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A Recession Is Coming (Eventually). Here’s What You’ll See It First.

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Economists don’t know when the decade-long expansion, now the longest in American history, will end. But here are the indicators they will be watching to figure it out. Last week’s report on second-quarter gross domestic productshowed that the economy slowed last spring. It also came exactly 10 years since the Great Recession ended, making this officially the […]

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I’m excited to debut the partnership I’ve brought to my brokerage: ZeroDown, a Bay Area startup, that helps you buy a home in the Bay Area with NO down payment

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A new Bay Area startup is offering prospective homebuyers a path to ownership without having to put any money down. ZeroDown, the rent-to-buy service launched Tuesday wants to give people that can’t save up for a big downpayment a chance to buy, but still, it’s not going to come cheap. “Ask anyone in the Bay Area and

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You Still Might Be Able to Afford a House in San Francisco

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The typical working-age American earns about $41,400 each year. In most parts of the world, an income at that level would guarantee an extraordinarily high standard of living. Yet few Americans move to Lagos or Mumbai—or even Palermo—despite the apparent gains to be made. The reason, of course, is that the typical American cannot earn anything close

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Trade tensions push mortgage rates lower for second week in a row

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The 30-year fixed-rate average fell to 4.1 percent. Concerns about the U.S.-China trade feud pushed mortgage rates lower this week. According to data released Thursday by Freddie Mac, the 30-year fixed-rate average slipped to 4.1 percent with an average 0.5 point. (Points are fees paid to a lender equal to 1 percent of the loan amount and

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Fed Signals Rate Hikes May Be Over For 2019

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The Federal Reserve is signaling that it may be done hiking interest rates this year, amid signs of economic slowing. The Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee on Wednesday left its target rate unchanged at 2.25 percent to 2.5 percent. More than half the committee’s members signaled they don’t expect any additional rate increases this year. That’s a

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Vast Majority Think 2019 First Quarter is Good Time to Buy Home, says Realtor® Survey

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WASHINGTON (March 20, 2019) – New findings from a National Association of Realtors® survey show that more Americans believe that now is a good time to purchase a home. Consumer opinions about home buying bounced back in the first quarter of 2019, with 37 percent stating that they strongly believe now is a good time

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Thousands of New Millionaires Are About to Eat San Francisco Alive

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Uber, Lyft, Airbnb and Pinterest plan to go public. California’s newly minted rich will be hungry for parties, houses, boats, bikes — and ice sculptures. SAN FRANCISCO — Big wealth doesn’t come in monthly paychecks. It comes when a start-up goes public, transforming hypothetical money into extremely real money. This year — with Uber, Lyft,

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Homeownership rate rises to four-year high as Millennials are finally buying homes

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What so many in the housing industry have waited years for appears to be finally happening: Millennials are buying homes. How much things can change in just a few months. Back in September, after existing home sales fell to a three-year low, it appeared that many younger would-be buyers were turning to renting instead of buying. But things look

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San Francisco, already flush with cash, is about to get a new influx of millionaires

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Kyle Walsh | CNBC It’s early 2019 and you work at one of those richly valued tech companies that’s raised billions of dollars on its way to becoming a household name. This is the year it’s all supposed to happen for you. You’ve put in a half-decade or more. You’ve held onto your stock options

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