The thriving real estate market in California takes up more than 50 percent of the spots on the October 2015 list of 20 Hottest U.S. Real Estate Markets from Realtor.com®. With cities like San Francisco, Santa Rosa, San Jose, San Diego and Los Angeles on the list, this may be the right time to buy or sell a home in the Golden State. The latest 2016 California Economic & Market Forecast published by the California Association of Realtors® reports that there has been an increase in home sales in 2015. In 2014, sales were down by 7.6 percent but in August 2015 431,800 units sold compared to 395,080 in the same month last year. Continue reading →