A new law requires three new sections to be added to the Environmental Hazards booklet.
Updates coming to Environmental Hazards Booklet handed to buyers
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Due Diligence and Disclosures
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May a second trust deed note holder on a call of a recourse note now unsecured due to foreclosure by the senior note holder, judicially collect the payment due on the call when monthly note payments are more than four years delinquent?
Piedmont Capital Management, LLC. v. McElfish
Landlords of prospective Section 8 tenants must allow credit history alternatives
The credit check requirement is a major roadblock for prospective Section 8 tenants who are otherwise qualified to pay rent.
New safety measures for tiny home communities that house the homeless
California legislators are seeking to smooth the path for more shelters.
DRE Hot Seat: Unlicensed activities and trust fund violations
This article is part of an ongoing series covering violations of real estate law. Here, a real estate corporation surrendered their broker license in connection with disciplinary action taken by the Department of Real Estate (DRE) regarding licensed activities performed while unlicensed, maintaining fund shortages totaling more than $300,000, and other related trust fund violation
New security deposit limitations for California’s residential landlords
Security deposit rules are tightening for California residential landlords in 2024.
May an agency remove an encroachment on a public road to restore parking without first completing an environmental impact report (EIR)?
Anderson v. County of Santa Barbara
Federal multi-family building incentives for California builders
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) adds several incentives for builders and multi-family property owners making energy efficient improvements.
Form-of-the-Week: The Counteroffer, and Counteroffer Addendum — Forms 180 and 180-1
The seller responds to a buyer’s offer Typically, a buyer submits a purchase agreement offer to a seller through their respective agents. The seller, on receipt of the offer, has two choices, either: accept the buyers offer as stated in their purchase agreement; or...
Errata & Updates
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.