Last week I attended the 2017 Entrepreneur Economic Forecast Conference covering the 2018 Los Angeles / Ventura County's Economic Outlook. The following analysis from the consulting firm emphases the housing supply and demand malfunction, and the local governments obstructions in fulfilling the ... » Learn More about California Housing Update / The Housing Crisis – California Economic Forecast
Changes Coming to Credit Reports That Can Increase Scores
Effective September 15, 2017, the three National Credit Reporting Agencies (NCRA) - Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion will be enhancing their ability to report accurate consumer information. As a follow-up to the National Consumer Assistance Plan that was implemented in March 2015, the following ... » Learn More about Changes Coming to Credit Reports That Can Increase Scores
Mortgage Rates Staying Down…For Now
The interest rates have had a steady drop since the beginning of July. If you look at a chart of the 10 year treasury yield (most closely correlates with the movement of 30 year mortgage rates), you can see the steady rate decline. Most of this drop has been due to a combination of lower than ... » Learn More about Mortgage Rates Staying Down…For Now
California and Los Angeles Real Estate Market Update
The Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley and the California state housing market statistics have many of the same characteristics. Unsold inventory is historically tight, days on the market are low, regardless on the drop in the affordability index. If you look at the San Fernando Valley charts you ... » Learn More about California and Los Angeles Real Estate Market Update
The Government Regulations & Dodd Frank Miss the Real Target on Avoiding Another Mortgage Meltdown
Instead of the government taking a scalpel to the problems that created the economic meltdown and mortgage backed security issues in 2007, they did a shotgun blast, and missed the target. Yes, there was plenty of blame to go around that created the Great Recession. Banks underwriting not doing ... » Learn More about The Government Regulations & Dodd Frank Miss the Real Target on Avoiding Another Mortgage Meltdown