Brokers who watch the jobs numbers along with the LFP rate will find the trends useful for forecasting their future brokerage conditions
Real estate runs with the labor force participation rate
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Buying Homes in Foreclosure
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Recent updates to the course e-book
- Effective January 1st, 2021, California homeowners qualify for a net equity homestead protection of up to $300,000 or the median sale price for a single family residence (SFR) in the homeowner’s county in the calendar year prior to the year in which they claim the exemption, not to exceed $600,000 (adjusted annually for inflation). [CCP §704.730] For more on this topic, see Form-of-the-Week: Homestead exemption, an asset preservation declaration – Form 465
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San Francisco housing indicators
View these charts for current activity and forecasts for San Francisco’s housing market.
Riverside housing indicators
View these Riverside regional charts for details on current activity and forecasts for its local housing market.
Los Angeles housing indicators
View these Los Angeles regional charts for details on current activity and forecasts for its housing market.
Age and education in the golden state
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Orange County housing indicators
View these Orange County regional charts for details on current activity and forecasts for its local housing market.
California’s for-sale inventory growth: buyer caution rises faster than owner need to sell
In early 2025, low-tier priced housing has the lowest level of inventory available for sale or rent.
Form-of-the-Week: Commercial lease agreement addenda — Forms 552-6, 552-7 and 552-8
A commercial leasing agent and a landlord have several options for including addenda in a commercial lease agreement, including the Maintenance Modification Addendum, Alienation Addendum, Subordination Addendum and a lease agreement addendum with blank spaces.