Home affordability modestly improves in first quarter of 2020

Median home prices were still unaffordable for 66 percent of U.S. counties in Q1 2020, but that number decreased from 70.4 percent in Q4 2019. Continue reading

California Attorney General warns of price-gouging amid fires

State law specifically prohibits charging a price that exceeds, by more than 10 percent, the price of an item prior to the declaration of a state emergency. Continue reading

Realtor on Camp wildfire: ‘As horrible as you can imagine, it’s worse’

A fast-moving wildfire is raging through Butte County in California in the Sierra Nevada foothills, north of Sacremento and just east of Chico. One Realtor on the ground told Inman the blaze is “worse than you can imagine.” Continue reading