Features, Real Estate
LatestSoCal commercial market headwinds continue in Q3 2026
by Amy Platero | Nov 12, 2026 | Commercial, Economics, first tuesday Local, Inland Empire, Investment, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Orange County, Property Management, Real Estate, San Diego | 0
Without better numbers, vacancy rates and net absorption in the third quarter of 2026 for Southern California commercial real estate spell trouble while an official recession remains undeclared, much like during the Vietnam conflict.
Buyer Representation
Property disclosures: buyer retains a home inspector
by Amy Platero | Aug 20, 2026 | 0
Learn how a buyer agent uses a home inspection report (HIR) to confirm the condition of a property as disclosed by a seller or seller agent and advises their buyer on remedies for material defects in the property noted in an HIR but not disclosed prior to the seller entering into a purchase agreement.
Analyzing the buyer representation agreement
by Amy Platero | Mar 13, 2026 | 4
Buyer representation
by Amy Platero | Feb 26, 2026 | 23
Your fee agreement, a purchase agreement, the breaching buyer
by Amy Platero | Dec 5, 2025 | 1
Charts
Age and education in the golden state
California household formations set to d...
Trending mortgage rates
California’s for-sale inventory growth: ...
California tiered home pricing
Bankruptcy’s tie to homeownership
California residential construction star...
California home sales volume
Using the yield spread to forecast reces...
Boomers retire and California reinvents ...
Wage increases exceed inflation, home pr...
Rentals: the future of California real e...
Video
LatestOpportunity Costs and Rewards
by ft Editorial Staff | Nov 5, 2026
Turning Tenants into Buyers: Episode 3 — Calculating opportunity costs for first-time buyers.
Timing the Purchase and Building Equity
by ft Editorial Staff | Oct 7, 2026
Breaking Down the Cost Barrier to Ownership
by ft Editorial Staff | Sep 23, 2026
Forms
Application to Rent and Pet Addendum — F...
Form-of-the-Week: Tenant notices to land...
Form-of-the-Week: Purchase agreement add...
Form-of-the-Week: Rental income rent rol...
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...







