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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, December 29, 2025
Top Stories
Housing market favoring buyers, but prices still tick up
COLIN MCNAMARA, National Mortgage News
Home prices rose 0.2% nationally month-to-month and by 2.6% annually in November on a seasonally-adjusted basis, slightly smaller than October's 0.3% and 2.9% increases, according to Redfin's Home Price Index.
Downpayment Savings Timeline Improves To Seven Years
NATIONAL MORTGAGE PROFESSIONAL
Realtor.com data show U.S. homebuyers now need about seven years to save for a typical downpayment — an improvement from 2022, but still roughly double pre-pandemic norms, with sharp regional disparities persisting.
National News
How Did This Family End Up Back in a Toxic House?
RUKMINI CALLIMACHI, BLACKI MIGLOZZI, New York Times (Subscription)
Insurers are driving families into homes contaminated by smoke. Lab results show how one family was exposed to neurotoxins and carcinogens.
Inadequate Shelter: Millions of U.S. Homes Fail to Meet Standards
NA ZHAO, Eye on Housing
In 2023, nearly 6.45 million homes, around 5% of U.S housing stock, were classified as inadequate according to the American Housing Survey (AHS). Of these, 1.65 million homes were classified as severely inadequate, showing significant concerns over housing quality.
Pending Home Sales Surge to Nearly 3-Year High
MELISSA DITTMANN TRACEY, Realtor Magazine
More home buyers are going under contract as lower mortgage rates help improve housing affordability conditions.
California News
AI boom, ‘normal’ prices and $110M mansions: Inside Calif.’s 2025 housing market
TESSA MCLEAN, SFGate
Instead of one eye-popping, ultra-luxury sale, 2025 was more about the, er, regular luxury sales, bolstered largely by an impressive comeback for the Bay Area housing market, which most real estate professionals attribute to the artificial intelligence boom sweeping the area.
From Craftsman style to modern and minimalist, a year into post-fire rebuild a vision emerges
SANDRA BARRERA, Orange County Register (Subscription)
As the region recovers from the January fires, an array of options — from moving old homes to shopping by catalog — has emerged, offering a glimpse at the future look of fire-scarred areas.
Little-known San Diego financing program has created two dozen apartment complexes across the city
DAVID GARRICK, San Diego Union-Tribune (Subscription)
Launched four years ago, the program pools an array of funding sources from city, county, state and federal governments to help developers build projects that would otherwise not be financially feasible.
Industry News
The thorniest real estate lawsuits of 2025
KEITH LARSON, The Real Deal (Subscription)
Mark Nussbaum’s missing escrow funds and Millionaire Dollar Listing Star Josh Flagg took center stage in the ugliest legal battles of the year.
DOJ wants antitrust review of real estate commissions in Davis suit
BROOKLEE HAN, HousingWire (Subscription)
The DOJ filed a statement of interest in the Davis lawsuit, urging a Philadelphia court to apply a strict antitrust standard to real estate agent commission rules and challenging Howard Hanna’s legal arguments.
Real Estate Technology
An AI-driven homebuying model is picking up steam
DAVE GALLAGHER, Real Estate News
Proptech firm Homa, which charges buyers a flat fee, recently closed its first sale in Florida and plans to bring its hybrid AI/agent experience to more states.
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