Trending mortgage rates
Where are mortgage rates now? Check out our weekly interest rate update to track the latest market rates.
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Renting and owning by county
Homeownership and rental vacancy rates decline across California. Are rentals the future of real estate?
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California tiered home pricing
Home prices continued to decline across California in July 2025.
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FARM: Buy versus rent comparison analysis
Use first tuesday’s Buy Versus Rent Comparison Analysis to show first-time buyers how ownership creates savings and equity buildup that renting does not.
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S&P 500: Stock pricing vs. earnings (P/E ratio)
An update on stock pricing and earnings.
Read MoreThe downward trend shaping California home sales volume
Home sales volume continues to decline in 2019.
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Boomers retire and California reinvents their housing, again
Retiring Baby Boomers shift California’s future direction of real estate ownership.
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30 years of summer, followed by 30 years of winter
Mortgage rates are on their way up.
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Buyer Purchasing Power Index flattens in Q3 2025
The California Buyer Purchasing Power Index (BPPI) tells us a homebuyer with the same income is able to borrow 1.47% less purchase-assist mortgage money than a year ago.
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Home sales volume decline intensifies in August 2025
In August 2025, 24,000 escrows closed for new and resale residential transactions across California, 5.2% lower than the same month one year earlier.
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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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California home sales volume
What’s a broker to do until home sales volume takes off?
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The 20% solution: Personal savings rates and homeownership
Over the last few decades, savings has followed a path conversely proportionate to consumer confidence.
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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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California’s for-sale inventory growth: buyer caution rises faster than seller caution
In early 2025, low-tier priced housing has the lowest level of inventory available for sale or rent.
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Using the yield spread to forecast recession and recovery conditions
The yield spread indicates the likelihood of a recession or recovery one year forward.
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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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Santa Clara County regional housing indicators
Santa Clara’s housing market is experiencing the downfall from 2021’s pandemic bounce.
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San Francisco housing indicators
View these charts for current activity and forecasts for San Francisco’s housing market.
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San Diego housing indicators
View these charts for current activity and forecasts for San Diego’s housing market.
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