
November home sales the best in 15 years, record nine days to enter escrow
Home prices dipped to less than $700,000 for first time in three months, as demand easily outpaced the supply.




State blocks insurers from canceling policies in risky wildfire areas
More than 2.46 million homeowners affected by or in high-risk wildfire areas get much-needed protection.




Home prices, sales a treat for sellers in October
Record-low mortgage rates coupled with the COVID pandemic are causing a huge demand for homes — and increasing prices.




Record prices in September despite fewer homes on the market
Home prices reached a record for the fourth consecutive month in September, and the most homes sold in more than a decade.




Prices top $700,000 in August as buyers compete for homes
What pandemic or recession? Home prices reach a new record, thanks to the lowest-ever mortgage rates.




‘Market trifecta’ sends home sales, prices soaring in July
Few homes on the market, record-low mortgage rates and a renewed interest in owning a house pushed sales and prices higher in July.




Sales rebound in June, surge a record 42%
As the economy reopened in June, home sales followed as the always important summer home-buying season got hot despite the ongoing uncertainty of the COVID pandemic.




May sales plummet 41%, prices fall for the first time since 2012
The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent shutdown of the economy continued to pound the housing market, with the largest annual drop in sales since November 2007.




COVID pandemic causes home sales to plunge 30% in April, lowest level since Great Recession
COVID slammed the door on home sales in April, with the largest month-to-month drop in more than 40 years.




COVID-19 causes sales to slide in March, just a ‘prelude’ to tough spring
California’s once-strong housing market showed much weakness in March, as the coronavirus prompted a double-digit decline in sales, the first time in more than nine years.