A new law cuts down permit times for small housing developments.
One-to-ten unit housing permit times reduced
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Legal Aspects of Real Estate
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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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Letter to the Editor: Why does firsttuesday report availability and ASAP delivery of the TDS by a seller broker?
Delivery of property disclosures to buyers is legislated to occur “as soon as practicable” (ASAP) on inquiry from a prospective buyer, well before a purchase agreement setting a price is entered into.
Form-of-the-Week: Landlord and Seller Representation Agreement — Forms 106 and 102
A broker employed by a landlord to market the property to tenants, screen tenants and negotiate lease terms in exchange for a fee uses a Landlord Representation Agreement — the leasing equivalent of a Seller Representation Agreement.
Newly passed law a boost for transit-oriented development
California’s legislature continues to tackle the state’s decade long housing shortage.
New law clarifies homeowner foreclosure protections provided by mortgage servicers
SB 1146 clarifies some foreclosure protections while letting mortgage servicers off the hook for others.
Acceptance of an offer
Learn when a binding agreement to buy and sell real estate is formed and how to assist clients by preparing and submitting or responding to an offer to buy real estate.
Avoid preferential price fixing with seller broker
This article presents the appropriate reaction to a seller broker’s attempt to simultaneously fee-fix and unlawfully induce a buyer broker to violate California’s buyer representation agreement law.
An agreement starts as an offer
Learn the contract elements comprising an enforceable agreement and how to manage the submission of an offer for the sale, lease or exchange of real estate.
Annual assessment increase for DFPI mortgage licensees
Declining DFPI licensee numbers, and the fees they charge, means the remaining individuals need to pick up the slack — with their wallets.