Real Estate | firsttuesday Journal

Sales volume: a powerful magnet for home prices

by ft Editorial Staff | Apr 7, 2026 | Charts, Home Sales, Real Estate | 3

Home sales volume movement impacts tomorrow’s home prices.

FARM: Community garage sale

by ft Editorial Staff | Apr 7, 2026 | FARM Letters, Marketing Flyers, Real Estate | 0

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Is a property manager responsible for the negligence of an independent contractor when the property manager retained control of the worksite where an explosion occurred?

by Lily Hart | Apr 7, 2026 | Features, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0

Ruckman v. Ag-Wise Enterprises, Inc

Rebuilding homes after a disaster now easier and less restrictive in California

by Amy Platero | Apr 7, 2026 | Laws and Regulations, New Laws, Real Estate | 0

Homebuilders rebuilding residential structures damaged or destroyed in a disaster now encounter fewer hurdles when the home is located in a common interest development (CID) or a planned residential project.

Referral fees to transaction agents from third-party providers prohibited

by Amy Platero | Apr 6, 2026 | Fundamentals, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 1

Learn to identify impermissible fees for your referral of a transaction participant to a third-party provider as a duplicate charge and a prohibited kickback and establish broker-owned services and refer clients to use them to capture legally entitled profit from transactional services otherwise received by third-party providers.

Trending mortgage rates

by ft Editorial Staff | Apr 3, 2026 | Charts, Economics, Finance, Interest Rates, Market Watch, Real Estate | 21

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

California home sales volume

by ft Editorial Staff | Apr 3, 2026 | Charts, Home Sales, Market Watch, Real Estate | 109

What’s a broker to do until home sales volume takes off?

Los Angeles housing indicators

by ft Editorial Staff | Apr 2, 2026 | Charts, first tuesday Local, Forecasts, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Mortgages, Real Estate | 11

View these Los Angeles regional charts for details on current activity and forecasts for its housing market.

California tiered home pricing

by ft Editorial Staff | Apr 1, 2026 | Bay Area, Charts, first tuesday Local, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Mortgages, Real Estate, San Diego | 43

Home prices continued to slide across California in November 2025.

Failure to Act and Act Timely

by ft Editorial Staff | Mar 27, 2026 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 0

In this series, we break down the critical steps every buyer agent must take to protect their buyer. From enforcing specific performance to calculating recoverable money losses, you’ll see how to navigate a seller’s breach with confidence and precision.

Condition of property: the owner’s disclosures for symmetric information

by Amy Platero | Mar 26, 2026 | Buyers and Sellers, Fundamentals, Laws and Regulations, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

Learn the seller broker duty to inspect and disclose their observations and knowledge about a property’s condition to prospective buyers, preparation and delivery of the seller’s Transfer Disclosure Statement (TDS) and recognize the home inspection report (HIR) as a risk mitigation activity.

By 2028, online portals open to apply for housing development permits

by Lily Hart | Mar 26, 2026 | Laws and Regulations, New Laws, Real Estate | 0

AB 920 mandates centralized portals for online housing development applications by 2028 in all cities or counties with a population over 150,000.

FARM: Reduce fire danger in your home

by Nicole Jessen | Mar 26, 2026 | FARM Letters, Real Estate | 0

Take these preventative measures to lower the risk to your property and loved ones! Cooking is the leading cause of house fires. In the kitchen…

FARM: Identity theft protection tips

by ft Editorial Staff | Mar 26, 2026 | FARM Letters, Real Estate | 0

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FARM: Protecting your family from carbon monoxide

by ft Editorial Staff | Mar 25, 2026 | FARM Letters, Real Estate | 0

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DRE offers tips and caution for AI usage in real estate

by Carrie B. Reyes | Mar 23, 2026 | Real Estate, Your Practice | 3

The DRE cautions that responsibility for AI-generated content ultimately rests with the broker.

Home prices far outpace incomes — is mortgage deregulation the answer?

by Carrie B. Reyes | Mar 23, 2026 | Laws and Regulations, Mortgages, Real Estate | 0

The current administration seeks to tackle the price-to-income gap by loosening mortgage regulation — it will be as successful as putting out a fire with gasoline.

Construction starts are below their historical average — and have been since 1990

by ft Editorial Staff | Mar 23, 2026 | Charts, Home Sales, Real Estate | 1

Construction starts have been far below California’s historical average most years since 1990.

Third-party reviewer speeds up building permit approval process in California

by Amy Platero | Mar 19, 2026 | Laws and Regulations, New Laws, Real Estate | 0

Homebuilders now have the option to hire their own licensed engineers or architects to approve building plans when a local agency takes longer than 30 days to approve the plans.

Remedies when the city council breaks housing laws

by Lily Hart | Mar 13, 2026 | Laws and Regulations, New Laws, Real Estate | 0

Assembly bill 712 holds local agencies accountable through painful money penalties and protections for applicants when agencies fail to follow housing reform laws.

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