begin.
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Slowing sales and unmet housing demand; Monthly Statistical Update (March 2020)
California home sales volume down slightly in 2019; Home prices level off going into 2020; Construction declines in 2019, despite rising demand
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POLLS: How does the mortgage interest deduction affect the California real estate market?
Do you think mortgage interest deductions drive up the price a buyer pays for a home? No (76%, 52...
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The votes are in: Do tariffs increase housing costs?
When first tuesday asked readers in 2018 whether import trade barriers such as tariffs drive up...
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POLL: The effect of rising mortgage rates
Over the next 5 years, mortgage rates will rise to: adversely affect both sales volume and prices....
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The downward forces on California home prices; Monthly Statistical Update (July 2019)
Home prices rebound slightly in Q1 2019; Sales volume: a powerful magnet for home prices; The pull of the mean price trendline on home prices
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The votes are in: California home prices head down
Readers weigh in on the movement of California home prices.
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POLL: What is the biggest challenge in today’s housing market?
What is the biggest challenge in today’s housing market? High home prices. (67%, 60 Votes) Low...
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Gold standard: not the answer for long-term home price stability
This article discusses whether a gold standard would help or hinder the housing market.
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POLLS: Income inequality and Trump’s presidency
Will an increase in income inequality between the wealthiest and the poorest lead to falling real...
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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.
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POLLS: 2019 home prices and sales volume
What direction will home prices go throughout 2019? Home prices won't significantly change in...
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Bay Area housing markets cool
Have high home prices and competition finally reached a tipping point in the Bay Area?
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POLLS: Does the MID impact home prices and sales volume?
Do you think mortgage interest deductions drive up the price a buyer pays for a home? No (74%, 65...
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