Posts Tagged ‘Journal’
California home sales volume | firsttuesday Journal
Why this matters: Real estate agents and brokers in 2025 observed a disappointing spring sales bounce after years of substandard home sales since the 2021 pandemic buying frenzy. Buyers lost purchasing power to the highest mortgage rates and as...
California residential construction starts | firsttuesday Journal
Why this matters: When adequate new construction starts are limited by either zoning or prohibitively high construction costs — as are affecting builders in 2025 — property prices rise excessively. Real estate agents and brokers looking to ...
The breaching buyer’s responsibilities | firsttuesday Journal
Why this matters: Learn to determine when a buyer’s breach of a purchase agreement and escrow instructions entitles a seller to recover monetary losses and intelligently discuss a seller’s recovery of losses on a resale following their buye...
Market price influencers | firsttuesday Journal
Why this article matters: When forming a broker price opinion (BPO), a broker looks beyond the property itself to the various market factors which influence its value. These include the local zoning and natural hazards which impact the property...
Riverside housing indicators | firsttuesday Journal
Why this matters: Informed brokers and agents are better prepared to serve their clients and represent themselves as experts in their community when available data gives direction to their practice, especially during times of uncertainty withi...
Orange County housing indicators | firsttuesday Journal
As California’s housing market exits the chaotic pandemic economy in 2025, it is important to note Orange County’s housing market never fully recovered from the 2008 recession. Home sales volume remained low throughout the elongated recover...
San Diego housing indicators | firsttuesday Journal
As California’s housing market in 2025 moves on from the chaotic pandemic economy, it is important to note the San Diego County housing market never fully recovered from the 2008 recession and financial crisis before the 2020 recession, finan...
San Francisco housing indicators | firsttuesday Journal
Why this matters: A change in prices buyers pay for the most expensive homes forecasts the trends across lower price tiers. As San Francisco falls away from the high price peak hit in mid-2022’s seasonal buying spree, available studies of pri...
