Features, Real Estate
LatestForm-of-the-Week: Escrow instructions, and beneficiary statement — Forms 401 and 415
by Amy Platero | Jul 8, 2026 | Buyers and Sellers, Finance, Forms, Fundamentals, Mortgages, Real Estate | 0
An agent or escrow officer uses RPI Form 401 when preparing instructions to open a purchase escrow with an escrow officer, and RPI Form 415 when escrow requests mortgage information from a mortgage holder regarding their lien on a property to confirm the terms of the debt or obtain a payoff demand.
Trending mortgage rates
by ft Editorial Staff | Jul 2, 2026 | Charts, Economics, Finance, Interest Rates, Market Watch, Real Estate | 36
FARM: Downsize the easy way
by ft Editorial Staff | Jul 1, 2026 | FARM Letters, Real Estate | 0
Buyer Representation
Analyzing the buyer representation agreement
by Amy Platero | Mar 13, 2026 | 5
Learn to explain to your buyer and tenant clients the provisions contained within the buyer representation agreement and tenant representation agreement.
Buyer representation
by Amy Platero | Feb 26, 2026 | 13
Your fee agreement, a purchase agreement, the breaching buyer
by Amy Platero | Dec 5, 2025 | 0
Acceptance of an offer
by Amy Platero | Nov 5, 2025 | 0
Charts
Trending mortgage rates
California’s for-sale inventory growth: ...
California’s low homeownership rate to c...
California price-per-square-foot analysi...
Sacramento County housing indicators
Santa Clara County regional housing indi...
San Francisco housing indicators
San Diego housing indicators
Riverside housing indicators
Orange County housing indicators
Los Angeles housing indicators
The rise and fall of real estate brokers...
Video
LatestRecoverable Transactional and Operating Expenses
by ft Editorial Staff | Jul 2, 2026
This episode covers the calculation of the seller’s recoverable losses.
Value Fluctuations During an Evolving Buyer’s Market
by ft Editorial Staff | Jun 17, 2026
Price-to-Value Losses in a Declining Market
by ft Editorial Staff | Jun 4, 2026
The Seller’s Recovery of a Monetary Loss
by ft Editorial Staff | May 20, 2026
Nonperformance Excused by Tardy Delivery
by ft Editorial Staff | May 6, 2026
Forms
Form-of-the-Week: Escrow instructions, a...
Form-of-the-Week: Partial payment agreem...
Form-of-the-Week: Credit report disclosu...
Form-of-the-Week: Purchase Agreement wit...
Analyzing the buyer representation agree...
Form-of-the-Week: Designated Officer Emp...
Form-of-the-Week: Natural Hazard Disclos...
Form-of-the-Week: Modification of Repres...
Form-of-the-Week: Commercial lease agree...
Form-of-the-Week: Landlord and Seller Re...
Form-of-the-Week: Commercial lease agree...








