In 2025, California homeowners are facing significant changes in the home insurance landscape. Premiums are rising due to increased risks from natural disasters like wildfires, and insurers are implementing new requirements to prevent costly claims. It’s more important than ever to understand how these shifts might affect your home insurance needs.

As we approach 2025, many East Bay homeowners are wondering what lies ahead for the residential real estate market. Let’s explore what experts and data from leading organizations predict about the coming year in real estate.

Are you wondering if the upcoming election will impact the housing market? Historically, elections do influence real estate trends, and understanding these patterns can be crucial if you're planning a move.

If you're planning to buy a home, one thing to consider is what experts project home prices will do in the future and how that might affect your investment. While you may have seen negative news over the past year about home prices, they’re doing far better than expected and are rising across the country. And data shows, experts forecast home prices will keep appreciating.

Attempting to compare housing market metrics between different years can be quite difficult in a typical housing market scenario. However, it's important to note that the past few years have been far from ordinary. In fact, they can be described as extraordinary or "unicorn" years due to the unprecedented economic state brought on by the pandemic. In this article, we will explain why you shouldn’t compare today’s housing market to the state of the market in 2020–2022.