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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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Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Top Stories
California’s for-sale inventory growth: buyer caution rising faster than owner need to sell
ft EDITORIAL STAFF, firsttuesday Journal
Real estate sales agents are watching a slight trend of increasing inventory for sale, a new experience for those not part of the market buildup in inventory during the two years prior to the 2020 recession. The consequence of a consistently growing for-sale catalog forces a reduction in asking prices as occurred in 2023 when inventory last bottomed.
National News
New Home Sales Slip Slightly in September
JOEL BERNER, Realtor.com
Buyers are reluctant in this environment of elevated mortgage rates, and builders are having to offer lower prices and buyer incentives to entice them.
Home prices rise in August but fall behind inflation, reports show
MATT SEXTON, Mortgage Professional America
Two major home price reports released on Tuesday, both showing continued gains in August but both falling short of keeping up with inflation.
California News
ADU ruling could be a boon to California builders
BOB EGELKO, San Francisco Chronicle (Subscription)
Local governments must quickly approve legally submitted applications to build accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, alongside an existing or planned residence, a state appeals court ruled in a victory for advocates of more housing and less governmental review.
Southern California homebuying crashes to 2nd slowest pace on record
JONATHAN LANSNER, The Orange County Register (Subscription)
Southern California homes are so unaffordable that sales activity has crashed to a pace even slower than the real estate-wrecking Great Recession.
Rent discounts have almost completely disappeared from S.F.’s apartment market
CHRISTINA LEONARD, San Francisco Chronicle (Subscription)
A mere 1.2% of the San Francisco rental properties on Apartment List offered a discount of at least one month’s rent to new tenants in September, according to new data from the online marketplace. That was the second-lowest share among the most-populous U.S. cities for which Apartment List had data, with only Chicago reporting a lower share at 1.1%.
Industry News
CRE debt is due, presenting a ‘massive’ opportunity
DIANA OLICK, CNBC
For 2027, an estimated $733.2 billion in commercial real estate loans will come due, according to Trepp. Roughly $800 billion was estimated to come due this year.
Real Estate Technology
Friday Harbor Expands AI Appraisal Reviews As UAD 3.6 Deadline Nears
CZARINNA ANDRES, National Mortgage Professional
The approaching mandate is driving technology changes across the mortgage industry.
Property News
A former concrete plant site could become West Hollywood’s tallest tower
ROGER VINCENT, Los Angeles Times (Subscription)
A long-planned 34-story apartment tower that would be the tallest building in West Hollywood has been approved by the Planning Commission as the city maneuvers to add housing on its east side.
Affordable homes project set to start in downtown Fremont
GEORGE AVALOS, The Mercury News (Subscription)
An affordable housing project in downtown Fremont is due to break ground in the next few months, leading the way for more than 900 residences planned throughout the city.
Exclusive: Project with 2,400 homes in S.F.’s Fillmore gets financial boost
LAURA WAXMANN, San Francisco Chronicle (Subscription)
After years of trying to close financing gaps, Freedom West 2.0 has a new public subsidy and a proposed 25-year development agreement with the city to push it forward — and is again aiming to break ground.
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