TIGAR Blog

For release:October 18, 2021       California and Inland Empire housing market rebounds in September as existing home sales reverse four-month decline, C.A.R. and TIGAR reports Existing, single-family home sales totaled 438,190 in September on a seasonally adjusted annualized rate, up 5.6 percent from August and down 10.5 percent from September […]

FOR RELEASEOctober 7, 2021 C.A.R. releases its 2022 California Housing Market Forecast California housing market to remain solid if pandemic is kept under control,but structural challenges will persist. Existing, single-family home sales are forecast to total 416,800 units in 2022, a decline of 5.2 percent from 2021’s projected pace […]

September is Deaf Awareness Month, the perfect time to show appreciation and admiration for the history of our Deaf community. It is also a great time to learn ways to support the Deaf community in our own lines of business. “According to the World Health Organization, more than 5% […]

Happy July Agents!Open Houses are back! TIGAR has just received brand new open house signage. Buyers and sellers are ready and excited to have open houses start up again. Make sure to buy these attention-grabbing signs today! Stop by the TIGAR office with your mask on and buy all […]

Each year during the month of June, The Inland Gateway Association of REALTORS® takes the opportunity to celebrate homeownership by showcasing individual homeowners, government officials, and various programs that protect and promote the American Dream of homeownership. Homeownership Month was created both to encourage current and future homeowners to […]

Let’s Talk Social Media For some it’s a necessary evil, for others a favorite past time! Either wayour industry has seen an increase in the use of social media in the lastyear. Some agents even say that 90% of their leads come directly fromtheir social media channels. With those […]

The California Dept. of Public Health has just updated its guidance on open houses, and further updates are pending. The following is now on live on the COVID-19.ca.gov website. C.A.R. will be providing more details regarding this guidance so that REALTORS® are in full compliance, but the following is the current […]

For release: May 11, 2021 Higher home prices substantially diminish housing affordability, both statewide and locally, in first quarter 2021, C.A.R. and TIGAR reports Twenty-seven percent of California households could afford to purchase the $720,490 median-priced home in the first quarter of 2021, down from 35 percent in first-quarter […]

May is here, and summer is near. The pandemic forced us to be home for over a year! As a result, many have been motivated to make a change in scenery. People have launched a variety of projects, from small organizational kinds to full-scale remodeling. Home renovation markets have […]

As a follow-up to Legislative Day, C.A.R. and its members want to make clear to lawmakers that we OPPOSE ACA 7 (Muratsuchi), which seeks to amend the California State Constitution to permit local preemption of state law as it relates to land use planning and zoning. C.A.R. opposes ACA […]