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California Department of Real Estate (DRE) NEWS CLIPS service coverage:
Monday through Friday (except state holidays) each week includes electronic format articles retrieved from newspapers or news services that report real estate related news in California and some national services. Coverage is for California newspapers that are available electronically via the Internet - and any significant related breaking news.
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Monday, March 16, 2026
Top Stories
Trump Targets Housing Affordability in New Executive Orders
GINA HEEB, The Wall Street Journal (Subscription)
President Trump on Friday signed a set of executive orders that aim to make it easier for community banks to make mortgages and to boost new construction, part of a push by his administration to tackle the issue of home affordability ahead of the midterms.
How real estate agents are helping young homebuyers overcome fears, finances
JONATHAN DELOZIER, HousingWIre (Subscription)
A Realtor.com report shows buying a first home by age 30 can raise net worth by 22.5% by age 50, highlighting the wealth cost of delayed homeownership. As the median first-time buyer age reaches 40, agents like Towanna Peterson-Jackson are focusing marketing on affordability programs, education and early financial planning.
National News
The Oldest Americans Held More Real Estate Wealth Than Ever Before In 2025
LILY KATZ, Redfin News
The oldest Americans held 26% of America’s $48 trillion in real estate wealth as of the third quarter of 2025, the most recent period for which data is available. That’s just shy of the prior quarter’s 26.1%—the highest level for 70+ year olds on record—and compares with 21.6% a decade earlier and 16.6% two decades earlier.
Builder confidence nudges up in March
LIEZEL ONCE, Mortgage Professional America
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index rose one point to 38, after an upwardly revised 37 in February, keeping the gauge in negative territory where it sat for months. A reading below 50 indicated more builders viewed conditions as poor than good.
California News
Even Low-Risk Homes Are Caught Up in California’s Climate Insurance Crisis
TODD WOODY, Yahoo! Finance
As another wildfire season looms, insurance companies have abandoned some California neighborhoods at lower risk of burning, forcing tens of thousands of homeowners to obtain bare-bones coverage from the state’s insurer of last resort.
Here’s how long Californians keep their homes — and how it compares to elsewhere
JESSICA ROY, San Francisco Chronicle (Subscription)
In California’s biggest cities, homeowners tend to stay put a lot longer than the average American. The typical owner stays 16.5 years in a San Francisco home and 18.7 years in San Jose, according to a new Redfin analysis. In Los Angeles, owners hold onto their homes the longest in the nation — about 20 years on average. That compares to a nationwide median homeowner tenure of about 12 years, up from just over 6.5 years two decades ago.
Worried big property owners buy too many homes? LA to assess 'monopolization' of housing stock
JORDAN RYNNING, LAist
The L.A. City Council voted Wednesday to study how large property buyers may be preventing Angelenos from becoming homeowners. The vote follows a housing department study released in October that found large landlords, like property management companies and investment firms, owned a growing share of L.A. properties.
Industry News
Agents are banking on stronger spring sales
SYDNEY JACKSON, Real Estate News
Agents surveyed by Zillow and Real predict a better spring market compared to 2025, and nearly two-thirds expect higher transaction volumes over the next 12 months. More than three-quarters of agents in Real's survey have seen clients delay buying or selling decisions due to anxiety about the economy or job security.
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Property News
Incredibly Rare Candy-Colored Victorian Hits the Market in San Francisco for the First Time in 5 Decades
KRISTINE HANSEN, Realtor.com
Before San Francisco’s high-rise buildings and dense neighborhoods, the city was home to elegant candy-colored Victorians that sat on much larger lot sizes, serving as the dwellings of the area's wealthiest and most successful residents. Centuries later, just a handful of those homes remain—not surrounded by lush land but by much newer dwellings that have tried to mirror the classic style that the California city is so well known for.
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