Amy Platero | firsttuesday Journal

Form-of-the-Week: Mortgage Worksheets — Forms 312, 320 and 320-1

Posted by Amy Platero | Sep 1, 2022 | Buyers and Sellers, Forms, Mortgages, Real Estate |

A buyer’s agent uses mortgage shopping worksheets when shopping for the most competitive mortgage options for their buyer.

Honey, I shrunk the population: California migration trends

Posted by Amy Platero | Aug 26, 2022 | Economics, Inland Empire, Real Estate, Sacramento, Your Practice |

A great migration from the Golden State to less costly states is underway. Which demographics are moving out and what are their motivations for packing up?

Home defects face greater scrutiny in 2022’s cooling market

Posted by Amy Platero | Aug 22, 2022 | Buyers and Sellers, Economics, Fundamentals, Laws and Regulations, Real Estate |

Today’s sobered homebuyers have greater liberty to leverage home defects to justify a price cut than they did the last two years.

Landlords nationwide plan rent increases over the next year

Posted by Amy Platero | Aug 15, 2022 | Economics, Laws and Regulations, Property Management, Real Estate |

California’s cost-burdened tenants will need to tighten their belts another notch since nearly three quarters of landlords plan to increase rent over the next year.