Home sales volume movement impacts tomorrow’s home prices.
Sales volume: a powerful magnet for home prices
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Real Estate Matters
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.
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Recent updates to the course e-book
- Page 174: The first paragraph has been amended to read: If the deferred rent is not
paid as scheduled, the nonresidential landlord may file a UD action to evict the
tenant without serving another three-day notice.
06/25: The 2025 rules for buyer representation and fee-splitting avoidance are currently being edited into this e-book.
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California home sales volume
What’s a broker to do until home sales volume takes off?
Los Angeles housing indicators
View these Los Angeles regional charts for details on current activity and forecasts for its housing market.
California tiered home pricing
Home prices continued to slide across California in November 2025.
Condition of property: the owner’s disclosures for symmetric information
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.
DRE offers tips and caution for AI usage in real estate
The DRE cautions that responsibility for AI-generated content ultimately rests with the broker.
Construction starts are below their historical average — and have been since 1990
Construction starts have been far below California’s historical average most years since 1990.
Analyzing the buyer representation agreement
Learn to explain to your buyer and tenant clients the provisions contained within the buyer representation agreement and tenant representation agreement.