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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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DFPI Bulletin Digest: April 2021
The April 2021 DFPI Bulletin focuses on COVID-19 relief, PACE solicitor sanctions and financial education grants. Editor’s note — The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI, formerly the Department of Business Oversight), supervises,...
DFPI Bulletin Digest: March 2021
The March 2021 DFPI Bulletin focuses on the upcoming Economic Equity Conference, Assembly Bill (AB) 857, CalMoneySmart grants and annual report deadlines. The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI, formerly the Department of Business...
California crime-free housing policies disproportionately harm Black and Latinx renters
A Los Angeles Times report explores how crime-free housing policies not only hurt Black and Latinx renters, but the California real estate market as a whole.
Federal foreclosure moratorium extended through mid-year
The foreclosure moratorium that has kept jobless Californians in their homes during the ongoing recession has been extended yet again.
Form-of-the-Week: Homestead exemption, an asset preservation declaration – Form 465
Form-of-the-Week: Declaration of Homestead and Automatic Homestead – Form 465
California grants statewide entitlement extensions
To lessen housing production delays amidst California’s affordable housing shortage, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill (AB) 1561 on September 28, 2020. This bill extends certain housing entitlements, in an effort to decrease disruptions in housing...
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