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Category: Market Watch
California’s for-sale inventory growth: buyer caution rises faster than owner need to sell
In early 2025, low-tier priced housing has the lowest level of inventory available for sale or rent.
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Buyer Purchasing Power Index remains positive in Q1 2026
The BPPI in Q1 2026 tells us a homebuyer with the same income is able to borrow 2.1% more purchase-assist money than a year ago.
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Home sales volume impacts sales agent licensing and renewals
View California sales agent trends from 2002-present, and examine the effect of home sales volume on licensing.
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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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Orange County housing indicators
View these Orange County regional charts for details on current activity and forecasts for its local housing market.
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Sales volume: a powerful magnet for home prices
Home sales volume movement impacts tomorrow’s home prices.
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California home sales volume
What’s a broker to do until home sales volume takes off?
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Los Angeles housing indicators
View these Los Angeles regional charts for details on current activity and forecasts for its housing market.
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California tiered home pricing
Home prices continued to slide across California in November 2025.
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Construction starts are below their historical average — and have been since 1990
Construction starts have been far below California’s historical average most years since 1990.
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To buy in 2026? Consumer and builder sentiment are both down, a dilemma
Find out what homebuyers and builders have in mind for 2026 and how to make their expectations work for you and your agents!
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Mortgage origination volume rises in 2025 — that’s the good news
Even as California’s real estate market is stabilizing, cracks are appearing. This includes higher shares of subprime lending in 2025.
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The 20% solution: Personal savings rate and homeownership as agent advice
Over the last few decades, savings has followed a path conversely proportionate to consumer confidence.
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SoCal commercial property struggles for buoyancy — Q4 2025
Vacancy rates are up in all SoCal sectors and counties, aside from Orange County office and a slight year-over decrease for Los Angeles industrial. Net absorption remains negative for San Diego and Orange County but turned positive for Los Angeles and Inland Empire industrial in 2025.
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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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The distribution of California’s human resources
See how personal incomes have grown since 2000 across California’s largest regions.
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Newly-licensed sales agent and broker population
This article examines the number of broker and sales agent licenses issued by the DRE from 1998-present, with forecasts about future licensing trends.
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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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Real estate runs with the labor force participation rate
Brokers who watch the jobs numbers along with the LFP rate will find the trends useful for forecasting their future brokerage conditions
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