Inventory of Homes for Sale in Biggest California Markets Suddenly Piles Up to Highest in Years: Demand Has Collapsed by Wolf Richter • Jun 6, 2025 • 169 Comments Listings YoY: San Diego +66%, Los Angeles +47%, Orange County +79%, Riverside-San Bernadino +51%, San Jose & Silicon Valley +56%; San Francisco metro +40%, Sacramento +55%, Fresno +42%.
Banks Getting Rid of Bad CRE Loans: Dutch Megabank ING Dumps One of the Largest Office Properties in San Francisco by Wolf Richter • Jun 5, 2025 • 30 Comments The two-tower property sold at a 75% discount. ING’s loss was much smaller. Investors took a bigger loss.
Pending Home Sales Plunge in All Regions, Inventories Surge. In the West & South, Collapsed Sales Meet Spiking Inventories by Wolf Richter • May 29, 2025 • 67 Comments Adios, “spring selling season.”
As Tech Jobs Plunge in San Francisco & Silicon Valley, Housing Reacts: Condo Prices Drop Back to 2015, Single-Family Home Prices Back to 2018 by Wolf Richter • May 21, 2025 • 94 Comments The massive 10-year home-price spike to 2022 was more than the economy could bear and did a lot of damage, including to employment, as we can see.
After CRE Office Market Repriced at 70% Off in San Francisco, Sales Revive. Leasing Jumps amid 35% Vacancy Rates and 21% Drop in Asking Rents by Wolf Richter • May 6, 2025 • 40 Comments If left alone, markets are good at sorting out a tough situation like this. The housing market could learn a lesson.
California Inventory of Homes for Sale Suddenly Piles Up: +51% Year-over-Year, to Highest April in Years by Wolf Richter • May 5, 2025 • 87 Comments Active listings in San Diego +70% yoy, Los Angeles +50%, San Jose & Silicon Valley +67%; San Francisco metro +43% (highest April since at least 2016)
In 15 Bigger Cities, Condo Prices Already -10% to -22%, 5 Are in Florida with Accelerating Drops. Absurdity Comes Unglued by Wolf Richter • Apr 22, 2025 • 129 Comments Austin, Oakland, St. Petersburg (FL), San Francisco, Boise, Detroit, New Orleans, Denver, Jacksonville, Naples, Tampa, Mesa, Portland, Seattle.
Oh Elon! Tesla Crushed Further in California in Q1, Non-Tesla EV Sales Soar. Cybertruck Joining Failed Models of Automotive History? by Wolf Richter • Apr 17, 2025 • 118 Comments Non-Tesla EV sales +36% YoY. Tesla sales plunge to lowest since Q3 2022. Cybertruck sales fall for 2nd quarter in a row.
But this Kind of Dynamic Sprinkles Additional Cold Water on the Idea of a Looming Recession by Wolf Richter • Apr 8, 2025 • 128 Comments Inland Empire PMI spikes to highest since early 2021, New Orders spike to record: Private sector is dynamic. But not always in linear ways.
In the South & West, Pending Sales of Existing Homes Mark Worst February in the Data, as Inventories in Florida, Texas, California Surge by Wolf Richter • Mar 27, 2025 • 52 Comments Frozen sales meet ballooning inventories.
