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Drought Watch: Fix-and-Flip Tips for Sustainable Renovations and Water Conservation
All week long, we’ve talked about the devastating California drought – both how it was caused and how the real estate market can not only survive,...
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How California Real Estate Can Survive and Thrive During the Drought
In our last post, we talked about how the massive and possibly permanent California drought came to be. The issue of water distribution, which has...
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Maximum Results: Why California’s Minimum Wage Increases Can Boost the Real Estate Rental Market
Four dollars doesn’t seem like very much. It can get you most of a meal at a fast food joint if you order off the value menu. It can get you into the...
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Will the New Budget Affect Homeowner Tax Breaks and the Real Estate Investment Market?
Housing affordability is a key component of making ownership more appealing to people that currently rent. Owning property costs more upfront than...
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Why Mortgage Rates Can Go Even Lower, and What It Means for the Market
When mortgages are near record lows, it seems greedy to ask if rates can go even lower. However, that is becoming a growing possibility in today’s...
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What Rising Mortgage Applications Tell Us About the Real Estate Market
More people are applying for mortgages, which means more people are buying homes and more people are confident that the housing market is strong....
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World Economic Forum Attendees Weigh In on Real Estate Markets Around the World
Real estate investing may not have been the number one topic of discussion at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, but with so...
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Why Europe's Economic Trouble Is Good for California Real Estate
A strange thing is happening in Europe and it’s boosting real estate in California, thanks to complex political and economic trends. The continent is...
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Existing Homes vs. New Homes – Which Is Seeing More Price Growth?
Real estate is seeing sustained strength throughout the country, but which area is going up faster—existing or new homes? The answer to this question...
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