As a secondary market, it provides higher returns, but a very healthy economy means its not as risky as other, smaller regions.

In the fourth quarter of 2017, home prices fell 7%, but that doesn't mean that median home prices are expected to trend downward this year, according to HSH.com.

Allen Matkins' Paul Nash outlines the requirement that owners of California commercial properties must upgrade to water-saving plumbing fixtures before January 1, 2019, in this <b>EXCLUSIVE</b>.

On the one hand, rising mortgage rates reduce the affordability of housing since the cost of borrowing increases, but rates are increasing because wages are rising faster than expected, says First American's Mark Fleming.