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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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Friday, October 2, 2026
Top Stories
Coming-soon listings may yield higher prices: Study
MARIAN McPHERSON, Inman (Subscription)
ARELLO found that from 2024 to 2026, homesellers who introduced their listing to the market as a coming soon sold for up to $7,000 more than a listing that went active immediately. On the other hand, High Confidence Private Listings (HCPLs) — listings that went pending or closed within one day of appearing in MLS data and had dual agency representation — tended to sell for $3,000 to $4,000 below listings that went active immediately.
Soft September Jobs Report May Give Fed Reason to Pause Rate Hikes, Slowing Ascent of Mortgage Rates
CHEN ZHAO, Redfin News
A soft jobs report may finally offer some relief for mortgage rates, or at least help to stem the march upward. Jobs data is no longer the key to whether the Fed continues to hike, but this data should give them a reason to wait.
National News
Jobs Report Comes In Weak After Mortgage Rates Surge
CZARINNA ANDRES, National Mortgage Professional
U.S. employers added just 29,000 jobs in September, while the unemployment rate edged up to 4.2%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The payroll gain fell well short of economists' expectations and followed substantial downward revisions to the previous two months.
Mortgage rates jump for the sixth straight week, hitting both refinance and homebuyer demand hard
DIANA OLICK, CNBC
Mortgage rates surged even higher this week, to 7.58% on Tuesday, according to a separate survey from Mortgage News Daily.
California News
S.F. rent increases keep smashing records. Here’s how much it has gone up
CHRISTIAN LEONARD, San Francisco Chronicle (Subscription)
San Francisco rents set yet another record in September, with median prices posting double-digit gains from a year ago — by the largest margin this decade.
California’s Prop 45 may be the biggest reform to CEQA in decades. Critics say it goes too far
KURTIS ALEXANDER, San Francisco Chronicle (Subscription)
California has rolled back some of its notorious building regulations in recent years to battle long-standing problems of red tape and high costs. Now, a measure on the November ballot is seeking to take the push for regulatory reform up a notch.
Industry News
U.S. Home-Flipping Profits Shrink in 2026, Investors Face Narrower Margins
MICHAEL GERRITY, World Property Journal
The U.S. home-flipping business continued to lose some of its financial appeal in the second quarter as investors completed more deals than in the first three months of the year but generated smaller profits on each transaction.
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