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at home, at work or on vacation, you’ll receive instant noti cations through the Ring app if unsafe levels of smoke or carbon monoxide are detected, allowing you to take immediate action. Ring also o ers an optional 24/7 Smoke & CO
Monitoring subscription service ($5/ month), where trained agents can request emergency help and alert your emergency contacts in the event of an alarm.
“We believe these alarms represent a major step forward in whole home safety, and we’re excited to get them into the hands of consumers,” said Isis Wu, president of Global Residential Fire & Safety at Kidde.
Additional features can ensure smooth operation of your home safety equipment. For example, the Ring app noti es you when your devices’ batteries are low approximately seven days prior to the device chirping, so you can ensure operation with no down time. And Kidde’s enhanced sensing technology reduces false alarms o en caused by cooking — a leading reason people disable their devices. And it doesn’t stop there. Once you install one of these smart
alarms in your home, you can receive real-time alerts from your other eligible hardwired Kidde products to create a connected home that helps keep you and your family safe.
Remember, having working smoke alarms in the home can double the likelihood of safely escaping a house re in the event of an emergency and are there to help protect you round-the-clock.
That’s why it’s important to install them throughout the house, including the living room, kitchen, bedrooms, hallways, basement and garage. As an additional safety measure, you should also be prepared to tackle small res quickly. Keep re extinguishers in key areas, including the kitchen, basement and garage.
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California housing market sputters for third straight month
California Association of Realtors News release
SACRAMENTO — California’s housing market continues to face headwinds as lingering tari wars, ongoing economic uncertainty and elevated mortgage interest rates undermined buyer con dence and dampened homebuyer demand in May, the California Association of Realtors recently reported.
Closed escrow sales of existing, singlefamily detached homes in California totaled a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 254,190 in May, according to information collected by CAR from more than 90 local Realtors associations and MLSs statewide. The statewide annualized sales gure represents what would be the total number of homes sold during 2025 if sales maintained the May pace throughout the year. It is adjusted to account for seasonal factors that typically in uence home sales.
May’s sales pace fell 5.1% from the 267,710 homes sold in April and was down 4% from a year ago, when 264,850 homes were sold on an annualized basis. May’s sales level was the lowest in four months. The year-over-year decline was the largest since December 2023 and the monthly decline was the rst in 17 months. Yearto-date sales barely exceeded the same timeframe in 2024 and could dip below last year’s level in June if the market continues to lose momentum.
Statewide pending sales in May slipped from last year’s level for the sixth consecutive month, but the year-overyear drop was the smallest in the past six months. With mortgage rates steadily increasing for three straight weeks since the beginning of May, mortgage demand so ened further at the end of the month, despite rate improvements during the same time period. Housing sentiment, on the other hand, continued to rise, reaching the highest level in the past six months. Consumers who believed “now is a good time to buy” climbed to 26% in May the highest level since February 2022 from 23% in April. If this optimism continues to rise for another month while mortgage rates stabilize, the market momentum could pick up again to turn around the buying season.
“With home prices leveling o and
more homes coming onto the market, it’s a great time for well-quali ed buyers to enter the market,” said CAR President Heather Ozur, a Palm Springs Realtors.
“Lower prices are making homes more a ordable, and the growing inventory means buyers have more choices. It’s a rare window where people can nd their ideal home at a good value — making now an ideal time to buy.”
A er recording a new high in April, the California median price pulled back in May but remained above the $900,000 benchmark. The May median price of $900,170 declined 1.1% from April and was down 0.9% from $908,000 in May 2024. The monthly decline was below the historical average of +1.2% recorded between April and May. The statewide median price decline can be attributed to multiple factors including elevated interest rates, insurance availability/a ordability, economic uncertainty and home sellers’ willingness to reduce prices. Home prices will likely come down further from April’s record high as the market enters the second half of the year. Seasonality will play a role in the price moderation and an increase in housing supply will also relieve upward price pressure.
“Although the market has slowed in recent months, there’s potential for a rebound if economic concerns subside,” said CAR Senior Vice President and Chief Economist Jordan Levine. “Consumer sentiment appears to have bottomed out and is now showing signs of improvement, which could support a stronger housing market in the second half of the year. Buyers may take advantage of improved conditions, including deeper price reductions and increased housing inventory.”
er key points from CAR’s May 2025 resale housing report include:
At the regional level, unseasonally adjusted home sales in all but one major region in California recorded a sales decline in May as home purchase desire pulled back across the state. The Central Coast region experienced the biggest sales drop from last year with a decline of 8.4%, as three of its four counties recorded yearover-year losses. The San Francisco Bay Area followed closely behind with a drop of 8.2%, while sales in Southern California
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fell 7.6% and the Central Valley dipped 5.2%. The Far North region (0.5%) was the only region with a gain from last year, but the increase was essentially at.
Of the 53 counties tracked by CAR, 36 recorded a decline in home sales compared to a year ago, with about twohs of those experiencing drops of more than 10%. San Benito posted the sharpest year-over-year decrease at 28.6%, followed by Lake County at 25%, and Nevada County at 25%. Meanwhile, 15 counties saw an increase in home sales from a year earlier, with eight of them rising by more than 10%. Kings County led the gains with a 45.6% surge in May, followed by Plumas (18.8%) and Amador (16.2%).
At the regional level, three of California’s ve major regions saw yearover-year increases in median home prices, though two of those gains were under 1%. The Central Coast led the state with a solid 6.2% increase compared to May 2024. Southern California (0.9%) and Central Valley (0.6%) also posted annual price gains, though both were modest — marking the second consecutive month with increases of less than 1% in each region. Meanwhile, the San Francisco Bay Area’s median price continued to decline, falling 3.8%, and the Far Northhad its rst year-over-year decline in eight months at -3.8%.
Home prices continued to rise yearover-year in many parts of California, with 29 of the 53 counties tracked by CAR recording higher median sale prices in May compared to the same time last year. Del Norte County saw the largest increase, surging 119.6%, followed by San Benito (up 16.2%) and Tehama (up 11.4%). Meanwhile, 22 counties experienced a decline in median prices from May 2024. Plumas had the steepest drop at 24%, followed by Monterey (down 13.9%), Trinity (down 12.5%) and Siskiyou, which also posted a
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double-digit decline.
May’s unsold inventory index (UII) climbed from the prior month as demand slowed while supply continued to grow. The UII measures the number of months needed to sell the supply of homes on the market at the current sales rate. The index was 3.8 months in May, up from 3.5 months in April and up from 2.6 months in May 2024. Total active listings in May rose on a year-over-year basis by nearly 50% and had been increasing at a double-digit growth rate for the last 15 months.The level of active listings last month reached a 67-month high and recorded its 16th consecutive month of annual gain in housing supply.
New active listings at the state level jumped year-over-year by double-digits for the h straight month, as more properties continued to be listed onto the market. Newly added units continued to surge last month, growing 3.5% monthover-month and 22.8% year-over-year in May. Despite the increase from the prior month, the monthly gain in new active listings was the smallest Aprilto-May increase in the past four years. With the growth pace in new active listings slowing, housing supply may reach a plateau sometime in the next two months.
The median number of days it took to sell a California single-family home was 21 days in May, up from 16 days in May 2024.
CAR’s statewide sales-price-to-listprice ratio was 100% in May 2025 and 100% in May 2024.
The statewide median price per square foot for an existing single-family home was $443, down from $446 in May a year ago.
The 30-year, xed-mortgage interest rate averaged 6.82% in May, down from 7.06% in May 2024, according to CAR’s calculations based on Freddie Mac’s weekly mortgage survey data.
“Humans are awed. We forget things, we mess up and we assume a home re and other emergencies will never happen to us,” said Wu. “Unfortunately, no home is impervious to an emergency, making the proper safety precautions essential for every household.”
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