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Category: Charts
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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Press Release: Q3 2020 Buyer Purchasing Power Index rises due to historically low interest rates
The BPPI was +10.6 at the end of Q3 2020.
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California home sales volume lays low
Home sales volume is expected to continue its decrease in 2020.
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Job losses wipe out the foundation for home sales volume, construction; Monthly Statistical Update (October 2020)
Jobs will be slow to return; The recession has impacted home sales volume first; Construction feels downward economic pressure
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California tiered home pricing
Home prices turn in a mixed performance across California’s metropolitan areas.
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REIT investment: playing the real estate game from the sidelines
What are Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and why are they useful?
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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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San Francisco housing indicators
View these charts for current activity and forecasts for San Francisco’s housing market.
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Santa Clara County regional housing indicators
Santa Clara County is well on its way to a full housing recovery.
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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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Riverside housing indicators
View these Riverside regional charts for details on current activity and forecasts for its local housing market.
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Sacramento County housing indicators
Get to know Sacramento County’s local housing fundamentals in these charts and forecasts.
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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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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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Jobs move real estate
California’s employment market finally reached a full recovery in 2019, only to plunge in 2020.
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Low interest rates have inflated prices, but the boost is coming to an end; Monthly Statistical Update (September 2020)
Sales volume’s magnetic pull on home prices; The mean price trendline: the home price anchor; The higher risk and lower purchasing power of a small down payment
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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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Sales volume: a powerful magnet for home prices
Home sales volume movement impacts tomorrow’s home prices.
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MIP, PMI, or neither?
This chart compares the costs and benefits of default insurance demanded by lenders on mortgages with LTVs exceeding 80%, and suggests the optimal financing path for homebuyers.
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