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Category: Finance and Mortgages
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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Are we heading toward a foreclosure crisis in 2020?
We are in the middle of a unique, global economic moment and the end result is still out of reach.
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First-time homebuyers prefer lower interest rates to bigger tax breaks
Fortunately for real estate participants of all types, mortgage interest rates are at an all-time low in March 2020.
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Refinances oppose interest rate movement
Lower interest rates means refinances are on the rise in 2020.
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Suspended foreclosures, evictions due to COVID-19 impacts
This article covers the various efforts to keep Californians housed during this period of social distancing and economic uncertainty.
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Coronavirus update: Cancelled real estate events, a halt to evictions and the DRE marches on
As the situation is evolving on a daily basis, read our latest update on how COVID-19 is impacting your real estate practice.
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The votes are in: Clients don’t pull their credit report before mortgage pre-approval
According to a recent first tuesday poll, 67% of prospective homebuyers seeking to be pre-approved...
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How the coronavirus is impacting California’s housing market
The coronavirus is making waves across the global economy in 2020.
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S&P 500: Stock pricing vs. earnings (P/E ratio)
An update on stock pricing and earnings.
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DBO Bulletin Digest January 2020
The first DBO Bulletin Digest of 2020 gets right to business with a DBO overhaul and fintech initiatives.
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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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More subprime mortgages issued in 2019
When subprime mortgages are originated in large numbers, they can be a danger to the housing market.
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Buyer Purchasing Power Index rises in Q4 2019 with falling interest rates
first tuesday’s 2020 forecast shows buyer purchasing power decreasing in the coming months.
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2019 California legislative round-up
This article digests the bills relevant to real estate that passed and were signed into law in California during 2019.
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DBO Bulletin Digest December 2019
Editor’s note — The California Department of Business Oversight (DBO) supervises, licenses and...
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How homebuyers are saving up to buy
55% of homebuyers reported making at least one type of financial sacrifice to save.
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LIBOR phaseout approaching
What will happen when the LIBOR expires in 2021?
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California mortgage loan originators down in 2019
The trend for state-licensed MLOs is down in 2019.
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DBO Bulletin Digest November 2019
Editor’s note — The California Department of Business Oversight (DBO) supervises, licenses and...
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