The California Association of Realtors (CAR) voiced its support of enabling homebuyers to assume Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac-backed fixed-rate mortgages. Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, used his personal X account last week to declare...
More Californians were able to afford buying a home during the third quarter, according to a data report from the California Association of Realtors (CAR). Between July and September, 17% of the state’s homebuyers could afford to purchase an $887,380...
Positive data on rental housing costs, a new threat to close the CFPB, and California’s housing market shows signs of vitality. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Oct. 13-17. Hit: Some Rent Relief. A new data...
A total of 277,410 closed escrow sales of existing, single-family detached homes was recorded in California in September, a 5% jump from the 264,240 homes sold in August and a 6.6% spike from the 260,340 homes sold in September 2024. According to the California...
The California Association of Realtors (CAR) has established CARES, a 501(c)(3) foundation designed to unify and expand the organization’s philanthropic efforts. CARES brings together four existing CAR charitable programs – the Housing Affordability Fund, Disaster...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
