The week ending February 3, 2012 saw a continuing rise in 91-Day Treasury Bill rate, as well as slight drops in 10-year, 30-year and 15-year rates, all of which remain at or near their historic nominal and real lows. The month of January saw a slight drop in 3-month, 6-month and 1-year London Inter-Bank Offered [...]
A look at the state legislation affecting real estate enacted during the 2011-2012 legislative session, and federal legislation enacted in 2011.
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Readers weigh in on topics affecting the California real estate industry.
This Market Chart presents current and historic REO resales activity in California, with forecasting and analysis by first tuesday. Thanks primarily to the Lesser Depression of California’s jobless recovery which continues to drive foreclosures, 34% of all California home resale activity in the fourth quarter of 2011 can be attributed to real estate owned property [...]
A collection of charts, updated continuously, with up-to-date information and predictions about the business of real estate. Click chart for article The 30 Top Brokers in CA by Number Employed: The number of agents employed by California’s 29 largest brokers in Dec. 2010 and 2011. Click above for additional charts and article RE Broker and [...]
This article presents an analysis of the yield spread as a tool for brokers and their agents to use in forecasting future economic conditions facing the real estate market in 2011.
The month of December saw no change in the overall rate of California unemployment, which remains at its lowest point since mid-2009. Note that this does not indicate an increase in the employed population. Instead, the declined unemployment rate reflects the fact that more and more people are leaving the work force entirely.The labor force [...]
first tuesday will release the results of this poll as a percentage similar to the January 2011 Market Chart, The 29 top brokers in CA by number employed. If you feel another influential group or entity was left off the list, let us know in the comments section.
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