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California Department of Real Estate (DRE) NEWS CLIPS service coverage:

Monday through Friday (except state holidays) each week includes electronic format articles retrieved from newspapers or news services that report real estate related news in California and some national services. Coverage is for California newspapers that are available electronically via the Internet - and any significant related breaking news.
 

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Monday, November 24, 2025

Top Stories

Record Discounts Roll In, Opening a Window for Patient Buyers

ANUSHNA PRAKASH, Zillow Research
The typical U.S. listing saw $25,000 in cumulative price cuts in October, matching the largest discounts Zillow has ever recorded.

Fannie Mae cuts 2026 home sales forecast

LIEZEL ONCE, Mortgage Professional America
Fannie Mae's Economic and Strategic Research Group scaled back its home sales expectations in the latest forecast, a move that reflects mounting caution about the market's momentum heading into the new year.

National News 

Where Renters and Owners Face the Highest Cost Burdens

NATALIA SINIAVSKAIA, Eye on Housing
The housing affordability crisis continues to disproportionately affect renters, with more than half of renter households experiencing high-cost burdens — i.e., paying 30% or more of their income on rent and utilities.

Private Listings on Chicago’s MLS Are More Common in Majority-White Neighborhoods, Raising Equity Concerns

ZILLOW RESEARCH
A Zillow analysis of home listings in Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) – the Multiple Listing Service in the Chicago area – shows that homes in majority-white neighborhoods across the Chicago area are more than twice as likely to be listed privately and out of public view as homes in neighborhoods with larger shares of non-white residents. 

California News

California’s second-largest home insurer seeks rate increase, lifts cap on new policies

MEGAN FAN MUNCE, San Francisco Chronicle (Subscription)
Farmers Insurance Group — the second largest home insurer in California — is lifting its cap on the number of new homeowners policies it will write in the state effective immediately.

Too many cooks, not enough cash: Lack of a master plan muddies Los Angeles fire rebuild

LIAM DILLON, Politico
With federal dollars stalled and local efforts splintering, wildfire survivors are left wondering who is in charge.

Industry News 

CAR amends forms for increased referral fee transparency

BROOKLEE HAN, HousingWire (Subscription)
Just days after NAR’s Delegate Body rejected rule changes surrounding referral fee disclosure, CAR announcement amendments to its forms.

MBA objects to credit report price hike, wants single pull

BRAD FINKELSTEIN, National Mortgage News
The mortgage industry is up in arms about price increases for credit score pulls.

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