The Fall 2025 Real Estate Bulletin examines statistics from the California Department of Real Estate’s last fiscal year regarding their activities.
DRE Bulletin Digest: Fall 2025
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Recent updates to the course e-book
- In Chapter 25, references to “a intervivos trust” should be “an intervivos trust.”
- In Chapter 33, in the third bullet point beginning “55 or older with an annual income…”, $15,000
should be $25,000 and $20,000 should be $35,000. - Answer Key for Quiz 9, Question 2. The correct answer should be “d.”, not “c.
06/25: The 2025 rules for buyer representation and fee-splitting avoidance are currently being edited into this e-book.
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The builder self-remedy for housing development
Developers are using the builder’s remedy as a workaround for restrictive local zoning ordinances.
Modern mandatory appliances for tenants
New legislation mandates a working stove and refrigerator for residential units available for rent or lease.
More lenient owner-occupancy requirements for JADUs
Legislatures hope relaxed junior accessory dwelling unit (JADU) regulations will translate to more developer interest.
Mortgage forbearance for homeowners affected by 2025 wildfires
Homeowners affected by the LA wildfires are now assured access to mortgage forbearance programs under a new law.
New legal bar to foreclosing on long-time nonperforming second mortgages
A new law provides property owners additional defenses against servicers of old, “zombie mortgages.”
Increased renter’s tax credit
The renter’s tax credit will increase significantly beginning for tax year 2026.
Your fee agreement, a purchase agreement, the breaching buyer
Follow the steps of a buyer agent from representation agreement to closing on a buyer’s acquisition of property and recognize a buyer’s breach of the purchase agreement.
Landlords allow tenant options for internet providers or pay up
Landlords may not mandate the use of a specific internet service provider without allowing tenants to opt out.