Southern California home sales plunge 20% in December to the lowest pace in 11 years

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The housing pain persists in Southern California, as higher costs weigh heavily on potential buyers. Home sales in the region fell 20.3 percent year over year in December, according to CoreLogic. That is the lowest December sales pace since 2007.

 

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Yup, diversify w real estate to protect against stock market declines. The market has made substantial progress in just a month to recover the losses in the October-December time frame. Anybody want to guess how long real estate takes to recover? Hint: it won’t be weeks...

not in LA, folks. People are leaving (I know 20 families who have left) because they cannot afford rising rents, let alone purchasing a home. DontBelieveTheHype

That’s because people are fleeing the socialist policies of the state government.

Just tip of the GOPECONMICSHUTDOWN

Gee, millennials can't afford 500k starter homes and 10k+ annual property tax, while their boomer neighbors relax in homes they paid 50k for and maintain a 1-2k annual property rate.

fakeNews PapaBurgie where’s the I/O loans when you need em’ 😂

Hey why worry about alarmingly weak data? Powell said everythings fine guys!!

Time to look into real estate in SoCal?

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