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CA COVID-19 Rent Relief Program - Tenants and Landlords Welcomed!

This is Straight from the Housing is Key California Website.  https://housing.ca.gov/covid_rr/program_overview.html#highlights CA COVID-19 Rent Relief Whether it’s a health-related event or a significant financial hardship, COVID-19 has affected us all. As our state continues to recover, we are committed to keeping families housed and recognize that California renters and la...

Will rates go down in September 2021??? Good news for Home Buyers

Tim Lucas The Mortgage Reports Editor September 10, 2021 - 14 min read   Mortgage rate forecast for next week (September 12-18, 2021) Despite Thursday’s report from the Labor Department, citing unemployment claims dropping to a new pandemic low, it looks like low mortgage rates should remain in place for the remainder of the summer. Thursday’s jobs repo...

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Gov. Newsom signs SB 9, curbing single-family zoning in California!!!

By MARISA KENDALL | | PUBLISHED: September 16, 2021 at 8:36 p.m. | UPDATED: September 16, 2021 at 8:51 p.m. In one of his first actions after surviving an election seeking to oust him from office, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday essentially abolished single-family zoning in California — and green-lighted a series of bills intended to bolster the state&rsq...

In Need of Mortgage Relief?

BY JON HEALEY PUBLISHED JAN. 4, 2022 UPDATED JAN. 5, 2022 10:05 AM PT Quick Link to California Relief Website.  You have to do it online, at camortgagerelief.org. If you don’t have access to the internet or a computer, you can ask a housing counselor to assist you. For help finding a counselor certified by the federal Department of Housing and U...

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No, the housing market isn’t in a bubble. But there still are many things to worry about in 2022.

By Mark Zandi January 6, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. EST House prices are sizzling. Not just in swanky neighborhoods in the nation’s big cities or in resort towns. Not just in the suburbs or exurbs. Not just in inner cities or in rural areas. Just about everywhere. House prices were rising strongly before the pandemic, but since the pandemic hit they’ve been on a tear. The media...