by Dustin Balloun | Aug 26, 2024 | Industry News, Market Reports
California home sales reach five-month high as mortgage rates hit lows, C.A.R. reports Existing, single-family home sales totaled 279,810 in July on a seasonally adjusted annualized rate, up 3.6 percent from 270,200 in June and up 4.1 percent from 268,840 in July...
by Dustin Balloun | Aug 19, 2024 | Market Reports
Higher home prices and elevated mortgage rates push California housing affordability to near-17-year low in second-quarter 2024, C.A.R. reports Fourteen percent of California households could afford to purchase the $906,600 median-priced home in the second quarter of...
by Dustin Balloun | Dec 27, 2023 | Market Reports
Elevated borrowing costs suppress California home sales to the lowest level in 16 years, C.A.R. reports Key highlights: Existing, single-family home sales totaled 223,940 in November on a seasonally adjusted annualized rate, down 7.4 percent from October and down 5.8...
by Dustin Balloun | Nov 13, 2023 | Market Reports
California housing affordability dials back to hit 16-year nadir as interest rates surge to two-decade high in Q3 2023, C.A.R. reports Key highlights: · Fifteen percent of California households could afford to purchase the $843,600 median-priced home in the third...
by Dustin Balloun | Sep 27, 2023 | Market Reports
C.A.R. releases its 2024 California Housing Market Forecast California housing market will rebound in 2024 as mortgage rates ebb. Existing, single-family home sales are forecast to total 327,100 units in 2024, an increase of 22.9 percent from 2023’s projected pace of...