Category: Features
Features, Real Estate
LatestCalifornia’s low homeownership rate to continue
by ft Editorial Staff | Aug 15, 2025 | Charts, Economics, Home Sales, Market Watch, Real Estate | 3
California’s homeownership rate ballooned during the Millennium Boom, but quickly fell to today's low level of 55%.
Trending mortgage rates
by ft Editorial Staff | Aug 15, 2025 | Charts, Economics, Finance, Interest Rates, Market Watch, Real Estate | 20
FARM: Charcoal grills vs. gas grills?
by ft Editorial Staff | Aug 13, 2025 | FARM Letters, Real Estate | 0
Buyer Representation
The safety clause for residuals from due diligence efforts
by Amy Platero | Jul 28, 2025 | 0
Learn to appreciate a safety clause provision in exclusive representation agreements as assurance a fee is earned after expiration when your client sells or buys due to your efforts during the employment.
Fees for withdrawal or termination of a representation agreement
by Amy Platero | Jul 9, 2025 | 0
The exclusive employment obligations of a broker
by Amy Platero | Jun 20, 2025 | 0
The MLS environment
by Amy Platero | Jun 3, 2025 | 0
Charts

California’s low homeownership rate to c...

Trending mortgage rates

California tiered home pricing

The force behind home price movement: bu...

Real estate runs with the labor force pa...

San Francisco housing indicators

Will first-time homebuyers save Californ...

California home sales volume

The mean price trendline: the home price...

Santa Clara County regional housing indi...

Nationally MLOs are far fewer in 2024; C...

Newly-licensed sales agent and broker po...
Video
LatestA Ready, Willing and Able Buyer at the Asking Price
by ft Editorial Staff | Aug 14, 2025
Watch what happens when a seller rejects a full asking price offer on substantially the same terms for payment as called for in the seller representation agreement.
Due Diligence is an Art Form
by ft Editorial Staff | Aug 1, 2025
Lack of Due Diligence
by ft Editorial Staff | Jul 16, 2025
A Fee Earned by the Seller Broker on Any Sale
by ft Editorial Staff | Jul 1, 2025
Contents of the Seller Representation Agreement
by ft Editorial Staff | Jun 20, 2025
Forms

Disclosure checklist in sales and leasin...

Form-of-the-Week: Commercial Lease Agree...

Form-of-the-Week: Buyer and Tenant Repre...

Form-of-the-Week: The Right of First Ref...

Form-of-the-Week: Tenant Representation ...

Form-of-the-Week: Purchase Agreement var...

Form-of-the-Week: Purchase Agreement — F...

Form-of-the-Week: Seller’s Net Sheet, an...

Form-of-the-Week: Request for Homeowner ...

Form-of-the-Week: Request for Notice of ...
![Form-of-the-Week: Purchase Agreement — for One-to-Four Residential Property — with Buyer Broker Fee Provision [RPI Form 150]](https://journal.firsttuesday.us/wp-content/uploads/purchase-agreement-1-440x264.jpg)
Form-of-the-Week: Purchase Agreement — f...
