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Environmental hazards and annoyances

by Amy Platero | Nov 2, 2026 | Buyers and Sellers, Fundamentals, Laws and Regulations, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

Learn to identify man-made environmental hazards located on and off a property and how to advise clients on the effect environmental hazards have on the value and desirability of a property and disclose environmental hazards to prospective buyers.

Trending mortgage rates

by ft Editorial Staff | Oct 30, 2026 | Charts, Economics, Finance, Interest Rates, Market Watch, Real Estate | 65

Where are mortgage rates now? Check out our weekly interest rate update to track the latest market rates.

DRE Bulletin Digest: Summer 2026

by Lily Hart | Oct 28, 2026 | Features, Fundamentals, Laws and Regulations, Licensing and Education, Your Practice | 1

The DRE’s Summer 2026 Real Estate Bulletin directs the attention of licensees towards suspicious sellers, audits, and when brokers need an MLO license endorsement.

Buyer Purchasing Power Index goes negative in Q3 2026

by Carrie B. Reyes | Oct 28, 2026 | Economics, Feature Articles, Interest Rates, Mortgages, Real Estate | 0

Homebuyers reliant on mortgage financing were limited to borrowing 5% less than a year earlier in Q3 2026.

California’s for-sale inventory growth: buyer caution rising faster than owner need to sell

by ft Editorial Staff | Oct 26, 2026 | Charts, Fundamentals, Home Sales | 25

In early 2026, low-tier priced housing has the lowest level of inventory available for sale or rent.

Landlords, Tenants and Property Management — now streaming on any device

by ft Editorial Staff | Oct 26, 2026 | Feature Articles, Features, Fundamentals, Licensing and Education, Property Management, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

Our multi-media continuing education course catalog has evolved rapidly — and so have your learning options. Landlords, Tenants and Property Management is now enhanced for the first time with a stunning library of conceptual videos — fully optimized for viewing on any screen.

Disclosure of a Prior Occupant’s Affliction and Death: firsttuesday Halloween Special

by ft Editorial Staff | Oct 23, 2026 | Feature Articles, Features, Real Estate, Video | 1

Grab your buttered popcorn for the two-part firsttuesday Halloween Special covering the disclosure of a death on a property. You’ll scream — you’ll laugh — you’ll learn!

FARM: Attention Note Holders and Carryback Sellers!

by ft Editorial Staff | Oct 23, 2026 | FARM Letters, Real Estate | 0

Use this firsttuesday FARM Letter in your marketing. To request a FARM letter topic, or to see a...

FARM: Is an FHA mortgage for you?

by ft Editorial Staff | Oct 23, 2026 | FARM Letters, Real Estate | 0

Use this firsttuesday FARM Letter in your marketing. To request a FARM letter topic, or to see a...

FARM: Short sales: What you need to know

by ft Editorial Staff | Oct 23, 2026 | FARM Letters, Real Estate | 3

Use this firsttuesday FARM Letter in your marketing. To request a FARM letter topic, or to see a...

California tiered home pricing

by ft Editorial Staff | Oct 22, 2026 | Bay Area, Charts, first tuesday Local, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Mortgages, Real Estate, San Diego | 83

Home prices continued to slide across California in November 2025.

Can a seller who did not deliver a TDS to the buyer in an all-cash transaction for a mixed-use property refuse to extend escrow so the buyer can obtain a purchase assist mortgage to fund closing?

by Lily Hart | Oct 19, 2026 | Features, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 1

Nasey v. Fell Holdings LLC

Bankruptcy’s tie to homeownership

by ft Editorial Staff | Oct 19, 2026 | Charts, Economics, Forecasts, Laws and Regulations, Market Watch, Recessions | 4

Bankruptcy numbers were artificially low in 2020-2021. Prepare for today’s zombie businesses to fold as the economy stalls.

Pet addendum needs to be disclosed with the rental application

by Amy Platero | Oct 16, 2026 | Laws and Regulations, New Laws, Property Management, Real Estate | 0

Beginning April 2027, California law requires a landlord to disclose their pet addendum on their property website, online advertisements and rental search engines and upon delivering a prospective tenant a rental application.

Natural hazard disclosures by the seller agent

by Amy Platero | Oct 15, 2026 | Buyers and Sellers, Fundamentals, Laws and Regulations, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 2

Learn the various types of natural hazards which sellers disclose to buyers, how to comply with seller disclosures of natural hazards and mitigate agent liability by using a natural hazard expert to investigate the public record for known hazards unknown to the agent.