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California home sales volume
What’s a broker to do until home sales volume takes off?
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California tiered home pricing
Home prices are flatlining across California’s metropolitan areas at the end of 2023.
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The rise and fall of real estate brokers and agents
This article analyzes the historical population of active DRE licensees, with discussions and forecasts about future licensing trends.
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Jobs move real estate
Track the single most influential factor on California’s real estate market: the number of people employed.
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SoCal commercial vacancy rates continue to rise in Q1 2024
Southern California’s commercial market softened even further in the first quarter of 2024.
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California residential construction starts
Multi-family and SFR construction continue to lag behind demand for new housing.
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Median income households do not support 2024 home pricing
Across the state, median-income households cannot qualify to buy at today’ prices.
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SoCal commercial vacancy rates continue to rise in Q4 2023
Southern California’s commercial market softened even further in the fourth quarter of 2023.
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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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California home sales volume: more misses in November 2023
Just 18,800 new and resale home transactions closed escrow in California during November 2023.
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Agents pivot as the economy teeters on the edge of recession; Monthly Statistical Update (January 2024)
California job additions continue; Job growth contracts; The yield spread forecasts the next recession.
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2023 in review and a real estate forecast for 2024
Review the the legislative changes and economic shifts which impacted real estate during 2023 and read our forecast for the property market in 2024.
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California home sales volume: the slide continues in October 2023
Year-to-date home sales volume is a fee-killing 29% below 2022 as of October 2023.
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Using the yield spread to forecast recessions and recoveries
The yield spread indicates the likelihood of a recession or recovery one year forward.
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Today’s homebuyers settle in for the long haul
In a rapid shift amounting to whiplash for real estate agents, today’s homebuyers will need to own for years before they gain enough equity to move again.
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Sales volume trends, from a weak year; Monthly Statistical Update (December 2023)
Sales volume after 2023’s puny seasonal bounce; Sales volume is weakening, but a recovery lurks; MLS inventory flatlines, buyers and sellers wait
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California home sales volume: downturn solidifies in September 2023
California home sales volume in September 2023 was down 14% from the prior month — and down 20% from a year earlier.
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Homeowner insurance premiums aren’t so bad here in California — but coverage is hard to find
Outdated legislation limiting premium increases has caused major insurers to abandon California homeowners in recent months.
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As mortgage rates rise, so must property prices retreat; Monthly Statistical Update (November 2023)
The Monthly Statistical Update (MSU) keeps agents and brokers current on the market trends...
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