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California home sales volume lays low
Home sales volume is expected to decrease later in 2021.
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Consumers expect home prices to continue rising in 2021
Homebuyer sentiment reflects where we have been and where we are going.
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Luxury home sales defy gravity — and the recession
The recent successes of the luxury home sale market are more evidence of what many economists have coined as the K-shaped recession and recovery.
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Homebuyer demand continues to outpace inventory for sale
Inventory is once again at historic lows going into 2021.
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Don’t be misled by these bright spots in the housing recovery; Monthly Statistical Update (June 2021)
The yield spread forecasts no double-dip recession; Stimulus payments distort personal savings rates; Rising home sales volume: a mirage?
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California tiered home pricing
Home prices turn in a mixed performance across California’s metropolitan areas.
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The 20% solution: personal savings rates and homeownership
How today’s savings rates impact California’s real estate market.
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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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The slowing trend in California construction starts
Multi-family and SFR construction continue to lag behind demand for new housing.
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The mean price trendline: the home price anchor
The mean price trendline reveals housing price deviations. Track the trends to reveal the direction of prices in the years ahead.
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Golden state population trends
California population shifts since 2000 sheds light on how current migration trends impact residential rentals and sales.
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Rising interest rates are primed to pop the home price bubble; Monthly Statistical Update (May 2021)
Mortgage rates rise from historic lows; Pre-2021 rise in buyer purchasing power is done; Home prices are in bubble territory, again
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Jobs move real estate
California’s employment market finally reached a full recovery in 2019, only to plunge in 2020.
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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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Press Release: Q1 2021 Buyer Purchasing Power Index declines with rising interest rates
The Buyer Purchasing Power Index (BPPI) was +5.2 in March 2021.
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Mortgage rates drive buyer purchasing power
How will home prices change over the next 20 years? The answer is in the Buyer Purchasing Power Index, which demonstrates how interest rate changes affect buyer funds, and in turn home pricing.
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Housing and stock market on fire, but the struggling jobs market holds the hose; Monthly Statistical Update (April 2021)
For-sale inventory hits new lows; Stocks and home price bubble detached from recessionary reality; A long road ahead for California’s jobs recovery
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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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Homeownership has declined every generation since the Boomers
Homeownership is the bedrock of the housing market, and it is gradually but assuredly crumbling.
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