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.
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Form-of-the-Week: Transfer Disclosure Statement, Unique Factors and Conditions Affecting Property and Seller’s Neighborhood Security Disclosure — Forms 304, 308 and 321
A seller’s agent discloses the existence of unique external factors or conditions affecting a property’s desirability or security conditions surrounding a property with RPI Forms 304, 308 and 321.
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White House addresses the housing crisis with a new plan
Local agencies and larger government entities are battling it out over zoning and land use policies.
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DFPI Bulletin Digest: July 2022
The July 2022 DFPI Bulletin focuses on small business financing disclosures, proposed rules on commercial financial products, and the 2022-2023 assessment rates for financial institutions, among other topics.
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When you can expect to access the extra CE required to renew your California real estate license
The new course requirements will apply to real estate agents and brokers with licenses expiring on or after January 1, 2023.
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California’s new housing strike force prepares for battle — with NIMBYs
California’s housing shortage is the latest battleground between state-led initiatives and local governments.
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Buyer breach of contract in a decreasing price environment: Seller remedies
Things get messy when a buyer breaches a contract. Buyers and sellers alike ought to understand the legal ramifications involved.
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New law survives court challenge to allow denser housing
New law to allow for denser building lives on after California’s Attorney General defends it in court. What does this mean for housing inventory?
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A Dear John to homebuyer love letters
In California’s competitive markets, real estate agents depend on an arsenal of creative weapons to secure home sales transactions. But one of those weapons — the buyer love letter — is now coming under fire.
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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.”