Assembly bill 712 holds local agencies accountable through painful money penalties and protections for applicants when agencies fail to follow housing reform laws.
Remedies when the city council breaks housing laws
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Due Diligence and Disclosures
Get the most for your clients and protect your hard-earned fee by reviewing the forms you’ll encounter in brokerage services. Stay current on the latest news, videos, forms, and updates for Due Diligence and Disclosures.
Recent updates to the course e-book
Chapter 2: The MLS environment. The updated statutory Agency Law Disclosure
and confirmation provision went into effect the beginning of 2019. Both the
content of the form and when it is to be used have been modified. For a
thorough analysis of the new disclosure and confirmation practices, see the
January 2019 article, What you need to know about the refreshed – and mostly
improved – Agency Law Disclosure.
Chapter 32: The breaching buyer’s responsibilities. The first subhead on page
350 should read “Interest depends on property use.”
06/25: The 2025 rules for buyer representation and fee-splitting avoidance are currently being edited into this e-book.
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Housing developments get approvals in 45 days, period
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Buyer representation
Learn when to enter into a buyer representation agreement with a buyer-client and distinguish between representing individual and entity clients and the forms and retainer periods used for each.
Heat-related deaths lead to reformed building standards
SB 655 protects against extreme heat by setting a maximum indoor air temperature in residential units.
Green light for ADUs stopped by red tape
Senate Bill 9 mandates local agencies that do not submit new ADU ordinances to HCD or fail to respond to deficiency notices will have the new ordinance voided.
A California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) primer
Understand the steps required for a CEQA review of a proposed project — and when a project is exempt.
No more unsolicited offers on homes lost in LA wildfires
A new law prohibits investors and their agents from swooping in after a fire and submitting offers to homeowners who have not yet marketed their property for sale.
Homeowners insurance and wildfires
California legislation has evolved to provide more certainty of payment on claims made by property owners with coverage for wildfires.