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Will LA’s housing market cool down in 2019?
Curbed - Elijah Chiland
A new report predicts how much home prices will grow next year Home prices in Los Angeles reached record heights in 2018, climbing to levels far above those recorded in the years leading up to the Great
Real Estate
West Coast home prices are primed to drop. Here’s why.
Curbed - Jeff Andrews
Median listing prices have dropped, sales prices could follow The West Coast has been home to some of the hottest housing markets in the country over the last five years, with Denver, San Francisco, San
Technology
California gives final approval to code requiring solar on new homes
Engadget - Jon Fingas
It's the first building code of its kind in the US. While there was little doubt it would happen, it's now a done deal: California will require solar panels on most new homes. Officials at a December Building
Personal Finance
This Map Shows How Housing Prices Have Changed Over the Decade in All 50 States
Fatherly - Amanda Tarlton
North Dakota is off the charts. Few can forget the market crash of 2008 when the real estate bubble burst and housing prices dropped all over the …
Los Angeles
Southern California home sales decline, hitting lowest level in seven years - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - By Andrew Khouri
Southern California home sales tumbled 7.5% in October from a year earlier, extending a broad slowdown in the housing market, according to a report released Thursday by CoreLogic. Last month was the third
Housing Market
's 2019 Housing Forecast Is Pretty Interesting
Forbes - Ellen Paris
Here’s a look at realtor.com’s® housing forecast for 2019. Look at rising mortgage rates to play an even greater part in affordability, slowing the market for sellers and impacting buyers. Home prices
San Francisco
Home price gains shrink to the lowest level since January 2017: September S&P Case-Shiller index
CNBC - Diana Olick
Home values are still rising, but the gains have now shrunk to the lowest level since January 2017, as rising mortgage rates cut into …
U.S. Dept. of Energy
Solar power is becoming accessible, dropping more than a quarter in just one year
futurism.com
Solar, Priced to Sell The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratories have published a report stating that the cost of …
Housing Market
The housing boom is at risk of collapse in these 4 metro areas in the US
USA TODAY Money - Samuel Stebbins
The American housing bubble that wreaked havoc on the global economy was a long time in the making. Largely the product of exploitative lending practices that put people in homes they could not afford,
Housing Market
Rising mortgage rates, home prices are becoming a toxic cocktail in the housing market
USA TODAY Money - Diana Olick
Rising mortgage rates and continued home price growth are hurting affordability and fast becoming a toxic cocktail for the nation's homebuilders. Sentiment among homebuilders dropped 8 points in November
Real Estate
U.S. Home Price Reductions Highest in 8 Years
Mansion Global - By Beckie Strum
More than one-third of all homes for sale in the U.S. had a price cut of more than 1% in October, the highest share of discounted listings in at …
Freddie Mac
Freddie Mac Announces GreenCHOICE Mortgages℠ for Financing Energy-Efficient Home Improvements
Business Insider - PRESS RELEASE GlobeNewswire
MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today announced new enhancements to its GreenCHOICE MortgagesSM energy-efficient offerings, including broader financing options
U.S. Federal Courts
Property spruiker fined record $18 million
yahoo.com - Lucy Dean
The Federal Court has slapped We Buy Houses and its sole director with a staggering $18 million penalty, after it was found to have “peddled false …
Transparent coating could lessen the load for air conditioners
newatlas.com - Paul Ridden
Though winter is approaching for folks living in the northern hemisphere, it's starting to warm up for those south of the equator. As stuffy offices …
Mortgage Applications Hit 4-Year Low as 30-Year Rate at 8-Year High
newsmax.com
Mortgage applications plunged to a four-year low as interest rates continued to rise with the 30-year loan hitting an 8-year high. The Market …
Is A Housing Bubble Really Driving Down Home Prices In Los Angeles?
Forbes - Gina Michelle
Ask a home seller in the Los Angeles real estate market, and they might tell you housing prices have stalled or that their home hasn’t sold in “forever” (after a six-week list life). They might tell you
California voters reject Prop. 10 rent control expansion measure
ktvu.com - By: Sophia Bollag
- Californians soundly rejected a costly ballot measure that would have allowed more rent control as a way to alleviate the state's housing …
In California, Home Sales Are Plunging Like It Is 2008 All Over Again
investing.com
What goes up must eventually come down. For years, the California housing market was on the cutting edge of “Housing Bubble 2” as we witnessed home …
Mortgage Rates Are Pushing U.S. Homes Out of Reach
investing.com
(Bloomberg) -- This is how housing markets turn. Slowly. Six years of home-price gains outpacing wage growth; bidding wars replaced by sales at the …
Home flippers are fleeing the market as their profits shrink
CNBC - Diana Olick
A rough combination of higher costs and lower demand is putting a chill on the once red-hot house-flipping market. After the epic housing crash, …
This Map Shows the States that Pay the Most for Utilities
thrillist.com - Joe McGauley
Travel By Joe McGauley Published On 10/30/2018 @jwmcgauley By Joe McGauley @jwmcgauley Published On 10/30/2018 Like death, taxes, and Fast and the Furious …
Real Estate
As the housing market stagnates, American homeowners are staying put for the longest stretches ever
MarketWatch - By Andrea Riquier
Housing-market headwinds are keeping American homeowners in their properties for the longest stretches on record, in a sharp distortion of the …
It’s official: California’s housing market experiencing shift
eastbaytimes.com - Rose Meily
The California housing market posted its largest annual sales decline since March 2014 in September, as home sales fell below the 400,000-level …
California Vs. Texas In Electricity: Comparing The Two States 1 In 5 Americans Call Home
Forbes - Chuck DeVore
The two most-populous states, California and Texas, are home to one in five Americans. More alike than different in many aspects—diverse population and economy, abundant natural resources—the two states
These Are the Cities Where It's Getting Easier for Millennials to Buy Homes
Money - By Alix Langone
Everything's bigger in Texas, including the savings. Rising home prices and student debt are making it harder for young people to buy homes. But if …
Business
New-home sales plunge to a near two-year low as housing picture deteriorates
MarketWatch - By Andrea Riquier
This article is corrected to reflect that sales are at the lowest in nearly two years. The numbers: New-home sales ran at a seasonally adjusted annual …
Southern California house sales fall 18%, biggest drop in 8 years
ocregister.com - By Jeff Collins | JeffCollins@scng.com | Orange County Register
Southern California house sales fell in September by the biggest rate since the depths of the Great Recession, the latest housing report by the …
U.S. home sales fell in September to slowest pace in 3 years
lasvegassun.com - By Christopher S. Rugaber, Associated Press
WASHINGTON — U.S. home sales fell for the sixth straight month in September, a sign that housing has increasingly become a weak spot for the …
Proposition 10: California’s rent control ballot measure, explained
Curbed - Jenna Chandler
Who’s behind it, who’s against it, and what it will mean for Los Angeles Proposition 10 would give cities the ability to expand rent control, including potentially to more buildings. It would do that repealing
Proposition 5: California’s property tax measure, explained
Curbed - Elijah Chiland
Who’s behind it, who’s against it, and what it will mean for Los Angeles Proposition 5 would make a small but significant tweak to Proposition 13, a 1978 ballot measure that slashed property taxes statewide.

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Will LA’s housing market cool down in 2019?

West Coast home prices are primed to drop. Here’s why.

California gives final approval to code requiring solar on new homes

This Map Shows How Housing Prices Have Changed Over the Decade in All 50 States

Southern California home sales decline, hitting lowest level in seven years - Los Angeles Times

's 2019 Housing Forecast Is Pretty Interesting

Home price gains shrink to the lowest level since January 2017: September S&P Case-Shiller index

Solar power is becoming accessible, dropping more than a quarter in just one year

The housing boom is at risk of collapse in these 4 metro areas in the US

Rising mortgage rates, home prices are becoming a toxic cocktail in the housing market

U.S. Home Price Reductions Highest in 8 Years

Freddie Mac Announces GreenCHOICE Mortgages℠ for Financing Energy-Efficient Home Improvements

Property spruiker fined record $18 million

Transparent coating could lessen the load for air conditioners

Mortgage Applications Hit 4-Year Low as 30-Year Rate at 8-Year High

Is A Housing Bubble Really Driving Down Home Prices In Los Angeles?

California voters reject Prop. 10 rent control expansion measure

In California, Home Sales Are Plunging Like It Is 2008 All Over Again

Mortgage Rates Are Pushing U.S. Homes Out of Reach

Home flippers are fleeing the market as their profits shrink

This Map Shows the States that Pay the Most for Utilities

As the housing market stagnates, American homeowners are staying put for the longest stretches ever

It’s official: California’s housing market experiencing shift

California Vs. Texas In Electricity: Comparing The Two States 1 In 5 Americans Call Home

These Are the Cities Where It's Getting Easier for Millennials to Buy Homes

New-home sales plunge to a near two-year low as housing picture deteriorates

Southern California house sales fall 18%, biggest drop in 8 years

U.S. home sales fell in September to slowest pace in 3 years

Proposition 10: California’s rent control ballot measure, explained

Proposition 5: California’s property tax measure, explained