Here’s a look at recent news of interest to homebuyers, home sellers, and the home-curious. AMERICANS’ CONFIDENCE IN THE HOUSING MARKET CLIMBS TO ALL-TIME HIGH Rising home prices and a strong U.S. economy have propelled Americans’ optimism in the housing market to a record high, though persistent inventory shortages will likely remain a challenge for […]
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May 8, 2018 Robust 2017 economic growth in California helped push the state to the world’s fifth-largest economy, surpassing the United Kingdom. Only the U.S., China, Japan, and Germany now have larger economies than California. The size of California’s economy is a little more than one-tenth of the size of China’s economy. In 2017, California’s gross […]
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May 7, 2018 Here’s a look at recent news of interest to homebuyers, home sellers, and the home-curious. SAN JOSE, SAN FRANCISCO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE NATION’S MOST EQUITY-RICH HOMEOWNERS As Tahoe Estates Group published in its first-quarter 2018 real estate report, single-family home prices in San Francisco and Silicon Valley posted substantial annual home price […]
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April 30, 2018 Here’s a look at recent news of interest to homebuyers, home sellers, and the home-curious. SAN FRANCISCO LOSES ITS STATUS AS HOTTEST U.S. REAL ESTATE MARKET IN APRIL For the past couple of years, California cities have dominated realtor.com’s monthly list of the nation’s 20 hottest real estate markets, with San Francisco, San […]
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Here’s a look at recent news of interest to homebuyers, home sellers, and the home-curious. IT TAKES A DECADE TO SAVE FOR A DOWN PAYMENT IN THE BAY AREA AND LOS ANGELES Although workers in the San Francisco area earn some of the highest salaries in the U.S., the region’s high-dollar housing market dictates that […]
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