Category: Other recent news
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$1 million starter homes, a flipping rebound and California’s quiet Boomtowns
For first-time homebuyers in California, becoming a homeowner can be a $1 million investment. Also, home-flipping rebounds and four cities are boomtowns.
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Locked out: Fewer loans, vanishing listings and a decade-plus savings grind for down payments are crushing buyers
Financially strapped home shoppers are holding off on buying and must save for much longer, while more owners are pulling their homes off the market.
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Dues and don’ts: More owners are falling behind on their housing bills
Foreclosure notices increased 15% during the first quarter compared to a year ago, and HOA liens are on the rise, too.
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AI might take your job. It’s already taking your dream home in San Francisco
Artificial intelligence is having a real-life impact on luxury home sales in San Francisco, leaving the wealthy to compete for million-dollar mansions. Also, fewer Californians are equity rich and KB Home is leaving LA — and California.
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The housing boom’s hangover: Some sellers endure double-digit profit drops
Home seller profits and profit margins are sliding as prices slip. But they are better than many other markets in the U.S.
