Real Estate News
HOW CONFIDENT ARE U.S. HOMEBUILDERS? NOT VERY
While it may not seem like the most common sense correlation, the collective sentiment of homebuilders is an excellent real estate market indicator. And the latest reporting of their confidence level is anything but encouraging. March’s nu...
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS ARE FLEEING THE STATE BECAUSE THEY CAN’T AFFORD HOUSING
Three reports out this week from the Beacon Economics firm all point to California’s housing affordability problem. And it’s one that could elevate to crisis level if left unchecked. While low and medium-wage workers are fleeing our state b...
SHARING SPACE: THE CHANGING FACE OF COHABITATION
All across the world multi-generational households are often the cultural norm. Here in the U.S. they're still outliers, but that may be changing. Due to both economic shifts and changing cultural norms and preferences, the term "roommates" no ...
2016 SURPRISE: ARE FOREIGN BUYERS LESS INTERESTED IN U.S. REAL ESTATE?
Last year we blogged often about how foreign buyers were driving up home prices, especially locally in the internationally coveted neighborhoods of Beverly Hills and the Hollywood Hills. But a new survey by the National Association of Realtors ...