A booming market - 2004-12-25
The baby boomer generation is dominating California's real estate market, a new study reveals.

That age group's willingness to move up is part of a trend that is helping to fuel rising home sales across the state and in Solano County, where median home prices have hit a new record.

"They're moving up," said Jim Porter, senior loan officer and owner of Solano Mortgage in Vacaville.
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Housing market to end year on strong note - 2004-12-25
Earlier this month, the National Association of Realtors provided the following release highlighting interesting reports and projections for real estate.

Lereah expects the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage should rise slowly but average only 6.4 percent next year.

In 2005, Lereah expects the median existing-home price to rise 5.0 percent and the typical new home price to grow by 5.8 percent.
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