Keep abreast of the real estate industry in California with this expansive buffet of topics. This volume simplifies complex concepts to quickly update agents and brokers.
Stay current on the latest news, videos, forms, and updates for Real Estate Matters.
06/25: The 2025 rules for buyer representation and fee-splitting avoidance are currently being edited into this e-book.
Learn to identify impermissible fees for your referral of a transaction participant to a third-party provider as a duplicate charge and a prohibited kickback and establish broker-owned services and refer clients to use them to capture legally entitled profit from transactional services otherwise received by third-party providers.
Where are mortgage rates now? Check out our weekly interest rate update to track the latest market rates.
What’s a broker to do until home sales volume takes off?
View these Los Angeles regional charts for details on current activity and forecasts for its housing market.
Home prices continued to slide across California in November 2025.
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.
The DRE cautions that responsibility for AI-generated content ultimately rests with the broker.
Construction starts have been far below California’s historical average most years since 1990.
Learn to explain to your buyer and tenant clients the provisions contained within the buyer representation agreement and tenant representation agreement.