AB 299 sets protections for residents displaced by a disaster staying in short-term lodging for longer than 30 days.
Disaster relief delivered at the reception desk
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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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Streamlined post-entitlement phase permit process in California
State departments may now approve housing plans, and all agencies now have tighter review timelines, or a building permit application is deemed complete.
A Designated Officer’s diligence guidance
Learn about a designated officer’s duties to maintain corporate and employee compliance with Real Estate Law.
May a landlord recover possession of their leased premises from a tenant when the landlord provides a deficient three-day notice to pay rent or quit?
Eshagian v. Cepeda
Rebuilding homes after a disaster now easier and less restrictive in California
Homebuilders rebuilding residential structures damaged or destroyed in a disaster now encounter fewer hurdles when the home is located in a common interest development (CID) or a planned residential project.
Condition of property: the owner’s disclosures for symmetric information
Learn the seller broker duty to inspect and disclose their observations and knowledge about a property’s condition to prospective buyers, preparation and delivery of the seller’s Transfer Disclosure Statement (TDS) and recognize the home inspection report (HIR) as a risk mitigation activity.
By 2028, online portals open to apply for housing development permits
AB 920 mandates centralized portals for online housing development applications by 2028 in all cities or counties with a population over 150,000.
Home prices far outpace incomes — is mortgage deregulation the answer?
The current administration seeks to tackle the price-to-income gap by loosening mortgage regulation — it will be as successful as putting out a fire with gasoline.
Third-party reviewer speeds up building permit approval process in California
Homebuilders now have the option to hire their own licensed engineers or architects to approve building plans when a local agency takes longer than 30 days to approve the plans.