LA Mayor Looks to Make Housing Streamlining Permanent

LA Mayor Looks to Make Housing Streamlining Permanent

In spite of developers’ concerns about the feasibility of Executive Directive 1, a program designed to speed up affordable housing construction, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is looking to make the order... Read more »
Opinion: L.A. can build more housing without looking like New York

Opinion: L.A. can build more housing without looking like New York

With the typical cost of a home in Los Angeles soon topping $1 million, and the state’s median rent approaching $3,000, there’s a sense of doom around how unaffordable California has become.... Read more »
Sharp decline in new housing supply sets up for long term performance: Blackstone’s McCarthy

Sharp decline in new housing supply sets up for long term performance: Blackstone’s McCarthy

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Kathleen McCarthy, Blackstone Global co-head of real estate, joins ‘Closing Bell Overtime’ to discuss real estate investing in the... Read more »
Rural America is losing affordable housing at a crisis pace

Rural America is losing affordable housing at a crisis pace

After those government-supported mortgages terminate due to maturity or prepayment, the owners can, and many do, convert their multifamily properties to market-rate rents, or sell them to new owners that are not... Read more »
Joshua Tree’s Housing Boom Is Busted

Joshua Tree’s Housing Boom Is Busted

Joshua Tree’s housing market during its pandemic surge looked like an investment oasis, but instead it may have been a mirage. The market in the California desert has dried up after exploding... Read more »
Housing Markets That Have Fully Recovered From the Pandemic

Housing Markets That Have Fully Recovered From the Pandemic

The tumultuous wave of the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the housing market landscape, leaving in its wake a trail of unprecedented shifts. From soaring home prices to dwindling inventory levels, the real... Read more »
Housing inventory fell last week, but it won’t derail the spring bump

Housing inventory fell last week, but it won’t derail the spring bump

Weekly housing inventory data Active inventory still needs to be faster for my taste. My model has active inventory growing at least 11,000-17,000 every week with higher rates. This model was based... Read more »
The Bay Area is the country’s 4th-hottest housing market

The Bay Area is the country’s 4th-hottest housing market

As of March 29, the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metropolitan area was the fourth-hottest housing market in the country. The Bay Area metro had a 90-day average Market Action Index score of 61.19, according... Read more »
Housing inventory fell last week, but it won’t derail the spring bump

Half of American households are struggling to cover rising housing costs

Since the spring of last year, a typical family with a median income has not been able to afford a median-priced home, according to the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) Housing Affordability... Read more »
Will Job Growth Surge Impact the Housing Market?

Will Job Growth Surge Impact the Housing Market?

In the face of concerns about a potential economic downturn, recent reports indicate that the U.S. job market continues to thrive. While this may seem like universally positive news, its implications for... Read more »