California household formations set to decrease
While the number of households continues to grow, the rise is mostly thanks to renters.
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Tag: rentals
Rentals: the future of California real estate?
Rentals are the popular homeownership alternative for young adults.
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California’s low residential vacancy rates signal more construction
Residential vacancy rates are low in 2017.
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Renting and owning across counties
Homeownership and rental vacancy rates decline across California. Are rentals the future of real estate?
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SFR rentals hack away at California’s for sale inventory
SFRs turned rentals aren’t helping California’s inventory squeeze.
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Anaheim bans short-term SFR occupancies
The Anaheim City Council recently voted to ban short-term rentals (STRs), buckling under the pressure of an organized anti-STR campaign backed by not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) activists and hotel industry lobbyists.
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Brokerage Reminder: Property management licensing – keeping employees compliant
Performance of services in exchange for a fee requires a license When hired primarily to undertake...
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The Fed’s survey emphasizes potential homeowners’ inability to save
The Fed’s second annual Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking emphasizes the effects of employment and wage growth on people’s ability to save, which affects their ability to become homeowners.
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California’s residential rents top the charts
In some parts of California, average rent is nearly half of earned income.
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Renting cheaper than owning in many areas of California
Is renting the new normal?
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Higher home prices, higher rents
“Everyone is a renter,” according to a recent blog post from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (FRBA).
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Not enough rental housing? Not likely.
The number of rental units and the number of future renters don’t quite match up in the U.S.,...
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Rise of the wealthy renter: former homeowners flock to apartment units
Pinning the increasing wealth of renters to a change in consumer preferences is the wishful thinking of landlords and property managers. The fact of the matter is the mass defaults of the financial crisis forced owners out of their homes and into rentals. And now, the return to mortgage lending fundamentals is keeping them there, for the time being.
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Brokerage Reminder: Know the basis when converting homes to rentals
A weekly reminder to stay on top of your practice from first tuesday’s in-house broker!
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Home rentals: College students trade dorms for McMansions
California college students have found vacant, sprawling McMansions near campus cheaper than the...
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Rentals, rentals, rentals
Real estate investors are banking on the future success of rentals. National rental property sales...
Read MoreRenting vs. buying: the GRM
This article presents the various costs and benefits associated with buying or renting a single family residence (SFR), and provides a roadmap for making a well-informed financial decision.
Read MoreSan Diego rental market appears more recession-resistant
As reported, two quite different economic points of view exist on the San Diego rental market rates. A USC Lusk Center for Real Estate’s first-time survey of the San Diego residential rental rates indicates rental rates...
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