1. National Association of REALTORS®, “Pending Home Sales Decreased 7.3% in September,” October 20, 2026, https://www.nar.realtor/newsroom/pending-home-sales-decreased-7-3-percent-in-september. For the record-low index reading since 2001, see Reuters, “US Pending Home Sales Tumble to Record Low in September,” October 20, 2026, https://www.reuters.com/business/us-pending-home-sales-tumble-record-low-september-2026-10-20/.
2. Freddie Mac, “Mortgage Rates Hold Steady at 7.40%,” October 15, 2026, https://freddiemac.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/mortgage-rates-hold-steady-740. Freddie Mac reports a national average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate, not the rate available to every borrower.
3. California Secretary of State, “Proposition 37: Text of Proposed Laws,” in November 3, 2026, General Election Official Voter Information Guide, 121–22, https://vig.cdn.sos.ca.gov/2026/general/pdf/prop37-text-proposed-laws.pdf; California Legislative Analyst’s Office, “Proposition 37: Creates Loan Program for Middle-Income Buyers of Qualified New Homes,” 2026, https://www.lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=37&year=2026. These are the controlling descriptions of the authorized revenue bonds and subordinate financing.
4. California Department of Housing and Community Development, “Revised 2026 State Income Limits,” memorandum, June 23, 2026, Riverside County table, https://www.hcd.ca.gov/sites/default/files/docs/grants-and-funding/income-limits-2026.pdf. The four-person 2026 median-income entry is $106,500; twice that amount is an illustrative $213,000 benchmark subject to program-specific implementation.
5. California Housing Partnership, California Affordable Housing Needs Report 2025 (2025), 2, 5, https://calhousingpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CHP_State-Housing-Needs-Report-2025.pdf. The report identifies severe housing-cost burden among 79% of extremely low-income renter households and 6% of moderate-income renter households.

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2. California Housing Partnership. California Affordable Housing Needs Report 2025. 2025. https://calhousingpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CHP_State-Housing-Needs-Report-2025.pdf.
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