San Francisco Bay Area Real Estate Blog

California Market Update - Sept 13, 2020

California Market Update - Sept 13, 2020

The housing market continued to improve at the tail end of the summer as U.S. home sales soared to a level not seen since before the Great Recession. A solid increase in new purchase mortgage applications, a dip in the California unemployment rate, ...

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The COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act of 2020

The COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act of 2020

If a tenant has not paid the rent since March 2020, can a landlord evict them?Not if the tenant completes the COVID-19-related declaration of financial distress form and returns it to the landlord. When a tenant has not paid rent for any period ...

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2020 Homebuyer Preferences

2020 Homebuyer Preferences

A recent study from HarrisX shows the current health crisis isn’t slowing down today’s homebuyers. Many buyers are accelerating their timelines to take advantage of low mortgage rates, and staying home has ...

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Will Increasing Mortgage Rates Impact Home Prices?

Will Increasing Mortgage Rates Impact Home Prices?

There has been some discussion recently on home prices in relation to mortgage rates. Some believe if there is a rapid rise of mortgage rates, home prices should decrease. Logically it makes the most sense for the price of the house to drop when ...

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