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California’s most profitable neighborhoods for flippers

by Carrie B. Reyes | May 30, 2016 | Home Sales, Investment | 0

Home flippers made more money in 2015 than any year before.

Speculators… the harder they fall

by Carrie B. Reyes | Feb 26, 2015 | Charts, Home Sales, Real Estate | 3

Speculators drive — and crash — the market.

Say goodbye to speculators

by Carrie B. Reyes | Jan 26, 2015 | Home Sales, Real Estate | 2

Absentee homebuyers continue their swift exit.

Big investors bow out of California

by Jeffery Marino | Mar 7, 2014 | Investment, Real Estate | 0

Institutional investors are tucking tail and looking for better bets than Southern California real estate.

What’s really behind the fall in mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures?

by Jeffery Marino | Feb 27, 2014 | Real Estate | 1

Behind the truly encouraging mortgage delinquency figures lurks a few problems.

Economics update: secular frustration

by Jeffery Marino | Feb 24, 2014 | Real Estate | 2

The Great Recession ended nearly five years ago, yet the California real estate market is still recovering. Secular stagnation has led to long-term frustration. But what exactly is wrong and what’s to be done?

A glance back and a glimpse of the future: first tuesday’s 2013 year in review

by Jeffery Marino | Dec 29, 2013 | Feature Articles, Real Estate | 1

For our 2013 year in review, we look back over a year rife with risky speculation, serious price inflation, discontent with the trade unions and some robust of regulation.

Large investors bet on stagnation

by Jeffery Marino | Dec 12, 2013 | Investment, Real Estate | 0

Large real estate investors are changing their strategy. Are you keeping up?

Economics update: secular stagnation officially arrives

by Jeffery Marino | Dec 8, 2013 | Real Estate | 2

You don’t have to know who Larry Summers is and you don’t need to care about macroeconomics to be interested in this story. If you are curious about the fate of the California real estate market, read on.

The votes are in: rents are still surging

by Jeffery Marino | Jul 1, 2013 | Reader Polls, Real Estate | 0

We asked our readers how rents were performing in their local markets in light of the current speculative pricing bubble. 51% said rents were still surging.

The great gamble: real estate speculators decoded

by Carrie B. Reyes | Jun 27, 2013 | Economics, Feature Articles, Real Estate | 5

Look at the role speculation has played in the recovery from the Great Recession.

Is homeownership an investment? Crunching the numbers and the illusions

by Jeffery Marino | Jun 22, 2013 | Real Estate | 0

Yale economist and real estate pricing guru, Robert Shiller, has published article after book after research report arguing that homeownership is not necessarily a lucrative investment.