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California homebuying: Collapse? Crumble? Or crash?
![A 21-month streak of statewide sales pace below 300,000 a year is the longest dip in stats dating to 1990. A 21-month streak of statewide sales pace below 300,000 a year is the longest dip in stats dating to 1990.](/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/California-homebuying-CAR@2x-5.jpeg?w=612)
A 21-month streak of statewide sales pace below 300,000 a year is the longest dip in stats dating to 1990.
![The 8,868-square-foot home stretches across 3.5 lots, a configuration the city no longer permits, and has 105 feet of harbor frontage. The 8,868-square-foot home stretches across 3.5 lots, a configuration the city no longer permits, and has 105 feet of harbor frontage.](/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/OCR-L-VIALIDOSOUD-0722-01.jpg?w=140)
Former St. John Knits exec sells Newport Beach estate to Corona exec for $30 million
The 8,868-square-foot home stretches across 3.5 lots, a configuration the city no longer permits, and...
![She faces the challenge of articulating her own vision for steering a U.S. economy that is still grappling with inflation. She faces the challenge of articulating her own vision for steering a U.S. economy that is still grappling with inflation.](/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/unnamed-file-1368.jpg?w=117)
A Harris economy could be more progressive than ‘Bidenomics’
She faces the challenge of articulating her own vision for steering a U.S. economy that...
![The East Solano Plan, backed by a roster of technology billionaires, would build a city of up to 400,000 people on farmland about 60 miles from San Francisco The East Solano Plan, backed by a roster of technology billionaires, would build a city of up to 400,000 people on farmland about 60 miles from San Francisco](/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/unnamed-file-1451.jpg?w=117)
Silicon Valley investors’ plans for new California city put on hold
The East Solano Plan, backed by a roster of technology billionaires, would build a city...
![This year, contrary to the usual summer slowdown, we are witnessing an unexpected boost in leasing and sales. This year, contrary to the usual summer slowdown, we are witnessing an unexpected boost in leasing and sales.](/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/OCR-L-BUCHANAN-0721.jpg?w=117)
Commercial real estate’s summer break is a bust — in a good way
This year, contrary to the usual summer slowdown, we are witnessing an unexpected boost in...
![Starting Aug. 17, U.S. homebuyers will need to sign contracts with their brokers before agents can show them homes. Starting Aug. 17, U.S. homebuyers will need to sign contracts with their brokers before agents can show them homes.](/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sold-sign-getty-181193475-e1542738350527.jpg?w=135)
Buyers and sellers: Are you ready for the new house-hunting rules?
Starting Aug. 17, U.S. homebuyers will need to sign contracts with their brokers before agents...
![An aerial view of a suburb An aerial view of a suburb](/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/BIZ-REAL-BANKRATE-MORTGAGE-RATES-DMT-1.jpg?w=120)
Mortgage rates fall below 7% for first time in months
The 30-year mortgage rate fell to 6.92%. The 15-year rate fell to 6.92% and the...
![Larger loan sizes tend to price better as there are more real dollars of income for the lender in each mortgage. Larger loan sizes tend to price better as there are more real dollars of income for the lender in each mortgage.](/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/OCR-L-REAL-LAZERSON-0721.jpg?w=120)
In California, a homebuyer can snare 30-year mortgage at 5.99%
Larger loan sizes tend to price better as there are more real dollars of income...