• For the 37% of properties selling below asking price, the average percentage paid below asking price decreased to 12% from 13% last month, but flat from last year.
• For the 31% of properties selling above asking price, the average premium paid over asking increased to 12% from 9% last month and 10% last year.
• The share of properties that received multiple offers was 60%, down from 64% last month and 62% last year. Also, the proportion of properties with three or more offers decreased to 38%. The average number of offers per property was 2.7 offers. Read more
• The California investor market is still active and bounce back from two years of declines to 31 percent of the transactions and a majority of REALTORS® were working with individuals.
• Investors who purchased single family homes increased 6 percent from last year to 76 percent, which made a bulk of the transactions. Multifamily complexes made up 17 percent of the transactions.
• A majority of investors bought their property to rent out, down from 62 percent last year to 57 percent. Flippers increased 4 percent from last year to 30 percent. Read more
• Across all demographics, there has been an increase in renters and in California there are 6.2 million households renting.
• 4 out of 5 renters see the importance of homeownership and of those 33 percent plan to purchase a home within the next few years.
• However, if they were to get a new job/an increase in pay or get married that would spur them to buy sooner creating potential for more business opportunities. Read more
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