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Bay Area Home Sales Hit 17-Month High

Bay Area homes sold in October at their fastest pace since June 2007, but the average price paid represented a 40 percent drop, the Silicon Valley Business Journal reports. Read more.
Sacramento's median home price falls below $200,000
More industry news

Charting Housing Affordability

Housing affordability increased in all but one region in California during the third quarter. Check out charts for your region in our updated statistics section. Read more.
More numbers for every region in the state

2009 Economic Forecast

Economist John Burns presents his 2009 forecast in San Ramon at a breakfast Dec. 3 sponsored by the HBA of Northern California. Read more.

CBIA Releases

11/18/2008
Housing Affordability Increases Throughout California Amid Housing Downturn, CBIA Announces: Housing affordability continued to increase during the third quarter throughout most of the state as a result of sharp price reductions fueled by waves of foreclosures, yet California is still home to five of the 10 least affordable markets in the nation.

11/14/2008
Continued Drop in Home Sales Proves Need for Additional Stimulus Measures, CBIA Announces: The pace of home sales at California new-home communities continues to stumble along at a rate half of that of a year ago, demonstrating anew the need for additional measures to stimulate the housing market.

10/28/2008
CBIA Elects New Officers for 2009: During its meeting in Monterey on Oct. 24, the CBIA Board of Directors elected new officers to guide the Association for 2009.
• Watch 2009 Chairman Horace Hogan II's speech

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State Economic Update

Department of Finance monthly bulletin

LAO Reveiw of Governor's Special Session Proposals

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