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Recent Case Decisions 2012
By ft Editorial Staff • May 22nd, 2012 • Category: Journal Articles, Recent Case DecisionsA digest of recent court cases affecting real estate.
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Reeling from California’s lack of jobs
By ft Editorial Staff • May 21st, 2012 • Category: Charts, Employment, Journal ArticlesThe overall rate of California unemployment dropped sharply to 10.5% in April 2012. Meanwhile, the labor force participation rate belied any encouragement that might have come from this drop, falling to 62.8%: lower than at any time since 2010. The continuing low rate of labor force participation indicates that much of the population remains highly [...]
Current market rates
By ft Editorial Staff • May 17th, 2012 • Category: ChartsThe 91-Day Treasury Bill rose very slightly in the week ending on May 18, 2012, continuing the pattern of week-to-week fluctuations that has taken place since March. The 30-year and 15-year mortgage rates and 10-Year Treasury Note rate also dropped, all setting new record lows for mortgage rates in this recession. The 3-Month and [...]
Buyer purchasing power
By ft Editorial Staff • May 9th, 2012 • Category: Charts, MortgagesThis article describes buyer purchasing power over the last decade and demonstrates how buyers are the fulcrum between lenders and sellers.
Legislative Gossip
By ft Editorial Staff • May 7th, 2012 • Category: Legislative GossipStay on top of current pending legislation affecting real estate in 2012! Updated May 3, 2012.
May 2012 Letter to the Editor
By ft Editorial Staff • May 4th, 2012 • Category: Finance, Letters to the Editor, MortgagesThis month: private mortgage insurance.
The votes are in: CAR does not provide valuable services for annual dues
By ft Editorial Staff • May 4th, 2012 • Category: The Votes Are InReaders weigh in on topics affecting the California real estate industry.
Tech jobs fuel office market
By ft Editorial Staff • Apr 26th, 2012 • Category: April 2012 Journal, Demographics and Real Estate, Journal Articles, real estate newsflashNational office vacancy decreases have been fueled by the technology and energy industries, data from Reis, Inc. shows. Of the U.S. cities evidencing the highest nonresidential rent growth in the first quarter of 2012, half of these are centers of tech employment and include San Francisco and San Jose. San Francisco’s average office rent has [...]
Legislative Watch 2012
By ft Editorial Staff • Apr 26th, 2012 • Category: Legislative WatchA look at the state legislation affecting real estate enacted during the 2011-2012 legislative session, and federal legislation enacted in 2012.
REO resales in CA
By ft Editorial Staff • Apr 26th, 2012 • Category: Charts, Default and ForeclosureThis Market Chart presents current and historic REO resale activity in California, with forecasting and analysis by first tuesday. An estimated 31,900 REO resales took place in the first quarter of 2012, down 13% from one year earlier.34% of all California home resale activity in the first quarter of 2012 was attributed to real estate [...]
