More high-end homes available as sales plummet in California

More high-end homes available as sales plummet in California

Guess what? The rich are just like us, at least when it comes to higher mortgage rates and watching Wall Street — and how those affect homebuying decisions. Also, Uncle Sam raises the conforming loan limit to more than $1 million in some California regions and seven cities in the state get props for housing efforts.

Foreign buyers are spending more, buying less in California

Foreign buyers are spending more, buying less in California

More foreigners are discovering America, again. Well, the nation’s real estate to be more specific. Foreign investors bought a combined $59 billion of homes in the United States from April 2021 through March 2022, an 8.5% increase from the previous year and ending a three-year skid of slumping sales. Record-high prices – from Portland, Maine,…