
In a normal and healthy real estate market, sales are dominated by owner occupants. These owners accumulate equity through paying down a mortgage and price appreciation, and they execute move-up trades seven to ten years after they buy their starter homes. Unfortunately, that isn’t the market we have today. For the last several years owner occupant sales have been stuck in a holding pattern at 1990s levels. Orange County home resale volume very weak by historic norms, and the only increase in sales volumes over the last couple of years has come entirely from investors. Unlike owner occupants, investors don’t [Read More...]












