Housing Market
Home Ownership Wanes in California
Our state’s housing crisis increases homelessness, costs people jobs and lengthens commutes, all serious problems. On the most basic level, though, what the shortage of affordable housing does is deny
Brown Revisits Efforts To Increase Housing Construction
In releasing a state spending plan for the next fiscal year, Gov. Jerry Brown revisited efforts to increase new housing through legislation that would streamline permitting and create incentives for
Homeowners Have More in Equity, But Mood Soured by Rising Mortgage Rates
Home prices have been rising for 53 straight months, lifting millions of borrowers from underwater on mortgages. In the first three quarters of 2016 alone, howeowners added $837 billion in
Lots: Builder’s Two Big Questions in 2017
Two difficult questions confront home builders and residential developers amid the uncertainty of the moment, and we’ve been hearing them in the aisles and off the floor during the home
Housing Industry Poised For More Growth In 2017
IRVINE, CA—A number of factors pull in this sector’s direction, such as jobs, household formations and a lack of supply supported by the demographics of Millennials and Baby Boomers, TRI
Where Are Residents in Los Angeles and Orange Counties Buying Homes?
In the last blog on recent trends in homebuyer mobility we found that high housing prices in two Northern California counties (San Francisco and Alameda) had been a principal cause
Report Finds Homeownership in California Lowest Since 1940s
While San Francisco is often portrayed as the epicenter of housing unaffordability on the West Coast, the issue is truly pervasive to California as a whole. A draft report from
A Housing Pullback In 2017?
According to data compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the 10-year term premium moved above zero for the first time in 10 months on the 14th of
What a Nobel Winning Economist Thinks About The Housing Economy
When a Nobel-prize winner shrugs his shoulders, and says, “I don’t know … ” to a question directly related to his field, it gives you pause. Which is what economist,
Developers Build on Home Rental Success With Whole Communities
Property developers are pouncing on sustained demand for stand-alone home rentals by taking a big step: Building entire single-family neighborhoods designed for renters. When the housing market crashed, investors took
