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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 15, 2025
Top Stories
HUD Boosts FHA & HECM Loan Limits For 2026
NATIONAL MORTGAGE PROFESSIONAL
HUD has raised the FHA forward and reverse mortgage loan limits to reflect higher home prices and preserve access to insured mortgage credit across both low- and high-cost housing markets.
Buyers, sellers feeling good about their prospects in 2026
SYDNEY JACKSON, Real Estate News
Optimism runs high — even as consumers and agents foresee more economic uncertainty ahead, a new survey found. And nearly everyone is worried about money.
Builder Sentiment Inches Higher but Ends the Year in Negative Territory
ROBERT DIETZ, Eye on Housing
Builder confidence inched higher to end the year but still remains well into negative territory as builders continue to grapple with rising construction costs, tariff and economic uncertainty, and many potential buyers remaining on the sidelines due to affordability concerns.
National News
Wait lists for rental aid are getting so long that some cities may close theirs down
BLAKE NELSON, San Diego Union-Tribune (Subscription)
The amount of money cities get from the federal government has often not kept up with the rising cost of housing, leaving local officials scrambling to plug budget holes.
What the Twin Cities Tell Us About Fixing the Housing Crisis
REBECCA PICCIOTTO, Wall Street Journal (Subscription)
St. Paul enacted rent controls, and housing construction plummeted. Next-door Minneapolis generated a downtown boom without regulating rent.
Falling Home Prices Slash U.S. Homeowner Equity by $13,400 on Average in 2025
MICHAEL GERRITY, World Property Journal
U.S. homeowners lost a portion of their pandemic-era wealth gains in the third quarter as cooling home prices and heavier leverage began to erode equity, according to a new report from property data firm Cotality.
California News
They lost their homes in the L.A. wildfires. Now they can’t get the mortgage relief the state promised
LAURENCE DARMIENTO, Los Angeles Times (Subscription)
Dozens of homeowners who were victims of the Palisades and Eaton fires allege that their banks and mortgage services aren’t giving them the relief they expected from a law that was intended to help them.
More lenient owner-occupancy requirements for JADUs
CARRIE B. REYES, First Tuesday Journal
California’s legislature is encouraging the development of Junior accessory dwelling units (JADUs) in answer to the statewide housing shortage. By relaxing owner-occupancy requirements, JADU numbers are likely to receive a boost.
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Property News
Quieter Streets Linked to Increase in Home Prices
LISA WARD, Wall Street Journal (Subscription)
A study of Florida properties found homes within about a football-field length of new sound barriers that block out traffic noise had a 6.8% price increase.
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